Posts Tagged ‘prequel-to-sequel’

Lion King 1½, The (2004)

Monday, January 21st, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Countries: Australia | USA
Actors: Lane, Nathan | Sabella, Ernie | Kavner, Julie | Stiller, Jerry | Broderick, Matthew | Guillaume, Robert | Kelly, Moira | Goldberg, Whoopi | Marin, Cheech | Cummings, Jim | Hibbert, Edward | Rudofsky, Jason | Weinberg, Matt | Anselmo, Tony | Bennett, Jeff
Directors: Raymond, Bradley
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Imagine a cross between _Lion King, The (1994)_ (qv) and _Back to the Future Part II (1989)_ (qv). This is a separate story thread, that of Timon and Pumbaa, intertwined with the original story. Thus, along with seeing new events (e.g. Timon’s departure from the meerkat colony, Timon and Pumbaa’s first meeting, the origin of “Hakuna Matata”), we get to see a new perspective on (and some previously unseen causes for) some of the events in the original film. Oh, and the whole thing is told in a _”Mystery Science Theater 3000″ (1988)_ (qv) framework, with Timon and Pumbaa narrating and interacting with the “onscreen” movie.

Casino Royale (2006)

Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | Germany | UK | USA
Actors: Craig, Daniel | Green, Eva | Mikkelsen, Mads | Dench, Judi | Wright, Jeffrey | Giannini, Giancarlo | Caterina Murino | Abkarian, Simon | De Bankolé, Isaach | Christensen, Jesper | Milicevic, Ivana | Menzies, Tobias | Claudio Santamaria | Foucan, Sebastien | Sinclair, Malcolm
Directors: Campbell, Martin
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After receiving license to kill from the MI-6, the secret agent James Bond follows his leads and avoids the destruction of the greatest airplane in the world in Miami plotted by the evil banker Le Chiffre to crash the bonds in the stock market and break the air flight company. The banker loses the funds of international terrorist organizations and organizes a poker game in Casino Royale, in Montenegro, to raise the money of the investors. James Bond travels with the British accountant Vesper Lynd to bet and defeat La Chiffre and force him to look for protection with the MI-6, disclosing the names of the terrorists. James wins, but is double-crossed, in a game of betrayals and murders.

Scorpion King, The (2002)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance | Thriller
Countries: Belgium | Germany | USA
Actors: Rock, The | Brand, Steven | Duncan, Michael Clarke | Hu, Kelly | Hill, Bernard | Heslov, Grant | Facinelli, Peter | Moeller, Ralf | Richmond, Branscombe | Rees, Roger | Howard, Sherri | Roberts, Conrad | Ruskin, Joseph | Cueto, Esteban | Stewart, Nils Allen
Directors: Russell, Chuck
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In an ancient time, predating the pyramids, the evil king Memnon is using the psychic powers of his sorceress Cassandra to fortell his great victories. In a last ditch effort to stop Memnon from taking over the world, the leaders of the remaining free tribes hire the assassin Mathayus to kill the sorceress. But Mathayus ends up getting much more than he bargained for. Now with the help of the trickster Arpid, tribal leader Balthazar and an unexpected ally, it’s up to Mathayus to fufill his destiny and become the great Scorpion King.