Prequels are having a second. 2024 sees the discharge of The First Omen (which, considerably confusingly, is definitely the sixth film in The Omen franchise) in addition to the primary prequel from the Mad Max sequence, Furiosa. This yr additionally marks the twenty fifth anniversary of one of many largest prequels in movie historical past, Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace.
These are all high-profile tasks, however prequels usually mark the final, determined act of a dying franchise. Having exhausted all different creatively promising choices, and/or having misplaced key stars or filmmakers to different tasks, they don’t have any selection however to show again the clock, rent actors who form of seem like the celebs of earlier films, and hope for the most effective.
Whereas some prequels, like The Phantom Menace, have grow to be main hits, and one even gained an Academy Award for Greatest Image (thanks rather a lot, The Godfather Half II!) so many others have pale into obscurity. In fact, we right here at ScreenCrush can’t let something go. In our private lives, that could be a large downside. However professionally, it permits us to make articles like this in regards to the world of forgotten film prequels. So on the entire, all of it form of balances out.
These 12 prequels — some many years outdated, a number of launched in simply the previous few years — all exist…ish. However they actually didn’t break information on the field workplace, or do way more than prolonged the lifetime of a fading film franchise. Let’s hope for higher from Furiosa.
12 Forgotten Film Prequels
These prequels had been made. Then they had been forgotten. Or in some instances, folks by no means knew they existed within the first place.
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