The Legacyquel Treatment: 15 Films Ripe For A 'Star Wars'-Style Nostalgic Redo
There’s been a word on the tip of the tongues of studio executives in the last year or so. And that word is "legacyquel"’ Coined, as best as we can tell, by Screencrush’s Matt Singer, it describes a specific kind of franchise-continuing movie that resulted in some of last year’s most popular movies in “Jurassic World,” “Creed” and “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” and will potentially lead to some of the biggest of this year with “Ghostbusters” and “Independence Day: Resurgence.”
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In essence, the legacyquel is a sequel, normally in a series that’s been dormant for a decade or more but has often loomed large regardless. These films (arguably pioneered to a degree by J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek,” “Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull” and “Tron: Legacy”) aim to mix the old with the new and to keep some kind of continuity with earlier movies by returning earlier...