Sophie's Choice 2.

...trying to think of movies that would make strange sequels.

How about "The Crying Game 2: Cry Some More"

Or a zombie/Million Dollar Baby mash up. The tagline - "She's back from the dead - and ready to kill!"

(Actually, I kind of have this ongoing fantasy about a Shakespeare in Love sequel. Not that I have any story ideas for it, but I just crave returning to that world again in a new way. You can watch a movie over and over, but sometimes you want more. You want to see how the world evolved... but only if it is as good as the first.)

Intriguing question... I actually expected a sequel based on the ending of SIL.

IF they have the genius of Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard, they'll ff five years to the autumn of 1599. Will is under pressure to pen a rollicking comedy to culminate Christmastide. But he's now successful, overindulged in every way, and burned out. Sheesh. The guy has already written "Julius Caesar" and "As You Like It" this year. Now he's got this new commission. If he fails, he'll lose his patronage. He's at a loss. He's a lump. What to do? What he needs is -- yes! -- a muse!

Voila! Viola.

Viola returns from the new world with an amazing tale of survival. As we know from the last scene of SIL, she washed ashore from the shipwreck. But what we now learn is how she became the object of a noblewoman's affection (well, she was posing again as a boy -- a page pressing his lordship's suit). Merry mayhem ensues, as we see in hilarious flashbacks -- and Viola's and Will's passion rekindles. As it does, Will emerges from sodden despair and "Twelfth Night" magically takes shape.

Viola stars as Viola, of course, so we can reprise some of the no-gals-on-stage fun from SIL.

The brilliant comedy reinstates Will as the favorite of the Queen... assuring him continued patronage and setting the stage for him to reflect on his recent depression as he writes his next play -- "Hamlet." And soon after, "Otello," "King Lear" and "Macbeth."

Hey, where's the elevator? We gotta pitch to make ;)



Then there is this about sequels...

http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/12/14/firestarter-remake/

"FIRESTARTER" SEQUEL WARMING UP

At this point there's a screenwriter on board and a few changes are definitely afoot, but it certainly looks like we'll have a new version of the 1984 movie 'Firestarter' relatively soon. Variety reports that the De Laurentiis Company is actively moving forward on this reboot (which is intended to kick-start a new franchise, apparently) and to that end the've tapped screenwriter Mark L. Smith ('Vacancy', 'The Hole') to "loosely" adapt the Stephen King novel and give the lead character "a little more edge."

Apparently the production company is keeping plot details under wraps, which is a little weird considering we've all read the book and seen the movie, but hey, whatever adds a little new spice to yet another '80s horror film remake. Martha De Laurentiis had this to say: "We see this as a unique, character-driven thriller with a supernatural edge, based on a timeless concept and enhanced by recent visual effects advances." In other words: the new lead will be a teenager and we can expect lots of fireballs of the CG variety.

The remake will have to work pretty hard to match the bizarre ensemble of the original film: Drew Barrymore, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Heather Locklear, Art Carney, David Keith, Louise Fletcher, and Freddie Jones starred in the 1984 version. Seriously!

If I have to ponder the implications of a sequel to that film I think I would kill myself.