sequel – Moe Lane

OK, let’s unpack the glaring problem with the Rocketeer sequel.

The new take keeps the story in a period setting and offers a fresh view on the characters. Set six years after the original Rocketeer and after Secord has vanished while fighting the Nazis, an unlikely new hero emerges: a young African–American female pilot, who takes up the mantle of Rocketeer in an attempt to stop an ambitious and corrupt rocket scientist from stealing jet-pack technology in what could prove to be a turning point in the Cold War.

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Pacific Rim to get sequel AND animated series?

Cue the Nerd’s Prayer*:

2017 for the movie; presumably the anime – because that’s what it’s probably going to be, more or less – will be rather earlier. Or not. You never know, with this stuff.

Still. Cool. There’s room in the monster movie genre for both Pacific Rim and Godzilla, which is also getting a sequel (duh). Heck, I still hold out hope for a Cloverfield sequel. Continue reading Pacific Rim to get sequel AND animated series?