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What Film Are You Surprised Didn't Get A Sequel? (lemmy.world)

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[-] sxan@midwest.social 61 points 8 months ago

Master and Commander. It's atmospheric and fun, and I'm sad they didn't make more with that cast.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago

I read something about that a while ago. If I recall correctly, it was intended to be a franchise, but Master and Commander was so incredibly expensive that they decided against it.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 8 months ago

Worth every penny, IMO.

[-] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

I responded to this on another comment but from what I remember they got torpedoed by the MCU and thought they wouldn't be able to compete against them...however reading these comments here gives me hope as everyone seems to be over the CGIverse now.

[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

That’s surprising. Master and Commander came out in 2003, years before the first MCU film was released.

[-] AlfredEinstein@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I really liked the books. I thought the movie was good, but it didn't scratch the same itch the books did.

[-] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 9 points 8 months ago

I'd love to see them make the books into a series of movies like with Sharpe or Hornblower.

[-] WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Favourite movie of all time!

[-] planetaryprotection@midwest.social 5 points 8 months ago

In 2021 there was some planning/writing done for a prequel, but I don't think anything came of it.

That film is having a bit of a cultural comeback, so there's still hope.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 8 months ago

That's good to hear. I haven't read any of the books (not my preferred literary genre) so I didn't have a preconception of the Aubrey character. This sadly left me loving Russell Crow as Aubrey, and I'll have a hard time with anyone else playing him. Crow is 59, now; he might still be able to get away with it.

[-] ours@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

And there's a whole bunch of more books to be adapted. That movie was so perfectly done I wish it had worked enough to allow a whole series of sequels.

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