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'Journey to the Center of the Earth' Sequel in the Works

Almost $250 million worldwide will do that for a franchise

Variety is reporting a story I think most of us already assumed after last year's release Journey to the Center of the Earth earned $101 million domestically and another $140 million overseas, saying New Line's reteaming with Walden Media and ContraFilm for a sequel.

The sequel will be based on Richard Outten's script "Mysterious Travels: The Lost Map of Treasure Island," in which Prof. Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser) and his nephew (Josh Hutcherson) embark on a journey to a mysterious island that was the subject of three classic novels (Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island," Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" and Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels").

There is no word on a director or if the film will be shot in 3-D as was the 2008 release. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it too will be in 3-D, but I can't venture a guess on whether or not Eric Brevig will be back in the director's chair even though I remember his audio commentary on the Blu-ray discussing such a possibility.


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So they want to try and make a series?
Like National Treasure, Indiana Jones, The Librarian, The Mummy….

The first wasn't actually all that bad. Silly sunday afternoon easy entertainment.
Ok I'll give the sequel a try.

- rattler76
( March 13th, 2009 | 5:50 am )
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I didnt mind watching this in 3D in the theatres….but I cant see myself enjoying it that much sitting at home on my NOT 3D TV.

- JD92
( March 13th, 2009 | 4:34 pm )
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I'm not too fond of the original, but it was far from awful, and it more or less kept my attention. I just think that if they work with a solid, tongue-in-cheek script and add more crazy 3D effects (and make the film brighter- god the first film was muddy as hell!), the sequel could work.

- Vince
( March 14th, 2009 | 3:03 am )
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So what'll it be called? Journey to the…… Obviously it'll have to help people relate it to the first film.

Damn. So even a kiddie adaptation of a Jules Verne novel is getting franchised these days.

- JM
( March 15th, 2009 | 3:28 pm )
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Journey to the lost island be simple but eye-catching

- Stealthwind
( March 21st, 2009 | 9:27 pm )
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I think it's kind of dumb that there makeing a sequal that has nothing to do withthe book, "The lost City of Altlantis", which trevor handed sean in the end of the first movie.

- Warlord
( June 10th, 2009 | 4:05 pm )
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I think it's kind of dumb that there makeing a sequal that has nothing to do withthe book, "The lost City of Altlantis", which trevor handed sean in the end of the first movie.
I agree with this person. I just watched the movie and at the end trevor had the book about atlantis. I thought to myself It would,ve been cool to make a sequal to the movie about atlantis. and was saddened to find that the sequal had nothing to do with anything

- Ed Cadieux
( September 7th, 2009 | 3:26 pm )
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@Ed Cadieux: It is probably there way of turning it into a third installment.

- Carla
( September 22nd, 2009 | 6:35 pm )
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to be honest i haevtn watched the frist one in 3d but i still enjoyed. there were some silly "as if" parts but i am looking forward to a sequel. and also with journey to the centre of the earth when hes yelling seans name i cant help but think of him yelling evies name in the mummy.

- jacob
( October 13th, 2009 | 5:34 am )
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