15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/4/6/755246_320x180.jpg?v=2)
Movie franchises: it's the world we live in. Between Star Wars, the MCU, the failed Tom Cruise Mummyverse, the DCEU, and an endless parade of Sherlock Holmes things, it can often seem like we're drowning in sequels. Fortunately, most of them are good! You're telling me you wouldn't want to live in a world without Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier? Get right the hell out of town. That movie rules. The first Captain America is fine, but Captain America 2 is sublime. That said, sequel ideas can get a little out of hand sometimes. It's actually hard to capitalize on a good idea.
Sometimes it takes a lot of bad ideas to arrive at a good idea. Just ask J.J. Abrams. So let’s take a look at some of the more bizarre story pitches Hollywood people have floated for movie sequels. You know, to really appreciate what we actually got.
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - To further both franchises, we almost had a bizarre Candyman vs. Leprechaun crossover - The idea was floated](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/1/755251.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - Back to the Future II was almost all about Marty’s parents being hippies and him trying to get them to have s](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/0/755250.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - Halloween 666: The Origin
The sixth installment in the Halloween franchise would’ve seen Michael Myers as a h](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/6/755256.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - Planet of the Apes almost had a sequel with apes watching humans having sex.
Screenwriter Sam Hamm wrote a se](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/8/755258.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - Solace was almost turned into a sequel for Se7en.
New Line Cinema read the script of Solace and initially wan](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/9/755259.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - According to Emilio Estevez, The Breakfast Club almost had a sequel with some kind of switched personalities.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/0/755260.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - The Simpsons Movie almost had a space sequel.
It turns out that an episode aired in 2015 was originally meant](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/2/755262.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - I am Legend 2 would’ve seen Will Smith return as (twist!) a clone.
The studio wanted a sequel so bad, they re](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/7/755257.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - Nick Cave wrote a sequel to Gladiator that involved Maximus waking up in the afterlife, killing some god, onl](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/5/755255.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - A sequel to The Nightmare Before Christmas would’ve seen Jack visiting “Thanksgiving World” and the stop-moti](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/6/1/755261.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - We almost had a Friday the 13th found footage sequel - Paramount was really into this idea , but the producer](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/4/755254.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - E.T. II: Nocturnal Fears
Before the script of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Spielberg came up with Night Skies,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/3/755253.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - An American Werewolf in London sequel would’ve had a lot more Nazi monsters and A WEIRD Love triangle.
The pr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/4/9/755249.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - Simon West wanted to do a Con Air sequel ...in space.
West floated the idea of the sequel being “a studio ver](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/5/2/755252.jpg?v=2)
![15 Bonkers Movie Sequels We Almost Got - A Nightmare on Elm Street entry about Charles Manson
John Saxon pitched an Elm Street movie that was set in 1](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/4/8/755248.jpg?v=2)