sequels

When Hollywood has exhausted its creativity producing prequels and sequels, it often turns to unbelievable real life events for inspiration.

And while not all of these are completely embellished, unfortunately, these amazing stories often have terrible aftermaths that even Hollywood wouldn't dare to film.

We saw the ZTE Blade V880 make its official outing at MWC in February, and given how quickly sequels to other phones have been coming out this year we'd say it's ripe for a successor.

"The Help," an adaptation of a novel about African-American maids during the Civil Rights era, beat out high profile sequels and remakes to top the US weekend box office, according to early estimates from Hollywood.com Sunday.

When I was talking with some friends a while back about how much my wife and I enjoyed Insidious, I started thinking about how they’re almost sure to greenlight a sequel any day now for some studio to run into the ground like James Wan and Leigh Whannel’s previous collaboration, the Saw series.

What's the summer without a sequel or two?

If history teaches us anything, it’s that sequels to blockbuster comedy films are usually garbage. Don’t believe me?

Then take a look at the following 15 examples (I probably could have listed 25). Let’s hope The Hangover Part II can buck the trend.

Movie critics despair of sequels as betraying a lack of imagination and originality. But no movie executive has ever been fired for greenlighting a sequel.

Once a brand has been established in the marketplace, it makes sound business sense to repeat the formula.

The soft-spoken Galifianakis came to talk about The Hangover Part II, sequels, and monkeys, but came away with his considered thoughts on animal abuse, why comics turn to dramatic acting, the worst monkey-related viral video on the Internet, his Trump comments, and President Obama.

The eighth Harry Potter, fourth Pirates and third Transformers. If it's summer, it must be sequels

This year's spring movie season is a potpourri of sequels and remakes (plus the sequel-proof title I Am Number Four), a bunch of animals, and a few classic odds and ends.