The Athleap

The Art and Pressure of Making a Movie Sequel

From Beetlejuice to Gladiator, Mission: Impossible, and Happy Gilmore, Hollywood is giving audiences the sequels they’ve been yearning for. From decades-later revivals to quick-turn follow-ups and saga-ending blockbusters, studios are banking on audience loyalty and nostalgia to deliver box office hits. But the sequel game is trickier than it looks. After all, Avatar: Fire and Ash arrives 16 years after the original […]