'Shakespeare In Love 2'? Weinstein, Miramax Ink Deal For Classic Sequels

Good thing Shakespeare wrote a lot of plays, because the Oscar-winning movie based on his life is about to get a sequel.

The Weinstein Company and Miramax -- the studio the Weinstein brothers founded and then sold -- announced a gigantic partnership deal on Thursday (via The Hollywood Reporter), agreeing to create sequels of the smash hit films that the Weinsteins produced for the studio before starting their new production company.

A number of big films are set to see second installments added to their canon: 'Shakespeare In Love,' 'Bad Santa,' 'Swingers,' 'Rounders,' 'Bridget Jones's Diary,' are some of the most famous names to be in line for the part two treatment.

"We are very close to these films and the new management of Miramax also feels that we are in the best position to create sequels that are at once worthy and compelling in their own right," the Weinsteins said in a statement.

Since starting their independent studio in 2005, the brothers have produced a number of critically acclaimed films. Amongst the big names are 'Inglorious Basterds,' 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona,' and 'A Single Man.'

For more on the deal, click over to The Hollywood Reporter.

Comments

[ElBruce]

04:47 PM on 12/20/2010

Bridget Jones already got a sequel. If they're going to keep going they might as well make it a TV show.

[nermz345]

02:03 PM on 12/20/2010

Why would they make a sequel to shakespeare in love? are u kidding me?

[ShineTheLight]

10:14 PM on 12/19/2010

Shakespeare Gets Dumped? Shakespeare Hungover? Shakespeare In Therapy?

[nermz345]

02:03 PM on 12/20/2010

hilarious!! :)

[signgrrl]

06:26 PM on 12/19/2010

wasn't there already a sequel of Bridget Jones Diary?

[Debru]

10:34 PM on 12/19/2010

I think there were two!

[Erica Anderson]

01:52 PM on 12/19/2010

Oh good, more unnecessary sequels.

[R U Sirius]

11:36 AM on 12/19/2010

You know "Hollywood" is in desperate shape when the best they can come up with is making sequels of vulgar messes like "Bad Santa." Yuk.

[AfroGoddess]

11:35 AM on 12/19/2010

They don't seem like the kind of company that needs to use sequels as a crutch. Very rarely do sequels do as well as the original film, so its basically a desperate gamble for attention.

Personally I'd rather the take on and reinvent pr0n than do a sequel. There's so much room for improvement and innovation, especially in storytelling. Oh well, a girl can dream!

[Paris55]

09:32 PM on 12/19/2010

AfroGoddess - You are right. The only sequel I can think of that worked was Godfather II to complete the original novel The Godfather. I don't think Godfather III was part of the novel - if so, they waited to long to complete the trilogy.

[brijit]

09:02 PM on 12/18/2010

I'm waiting for the "Eastern Promises" sequel.

[MNTom]

01:16 PM on 12/20/2010

Me too.

[afrodesia]

06:19 PM on 12/18/2010

Please don't do it..Especially Shakespeare in love..You cannot top perfection and create a screen play as perfect as this one was..Bad, bad idea.

[afrodesia]

06:16 PM on 12/18/2010

Why?

[c-tom]

04:00 PM on 12/18/2010

Maybe they could combine the film's: 'Swingers in Love', 'Shakespeare's Bad Santa', 'Bad Bridget' and an R rated 'Swingers, Rounders and Bad Bridget Love Shakespeare'.

[afrodesia]

06:06 PM on 12/18/2010

LOL..

[c-tom]

08:27 PM on 12/18/2010

And all these sequel combo films could have zombies in them.

[afrodesia]

03:43 PM on 12/19/2010

LOL..Ain't that the truth..LOL

[UnknownSolider]

03:52 PM on 12/18/2010

Bad Santa 2 heck yeah

[Kevin Watik]

09:16 PM on 12/17/2010

sequel: "Shakespeare In Divorce"

[catcrazee]

04:40 PM on 12/17/2010

Shakes-in-Love 2? Only if they add explosions.

[Northern Observer]

04:01 PM on 12/17/2010

Bad Santa and Rounders are a must for sequels, the others will kill the names the originals made.