The 10 MUST-SEE SEQUELS of 2010

1. HAIRSPRAY 2: WHITE LIPSTICK

"Hairspray" became the talk of the town in 2007 when it set the record for the biggest opening for a movie musical. Although the record was later broken by the release of "Mamma Mia!", the movie went on to be the fourth highest grossing musical in U.S. cinema history. Plus, it has been nominated in the Oscar Academy Award. Its commercial success soon led New Line Cinema to ask writer John Waters to pen "Hairspray 2: White Lipstick" despite the fact that the original film was based on the Broadway musical. While the first movie delves around early 60's music and highlights on the racial segregation, the sequel enters the late '60s era of music and takes a look at the British Invasion. There will also be 17 brand new songs from Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman to be expected.

Things you should know about Hairspray 2:
1. Tracy (Nikki Blonsky) is hated because she’s now famous but doesn’t lose weight.
2. Link (Zak Efron) gets a mop-top Beatles hairdo and tries to masquerade himself as a member of the British Invasion in an attempt to remain hip. The hair causes three pimples to spawn on his forehead, which he has “an ongoing dialogue” throughout half the movie. He also somehow accidentally experiments with acid. Shankman later said that Link’s drug storyline probably won’t make it into the final film.
3. Edna (John Travolta) gets hooked on diet pills, actually loses weight, but sees her husband (Christopher Walken) lusting after fat women. Shankman told MTV, “she finally breaks down and runs over to a snack table. Just within one number, she gets fat again; gaining 20 pounds at a time. [Her fat] pops out, and by the end of the song she’s completely at her old weight again.”
4. Velma Von Tussle (Michelle Pfeiffer) will likely not appear in the sequel due to the introduction of a new villain.
5. Someone gets drafted into war, but it isn’t Link.
6. New Line/Warner Bros has yet to official announce any actors/actresses for the sequel, but they have said that they hope to keep most of the original cast.
7. The film is tentatively scheduled to hit theaters in mid-July 2010.


2. SAW VII

Jigsaw may be six feet under, but his deadly games continue to live on through two of his accomplices, Mark Hoffman and Jill Tuck. But, with "Saw VI" underperforming the other "Saw" sequels and scoring the lowest worldwide gross of the series, what could the filmmakers do to steal interest back for "Saw VII"? The answer is simple, 3-D. Back in October, producer Mark Burg and co-writer Marcus Dunstan have confirmed that the latest and possibly the last installment of the annual Halloween horror series will be opened to view using the technology. If the conventional presentation of the traps has sent your heart racing, imagine what the 3-D will accomplish.


3. LITTLE FOCKERS

Been wondering how Greg, Pam and their eccentric parents are doing after their last crazy get-together in "Meet the Fockers"? "Little Fockers" will satisfy your curiosity. Having passed a series of unfortunate events to finally tie the knot, Greg and Pam find themselves five years later coping with twin toddlers in this follow-up of the highest grossing live action comedy in history. But, the Fockers' brood isn't the only subject matter presented to inflict humor. Writer John Hamburg promised that the movie will also deal with death and divorce, but "in a really comic way". Let's not forget also about Jessica Alba who is set to "wreak havoc on the male characters" as a sexpot pharmaceutical rep.



MORE included
TRON LEGACY,
IRON MAN 2,
SEX AND THE CITY 2,
SHREK FOREVER AFTER,
TOY STORY 3,
TWILIGHT SAGA'S ECLIPSE

& most important (for me, of course)
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART I

The 10 MUST-SEE SEQUELS of 2010