This summer saw 20th Century Fox score a major hit with female buddy action-comedy THE HEAT, which paired Sandra Bullock with BRIDESMAIDS scene-stealer Melissa McCarthy as two cops determined to crack a drug and murder case. Despite an R-rating, the film opened with a surprisingly monster $40 million and went on to gross $224 million worldwide. On a budget of only $43 million! It wasn’t long before Fox confirmed a sequel was in the works with director Paul Feig announcing he’d return alongside screenwriter Katie Dippold.
Fans hoping for a continuing franchise with the mismatched duo are going to be sadly disappointed as Bullock has confirmed, while promoting Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi space epic GRAVITY, that she won’t return for that sequel.
I’m not doing a sequel to ‘The Heat.’ I’ve done two sequels. They were horrible.
The two sequels she’s referring to are MISS CONGENIALITY 2 and SPEED 2. She’s right, both were woeful, while their originals were enjoyable smash hits. This doesn’t mean a sequel is dead but replacing one the biggest female stars on the planet is going to be a tough ask for Feig and crew.
Source: Yahoo!
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Oct 2, 2013 at 11:37 pm
What a shame! For someone who basically does the same movie over and over again 80% of the time, refusing something a bit different under the pretense that it’s a sequel is somewhat uncalled for. Recently, she seemed to have a desire to escape her endless string of lame rom-coms, so turning this down is a bad move. Then again, Gravity is coming and it probably will draw a host of original scripts towards her, so there’s still hope for Ms. Bullock.