

The impetus for this property being selected for a follow-up would seem something of a head-scratcher ostensibly, it was drawing upon the popularity of The Rescuers, but that movie had been released in 1977. Interestingly, Disney MovieToons was established in 1990, the same year that Walt Disney Animation Studios did release the company’s first-ever animated sequel: The Rescuers Down Under, which reunited intrepid mouse explorers Bernard and Miss Bianca and flew them across the world to Australia to save a kidnapped boy and an endangered eagle. Disneytoon Studios occupied an odd space within the Walt Disney Company, in which it made a pretty penny for the parent company in the DVD market (more so in the earlier decades), yet its output all exists in some parallel universe, distantly remembered in something akin to the Berenstain/Berenstein Bears debate. The 40-plus other films all belong under the purview of Disneytoon Studios (formerly known as Disney MovieToons), which existed from 1990 until it was shuttered in 2018.

To date, Walt Disney Animation Studios has made only three officially sanctioned sequels: The Rescuers Down Under, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and the forthcoming Frozen II. And yet, there were so many of them being churned out until as recently as 2015.ĭespite the DTV sequels’ (or, in the case of The Lion King 1 ½ and Bambi II, midquels’) prevalence, you might be surprised to learn that not a single one is technically part of Disney canon. These follow-ups to Disney classics fell far short of Empire Strikes Back status, with nearly universal weak plotting and off-putting animation, and seemed proof that in the cases of little mermaids and street rats with magic lamps, it was impossible to make lightning strike twice. Could they crowdsource a title? We would find out.If you’re a millennial-or perhaps a parent or babysitter of a millennial in the 1990s-you might remember the weird fever dream of Walt Disney direct-to-video sequels: Ariel and Eric’s daughter Melody rebelling against her parents to get a tail and be part of that oceanic world Pocahontas’ awkward love triangle with John Smith and John Rolfe Cinderella and her evil stepmother going all Avengers: Endgame to change the past. But in the earlygoings, why not have some fun? The official Knives Out account took to Twitter, asking fans for a little help. Not much is known about what the movie actually will be, or who (outside of Craig) will be in it it's already been stated that the movie will have a new cast, mystery, and setting. After much speculation, a sequel starring Daniel Craig was officially announced last week, and the movie's official social media decided to have some fun with that. Behind a fun and compelling story and a cast that featured Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Michael Shannon, and breakout star Ana de Armas, Knives Out has become huge box office success, and even earned Johnson his first Oscar nomination (for Best Original Screenplay). One of 2019's best, and most original films was Knives Out, the star-studded whodunit from director Rian Johnson. The responses were overwhelming, aplenty, and in many cases, actually funny.The movie's official Twitter account posted seeking potential "ideas" for a sequel title.It was announced recently that Knives Out, one of 2019's best and most popular original films, would be getting a sequel.
