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Back in September, Danny Boyle told MTV News he had an idea for a sequel to 28 Weeks Later, but said it “might be silly” and that he hadn’t run it by anyone officially. Since then there have been assorted rumors about possible directors and plot ideas, but perhaps unsurprisingly, no confirmations.

Word of mouth for Revolutionary Road is pretty hot right now, not to mention interest surrounding what else Sam Mendes may be up to in the future. But strangely enough, that's not the only of his works that's getting some notice from the studios. EMO Films announced that it will be expanding his Road to Perdition into a trilogy, with the writer for Perdition's comic book Max Allan Collins (which it was adapted from) on board as director.

We've been anxiously awaiting Boondock Saints 2: All Saint's Day for years, but forgive us if we were skeptical it would ever actually get made. Not only had director Troy Duffy pissed off seemingly everyone in Hollywood, but the movie had been in production hell so long that it was starting to tread into Chinese Democracy territory. Or maybe Duke Nukem Forever.

The blitz of sequel rumors that followed The Dark Knight’s release this summer have been silenced a number of times, mostly because director Christopher Nolan spent the second half of his summer off the coast of Florida with his family. And in a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Nolan, back home, confirmed that he hasn’t decided on any direction for Batman—or if he wants to return to the franchise at all.

We have a Resident Evil: Apocalypse. We have a Resident Evil: Extinction.

Ever since The Dark Knight came out and started garnering positive reviews, earning lots of money and becoming IMDb's favorite movie of all time (it has since fallen to #4), rumors have been flying regarding various aspects of a possible sequel. They've already been put to rest once. Now we're here to confirm they're all being put to rest again.

Douglas Adams' death was a sad event years ago, but even with the release of chapters in The Salmon of Doubt, his works felt pretty much completed. While he was ostensibly working on a sequel to (in some ways) both Dirk Gently and the Hitchhiker's Guide, neither series really needed it. In fact, the end of Mostly Harmless did its best to wipe that possibility out by not just killing every main character, but instead utterly annihilating them in every possible universe that ever could have existed. The man was pretty thorough.

You need only click here for a brief reminder (or here for a much longer one) of how bad Spider-Man 3 was. Overlong, overstuffed and overcrowded with no less than three villains, Spider-Man 3 was a let-down in nearly every department.

On Wednesday, Variety reported that button-pusher extraordinaire Todd Solondz is finally getting his happy ending. After languishing for a long while without financial backup, his companion piece/sequel to Happiness is finally getting made.

If Paste had existed back in the early '80s, it's probable that the P4ST3 51GN5 of L1F3 4 1982 would have featured a little movie about video games and virtual reality called Tron, starring a relatively unknown actor named Jeff Bridges.

High-above the mucky muck, castle made of clouds, there sits Wonderboy, sitting oh so proudly. Jack Black, hot on the heels of announcing his magnum opus with comedy-rock-turned-real-rock-turned-movie-star band Tenacious D, has just unveiled another project worthy of the man who long pined to be an American badass. Perhaps he'll finally achieve that dream with the now-confirmed sequel to 2004's School of Rock, titled School of Rock 2: America Rocks.

Rumors about TV shows turning into movies are getting everyone all hot and bothered this summer, especially if a little more Sex gets thrown into the mix. HBO’s hit series Sex and the City recently became New Line Cinema’s hit summer movie, and the rumors of a sequel are already boiling.

It's a simple recipe for Hollywood producers. Start with semi-to-well-known characters, (preferably from a comic book), stir in a generous portion of bloody action scenes, season with betrayal, add a love story to taste, and BAM! You've got yourself a Hollywood blockbuster.