IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#1
Posted: 11/18/13 at 8:21pm
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/11/18/its-a-wonderful-life-sequel/
Ok, but why?? Why?!!?
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#2
Posted: 11/18/13 at 8:48pm
Terrible idea. Why in the world is this happening?
And I thought that the 'Roots' remake was not such a good idea.
http://www.deadline.com/2013/11/roots-ramake-history-channel-miniseries/
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#2
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:25pm
Scheduled for release during the 2014 holiday season, the plot of It’s a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story will answer the questions: ‘Whatever happened to George Bailey?’ ‘Did Mr. Potter really got away with stealing $8,000?’ and ‘Did George ever get to build those bridges?’”
Okay, my head is spinning.
Let me just analyze that paragraph really quickly:
1) Hideous title -- It's a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story
2) "Whatever happened to George Bailey?" a typo. It should be "What ever happened to George Bailey?"
3) "Did Mr. Potter really got away with stealing $8,000?" -- did you really got away with that grammar?
Good ... GOD.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#3
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:25pmIf I were writing it, we'd find out that actually every time a bell rang, an angel went to hell. And when now 100 year old George finds out that Clarence is being kept in the 9th circle of hell, he must leave behind everything he knows and venture down to save his old friend. Because while life might be wonderful, death is a bitch.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#4
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:28pm
To answer the question: why is this happening?
Because it can. This movie has been in the public domain for many years. That's why it's been out on home video by something crazy like 20 different companies over the past two decades.
You want to adapt or remake the story? It's free! Go ahead.
And good luck.
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Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:30pmFine! I will!
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#6
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:32pmOkay, be that way!
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#7
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:34pm
I hate everything about this.
NO! Please, no.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#8
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:36pmMeryl Streep will obviously play Mary, right?
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#9
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:38pmMr. Potter, duh!
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#10
Posted: 11/18/13 at 9:48pmIn a tour de force performance that will garner her nominations in all four acting categories, Meryl Streep will play every role, including Zuzu.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/07
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#11
Posted: 11/20/13 at 10:22pm
No project can proceed without Paramount's permission.
'It's a Wonderful Life' sequel: Paramount promises a fight
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#12
Posted: 11/20/13 at 10:49pm
Maybe someone else here can explain how something that fell out of copyright years ago can suddenly fall back into copyright.
I realize Paramount purchased the Republic Pictures catalogue, including It's a Wonderful Life and its original negative elements (which is why their Blu-ray Disc of the film looks so good), but the copyright to that film lapsed decades ago, as this article points out.
So how did they "lapse" back in?
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#13
Posted: 11/20/13 at 10:51pm
I don't know, but I'm sure "It's a Wonderful Story".
Get it? See what I did there?
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#14
Posted: 11/20/13 at 10:55pm
Lou Lumenick has been tweeting constantly that it appears the people behind this have no clue about the specifics. He details in this piece:
http://nypost.com/2013/11/19/why-the-wonderful-life-sequel-wont-happen/
It also includes the video made by Farnsworth stating his idea of a sequel. His company mostly does advertising, not narrative films. I think this is just some guy's quixotic fantasy.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#15
Posted: 11/20/13 at 11:08pm
I guess Farnsworth and the writer of the Hollywood Reporter article — or Variety, which breathlessly broke the click-baiting “exclusive’’ yesterday — didn’t even bother checking Wikipedia. If they had, they’d’ve discovered that while the copyright for the film itself expired in 1974 because of a paperwork error, the copyright for the story that inspired the film (“The Greatest Gift’’) was properly renewed in 1971.
Thanks for sharing that, strummergirl! There's the answer.
By the way, I always loved how this film was based on a short story sent out on a Christmas card one year. So Jordan, you're right, It's a Wonderful Story.
It's also a copyrighted story.
I was guessing there was some element of it that was still legally protected even if the film isn't anymore. I would have guessed a trademark on the characters or likenesses, etc. Just like Warners has done with the ruby slippers and Disney has done with Mickey Mouse, etc.
Quick, Paramount, trademark Zuzu's petals!
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Posted: 11/20/13 at 11:14pmAnd angels. ALL OF THEM!
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#17
Posted: 11/20/13 at 11:18pm"Teacher told me every time a bell rings, Paramount gets a dollar."
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#18
Posted: 11/20/13 at 11:21pmShow this nice paramount lawyer where you were touched by an angel.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#19
Posted: 11/20/13 at 11:26pmI wonder if Farnsworth and that production company can ask Clarence the Angel to show them what it would be like if they had never made that announcement yesterday.
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE sequel coming to the big screen in 2014. ....WHAT?#20
Posted: 11/20/13 at 11:28pm^^^ LOL
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