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War for the Planet of the Apeswas the staring conclusion to theApesreboot serial , butDisney has just announcedKingdom of the Planet of the Apes . The photographic film will serve as a direct subsequence toWar , which takes place many days later , and it apparently wo n’t boast the series ' master character , Caesar , given that he died at the last of the 2017 movie .
But thePlanet of the Apesfranchise is n’t the only one to go forward after the main grapheme give-up the ghost . Between a horror franchise that ’s mostly told in flashbacks after the chief reference ’s murder and a blockbuster serial that had four prequels as a result of a end , studios have had to get creative to continue their moneymaking IPs .
Saw
TheSawfranchise is a keen example of diminishing yield . The first movie was a majuscule thriller , but what come was more and more torture - orient sequels . And along with the focal point on Jigsaw traps , the fib about a military man with Crab get more and more convoluted , too . While John Kramer appears in eightSawmovies , it ’s hilarious to think that he was stamp out off inSaw III .
Kramer is still a main fiber in the adopt movies , as he appears prominently through flashbacks . But what is equally impressive and perfectly ridiculous is how Kramer set up so many succeeding lying in wait before his destruction . And , ironically , Kramer has less screenland time inSawthan he does in the sequels where he ’s technically utter .
X-Men
It ’s hard to call any one character in the originalX - Menmovies the independent character , as it has a immense ensemble cast of character . give that Professor Xavier founded the team and the movies are built on his neverending cheat game with Magneto , he ’s the end the series has to a booster . The professor died inX - man : The Last Stand , but just as so many studios do after the main character of a franchise is killed off , twentieth Century Fox turned to prequels .
Interestingly , the prequels continued to the detail where they caught up with the original picture . Regardless of what people think of the inconsistent movies , that ’s such an impressive feat . And now , after Wolverine ’s ( Hugh Jackman ) emotional destruction inLogan , it has just been announced that Jackman will repeat the role in the upcomingDeadpool 3 , too . It seems as if more mutants come back to life than heroes in the MCU .
Final Destination
The originalFinal Destinationis about a radical of stripling who narrowly escape destruction , but balance is restored as they get shoot down off one by one . Not one of them survives , but the franchise is now five films in and continue to be successful despite basically telling the same story over and over .
As theFinal Destinationfranchise is an anthology series with each movie pursue a dissimilar set of eccentric , each sequent release see all of the main characters buy the farm , but the franchise still press on . And though the 5th movie was released over 10 years ago , Final Destination 6is presently in developmentwith Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein attached to channelise .
Star Wars
There are so many exercise in theStar Warsuniverse where the main fictional character has give out , only for that narrative to keep on . Han Solo might have die inThe Force Awakens , but a prequel about the character make it just three years after . And every chief case inRogue Onedied , but the Disney+ seriesAndoris a prequel to that picture show , which basically make it a prequel of a prequel .
TheStar Warsfranchise has become a rearing ground forprequels full of the most frustrative tropes . Between telling the beginning of main character reference whose mystique was the best thing about them , and characters hinting at the future as a wink to the audience , Disney has n’t done the best job at maintaining some characters ' legacies .
300
300was always going to die with the entire army getting killed . There was no other style . And that go for the leader of the pack , Leonidas I , who was one of the most imposing and exciting heroes in 2000s movie house . However , that did n’t break off Warner Bros. from greenlighting a sequel , as300 : acclivity of an Empirearrived eight years later .
unluckily , it was too lilliputian too lately , as it give way to retake the original ’s same magic . And as300had such a unequalled esthetic and striking - looking cinematography , it was very of its clip , and it was considered an eye - sore in the continuation after almost a decade has passed .
Easy Rider
It might be a spot of a stretch to callEasy Ridera franchise , as it ’s only made up of two movies ( the moment of which most do n’t even know about ) , and not much merchandise is made out of a drama about two 60s hippie . But it rifle from a standalone plastic film to a series as recently as 2012 .
Easy Riderwas a word - of - oral fissure box office hit , and it was largely thanks to the shocking end where the two main persona are shot bushed by a trucker . However , it ’d come as a surprisal to many that the 1969 classic got a prequel 43 years later , Easy Rider : The Ride Back , but none of the original cast and crew were involved . It was clear a cash - in , but it ’s at least a brave and interesting cash - in .
Terminator
The Terminatorfranchise is an interesting instance of a franchise continuing after the principal character is killed , as it hilariously happens in most of the film . Though Sarah Connor is arguably the principal character of the first two moving-picture show and then John Connor inTerminator 3 : ascent of the Machines , it ’s always Arnold Schwarzenegger on the poster with his name scrawled across it .
Not only that , but the T800 is the titular character , and audience showed in droves to see the cybernetic assassin , not Sarah Connor . However , uproariously , the T800 was killed in the first movie , and the franchise continued . He sacrificed himself in the second movie , and the enfranchisement keep . And he once again sacrifice himself in the threequel , and the franchise is now six movies in .
The Godfather
Michael Corleone ( Al Pacino ) is certainly the master lineament of the franchise overall , but many would argue that Vito Corleone ( Marlon Brando ) was the main eccentric in the firstGodfathermovie . After all , Brando was nominated for Best Actor and Pacino was nominated for Best Supporting Actor .
Despite being shot midway through the film , it was natural causes that killed Vito at the goal ofThe Godfather , and the movie seemingly ends with Michael lease over as head of the family . It ’s a complete ending , and the film never needed a sequel , but it get two . Part IIended up being just as good as its predecessor , possibly even well .
DCEU
Superman ( Henry Cavill ) was kill by Doomsday inBatman v Superman : Dawn of Justice , but the dealership still iron on . However , telling The Death of Superman tarradiddle was a little untimely , as everyone eff the Man of Steel would be back , especially as it was so early in the DCEU , andThe Justice Leaguewas schedule for departure the next twelvemonth .
Even the post - credits setting in the very movie he died in was already hint at his return , so it was n’t all that emotional . And , ironically , fans are more concerned about if Cavill will return as Superman now than they were after they see the 2016 movie . And fans aretheorizing if Superman will be inBlack Adam .
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