Sequel Bits: ‘The Muppets 2’, ‘The Raid 2’, ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Anchorman 2’, ‘Unbreakable’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘Trick ‘R Treat’, ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’

Posted on Friday, December 28th, 2012 by Angie Han

After the jump:

• Christoph Waltz might appear in The Muppets 2 after all
• Has Transformers 4 replaced Brenton Thwaites with Jack Reynor?
• Berandal (a.k.a. The Raid 2) announces new cast members
• Walton Goggins promises to be funny in G.I. Joe: Retaliation
• Paul Rudd doesn’t know much about Anchorman 2 but hopes it’ll be good
• Samuel L. Jackson has things to say about Unbreakable
• Paramount and the Puzo estate settle the Godfather suit
• A Good Day to Die Hard debuts two explosive TV spots
• Trick ‘R Treat‘s Sam has a holiday greeting for you

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‘The Raid’ Director Talks Title Change; Watch a Detailed Behind the Scenes Featurette

Posted on Monday, February 27th, 2012 by Russ Fischer

For action film fans, there’s a healthy amount of excitement for Gareth Evans‘ movie The Raid: Redemption (or simply The Raid in many territories), which will be released on March 23 in the US. Last week we saw the first domestic trailer for the film, and got word of that title change, as well as confirmation that the film’s new US title is meant to lay the ground for a small series of movies.

Now we’ve got a 13-minute behind the scenes featurette which goes into detail about the training that went into making the film, and the general approach to creating the action scenes that power the movie. Watch that, and read comments from the director about the US title change, after the break. Read More »

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‘The Raid’ Title Change Sets Up Trilogy; Sequel Will Be Released as ‘The Raid: Retaliation’

Posted on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 by Russ Fischer

Earlier today we showed you the first Sony Pictures Classics trailer for Gareth Evans‘ award-winning action film The Raid. But there was a slight twist: in the US, the first film will go out under the title The Raid: Redemption.

We know that Evans plans to shoot a sequel to The Raid later this year, and that he has envisioned a trilogy of films set in the same world. Popular speculation earlier today was that the US title change is to help set up a title pattern for the trilogy. That is in fact the case. Read More »

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