“With Hollywood studios force-feeding audiences brand expansions mandated by nothing more than their own bottom line, it’s understandable that we’ve gotten a little dubious of sequels.
“Responses to the news of a beloved film going franchise tend to range from cautious optimism at best to bafflement and rage at worst.
“It feels like just yesterday that cries of “Who could have asked for The Nut Job 2: Nutty By Nature?!” echoed all across America, though it’s possible that may have been just me.
“It came as a refreshing change of pace, then, when the news that the 2014 Keanu Reeves action vehicle John Wick would get the sequel treatment broke to general rejoicing.”
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