'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.










