Based on the Destroyer series of novels, Remo Williams martial-arted his way into theaters back in 1985. If you’re scratching your head at not only the character’s name but also the novels from which he’s adapted, don’t feel bad: Remo Williams is terrible and utterly forgettable, and audiences in 1985 seemed to agree. As it happens, there doesn’t seem to be much evidence pointing to production of a sequel ever having been started. But, really, you can tell the filmmakers had high hopes considering they gave their movie the subhead, “The Adventure Begins.” It probably should’ve ended with a card that read, “The Adventure Has Ended,” because it did.
Considering how many various Super Mario Bros. games we’ve seen since the plucky plumber’s debut in the 1980s, it wasn’t too hard to imagine that the film adaptation might enjoy at least a sequel or two. That’s probably why the movie ends on a cliffhanger, with Princess Daisy barging into the Marios’ apartment saying she needs their help once again. Though the original film was a monumental bomb, killing any chance of a return to the Mushroom Kingdom, an unofficial sequel comic made its way onto the Internet over a decade later. That’s something, at least.
Bryan Singer’s Superman sequel from 2006 was kind of a bad idea from the start. It followed up the events of Superman II, ignored Superman III and IV, and two of its major plot points revolved around Superman super-stalking his former girlfriend, Lois Lane, as well as a revelation that her son was their secret love child. Worst of all, however, the movie didn’t really give Superman very much to do in terms of fighting bad guys, which is one of the things Superman does best. Warner Bros. pulled the plug on the possibility of another Singer-helmed sequel, which screenwriter Michael Dougherty says might’ve introduced Brainiac and more Kryptonians to the screen.
