Oh no! Remember that post recently talking about movies that should never have been made - specifically sequels - it seems that MGM are gearing up some more to add to my list:
Film and television studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc on Wednesday said it is expanding global TV sales to reinvigorate operations, adding some 100 new employees and promoting a key executive to run the unit.…
“There is a tremendous expansion in the marketplace that is occurring now,” said Chief Operating Officer Rick Sands.
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Wednesday’s announcement included the unveiling of thrillers “Species 4″, “WarGames 2″, “Into the Blue 2″ and romance “Cutting Edge 3″, along with “Legally Blonde 3″ which, Sands said, will not star Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon.
Given that “Legally Blonde 2″ had all the charm and appeal of a train-wreck, how do they think they can force the public to stomach “Legally Blonde 3″? Who in their right mind, after sitting through “Species 3″ (a straight to video title) would think, “yeah, that was such high quality entertainment that I want to see the next installment on the big screen for $10″? Personally, I wouldnt want to waste one of my Blockbuster free-rentals on it! Thank heavens that Reese Witherspoon saw sense and decided not to do the film. Heh. I wonder which poor soul will star in it - will it bomb? Could we convince (say) Ben Aflek to star, that would pretty much doom it from the get-go (”Gigli”, anyone?)!