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The Heat 2 movie is confirmed to be happening, but only a few details about the project have been released to the public. 

Legendary director Michael Mann announced all the way back in 2016 that he was going to revisit the world of his hit 1995 crime thriller in the form of a follow-up book titled Heat 2. 

With the book's release in 2022, Mann's plans began to shift, opting to transform this prequel/sequel story from a strictly literary venture into a full-on star-studded blockbuster.

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Warning: Major spoilers for Bird Box Barcelona below!Bird Box Barcelona's ending teases a new direction for the Netflix saga, but this approach could also hurt the franchise in the long run. Sandra Bullock has a well-known allergy to sequels, having faced embarrassment from both Speed 2: Cruise Control and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous. In recent years she has rejected any sequel offers coming her way, including The Heat 2. While Bird Box was a major streaming success in 2018, the odds of Netflix convincing Bullock to return for a follow-up were always bleak.

That's why her character is nowhere to be found in Bird Box Barcelona, with the Netflix franchise instead exploring the effects the monsters have had on other countries. If this spinoff gambit pays off, Bird Box 3 and other entries could continue to explore the core concept from different cultures. While Bird Box Barcelona...

Bird Box Barcelona is the second entry in the Netflix horror series, but is it a direct sequel to the surprise Sandra Bullock hit from 2018? Bird Box was part of a run of horror movies from the late 2010s that revolved around the senses. A Quiet Place saw its main characters forced to stay quiet to protect themselves from alien predators that hunt by sound, while Netflix's Hush involved a deaf protagonist being stalked by a serial killer.

Bird Box founds its lead characters being forced to don blindfolds to stay safe from creatures that can induce suicide if seen. While the original Bird Box received some mediocre reviews, it was an undeniable smash for the streamer that also inspired the (thankfully) short-lived Bird Box blindfold challenge. Bird Box's ending saw Bullock's character and her children reaching a place of relative safety, but the upcoming Bird Box Barcelona...

A lot of fans weren't really happy with how Paul Feig's Ghostbusters reboot turned out. I thought it had some fun moments throughout the film, but for the most part is was kind of a mess. It's a shame because there was a lot of great comedic talent involved and I think it could've been a decent film had they come up with a better take on the story and characters.

Dan Aykroyd was a producer on the film and although he praised the film before it was released, he's now singing a different tune. While a guest on Britain’s TV show Sunday Brunch, Aykroyd laid into Feig because he didn't listen to them and he ended up costing the studio a ton of money in reshoots that could have been avoided.

“[Ghostbusters] made a lot of money around the world but just cost too much, making it economically...

Edward Douglas Apr 27, 2017

Wondering where Bridesmaids 2, Spy 2, and The Heat 2 are? Paul Feig explains why they haven't happened.

Paul Feig took part in one of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Directors Series Tribeca Talks in New York earlier this week, being hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Michael Ché. While a wide variety of topics were covered from stand-up to working with women, one of the interesting things asked from the audience was when Feig might do a sequel to one of his hit comedies, whether it be Bridesmaids or The Heat or Spy. The latter two there had been talk about a sequel but he didn’t seem too optimistic that any of them might happen.

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If you didn't have plans this Mother's Day weekend, you do now! As 20th Century Fox is rolling out the comedy Snatched on May 12th. Following a hilarious red band trailer debut late last year, the studio has dropped a second trailer, and it promises to be one comedy that will bring mothers and daughters closer together.

Today, 20th Century Fox has released a brand new trailer for Snatched starring Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn. You can check it out below! After her boyfriend dumps her on the eve of their exotic vacation, impetuous dreamer Emily Middleton (Amy Schumer) persuades her ultra-cautious mother, Linda (Goldie Hawn) to travel with her to paradise. Polar opposites, Emily and Linda realize that working through their differences as mother and daughter, in unpredictable, hilarious fashion, is the only way to escape the wildly outrageous jungle adventure they have fallen into.

This is the first-ever...

Way back in 2011, director Paul Feig was being praised for delivering the sleeper hit of the summer, with his ensemble comedy Bridesmaids going onto become one of the biggest hits that year. Cut to 2016 and he's one of the most divisive directors currently working in Hollywood for the sole fact that he dare attempt a Ghostbusters remake, with an all-female cast no less. While many fans of that series have decided to hate the man for his sheer audacity in rebooting a beloved franchise, it was two other monster comedy hits that helped get him here. One of those movies being 2013's The Heat. That movie was such a big crowd pleaser, and did such big business at the box office, that many assumed its two leads would be eager to return for a sequel. As it turns out, that probably won't happen. And it's all Sandra Bullock's fault.

Simon Brew Jul 4, 2016

Paul Feig chats to us about his new Ghostbusters film, the internet backlash, the Sony attack, and the last two years of his life…

“I felt the pressure”, Paul Feig admitted, as we sat down to talk about his new film, Ghostbusters. Feig, a geek of some vintage (his two books are sublime, Freak & Geeks remains a superb piece of television, nearly two decades on), has over the past half decade established himself as one of Hollywood’s most successful contemporary comedy directors, off the back of Bridesmaids, The Heat and Spy.

And then he took on Ghostbusters, a project that has seen him in the crosshairs of some legitimate and some utterly vile comments.

It seems almost surreal, after the storm of the past year or two, to finally be at the point where we get to see the film itself. But here we are, and here – in full context,...

Amy Schumer successfully crossed over into the world of movies, so now it's time for her next big project. The funny gal of Inside Amy Schumer found wide success with Trainwreck, her film co-starring herself and SNL vet Bill Hader in a story about a woman who needs to get her life right. But how does one top such a raunchy, signature Schumer comedy? According to Deadline, that would be a mother-daughter-vacation-gone-wrong extravaganza. The trade reports that Schumer's next film project is taking that shape. The still-untitled film was written by Katie Dippold, who wrote Paul Feig's The Heat, The Heat 2 and all-female Ghostbusters remake. She based the project on her own relationship with her mother, and the directing job was offered to Warm Bodies' Jonathan Levine. He's apparently still weighing his options, but Schumer is on board. While he makes his decision, it's...

Buddy-cop movies tend to inspire sequels. Winning comedies tend to inspire sequels. Movies that earn north of $220 million at the global box office have a very good chance of getting a sequel. And yet, Paul Feig says that The Heat 2 likely isn.t happening, and he points to a very strange reason. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly that.s primarily focused on Ghostbusters 3 (with good reason), Paul Feig also explains how he and The Heat screenwriter Katie Dippold came to land the next chapter in the Ghostbusters franchise. He explains that right after The Heat hit, the two got together on an idea for a sequel, and Dippold actually went the distance in writing a screenplay for it. Done deal, right? Not according to Feig, who says: It.s just Sandra [Bullock].s not wanting to do it.not likely to do a sequel to anything. So that...

On Wednesday afternoon, Paul Feig tweeted that he was indeed going to direct a new Ghostbusters film, and it will, in his words, star "hilarious women." Just a few months ago the future of Ghostbusters seemed uncertain, with Ivan Reitman deciding not to direct a new movie after the death of Harold Ramis. Feig, however, has taken Ghostbusters in an entirely new direction. He's not making a follow-up to the '80s classics, but rebooting franchise with women as the titular ghost-fighting heroes. The concept fits within Feig's oeuvre. His critical and commercial successes, Bridesmaids and The Heat, were comedies led by women,...

Following the massive critical and box office successes that were Gravity and The Heat, Academy Award-winner Sandra Bullock is riding high, and surely has her pick of projects. But before she may or may not strap in for The Heat 2, Bullock is locking in for a political dramedy from David Gordon Green. Variety reports Sandra Bullock has signed on to star in Our Brand Is Crisis. Warner Bros. has greenlit the project, which boasts writer-director David Gordon Green as its helmer. But Bullock is not only starring in the political pic, she's also set to produce alongside her Gravity co-star George Clooney, and his Smokehouse Pictures partner, Grant Heslov. Currently unknown is if Clooney is eyeing a role for himself in the film. If the title Our Brand Is Crisis sounds familiar, that's because the Bullock vehicle was first a celebrated documentary. Directed by Rachel Boyton, the 2005 doc was...

By Terence Johnson

Managing Editor

Hollywood is a business of looking forward to the next thing and trying to predict what changes will come. It’s also not out of the ordinary for Oscar nominees to parlay that nomination/win into future work. So with that, let’s take a look at the next projects for the actors and directors nominated at the Oscars.

Best Actress

Amy Adams

Next Project: Lullaby and Big Eyes

Oscar Potential: There is already rumblings of a campaign being crafted for her to win the Oscar for Big Eyes. She’s now a five time nominated actress and those “overdue!” voices will only get louder.

Cate Blanchett

Next Project: The Monuments Men, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, Knight of Cups, Untitled Terrence Malick Project

Oscar Potential: There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of Oscar...

And EW’s Entertainer of the Year is…Sandra Bullock!

She is the gift that keeps on giving. First the 49-year-old Oscar winner teamed up with the uproarious Melissa McCarthy in Paul Feig’s winning buddy cop comedy The Heat. Then, as Dr. Ryan Stone in Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, Bullock gives an emotionally naked performance that will likely earn her an Oscar nomination. Bullock’s tremendous talent and range — to say nothing of the woman’s trademark grace and good humor in good times and bad — is what earned her the top spot on our annual list of the...

20th Century Fox, Chernin Entertainment and director Paul Feig are developing a spinoff to this past summer's comedy hit "The Heat" which grossed $230 million worldwide.

The new film will focus on Beth and Gina, the characters played by Jamie Denbo and Jessica Chaffin. The pair are part of Melissa McCarthy's cop character’s extended family.

Tricia McAlpin is writing the script, while Feig and Jessie Henderson are producing. The storyline is currently being worked out, and won't preclude or affect the possibility of a "The Heat 2" in any way.

Source: Deadline...

She has always been known as one of Hollywood’s best actresses, and on Wednesday (September 25), Sandra Bullock cemented her place as an A-lister during a ceremony at the Tcl Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

Glammed up in an orchid print dress, the “Blind Side” beauty immortalized her hands and footprints in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The 49-year-old actress has shown no sign of slowing down career wise, as she is stars alongside George Clooney in the sci-fi drama “Gravity,” which opens in theaters on October 4.

Sandra is also voicing a character in the animated “Minions,” and is rumored to be reprising her role as Sarah in “The Heat 2.”...

A former writer on the small screen for MADtv and the critically adored Parks and Recreation, Katie Dippold’s first feature The Heat hits screens this week. Directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids), and starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock, the buddy cop movie has already proved a big hit in the U.S., grossing $160million at the box office and prompting talk of a sequel almost immediately.

We sat down with Katie to ask her about what made her want to write a female-led buddy cop comedy, her experiences working with Paul Feig on the film, and a little bit about her previous experience on the small screen with Parks and Rec.

Were you always a fan of buddy cop movies?

Yeah, I grew up watching all of them. I remember I saw Running Scared when I was young, the Billy Crystal-Gregory Hines movie, and then like Lethal Weapon,...

Sandra Bullock held hands with her son, Louis, on the way to a birthday party in La yesterday. She carried a wrapped present as she and Louis made their way into the festivities, and Louis later emerged with a balloon and party favor. Although Sandra spent Sunday celebrating one of Louis's pals, she is coming off of her own birthday celebrations since she turned 49 on Friday. Sandra was able to ring in her own special occasion with much-deserved downtime since she recently wrapped a big press tour for Summer flick The Heat, which most recently took her to Australia for a premiere earlier this month. The success of the comedy, which also stars Sandra's real-life pal Melissa McCarthy, has sparked interest in a sequel, but it appears Sandra is not yet on board for a The Heat 2. In a recent interview, Sandra shot down the sequel rumors, saying, "I...

Before "The Heat" arrived in theaters on June 28, director Paul Feig told HuffPost Entertainment that he was hoping to get "other franchises" going beyond the not-happening "Bridesmaids 2." With Sandra Bullock tossing cold water on "The Heat 2" ("I know they say never say never, but right now, I can't imagine it," Bullock told EW.com), that might leave Feig's female spy feature, "Susan Cooper," as his best option. To that end: TheWrap reports Melissa McCarthy is in early talks to star in the film, which would be her third collaboration with Feig in the last four years, following "Bridesmaids" and "The Heat."

Back in June, Feig talked about "Susan Cooper" with Coming Soon. "I'm still figuring out cast-wise who we're gonna go with," he said about who might star in the film, which has been described as a female James Bond. "I have ideas of what I want, but yeah,...

Despite doing well at the box office and fairly well with critics, it doesn’t look like Sandra Bullock wants to reprise her role in a sequel to The Heat. Though nothing has been confirmed and 20th Century Fox hasn’t as of yet, we do know that a script for The Heat 2 was penned by Katie Dippold, it just hasn’t been given the go ahead yet. At this stage though, it’s only a matter of time before they do.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Bullock revealed her thoughts about returning for a sequel, telling them the following:

“I know they say never say never, but right now, I can’t imagine it,” Bullock told EW. “I don’t want to ruin what Melissa and I had. If a miracle happens where [a script] shows up that really and truly outdid the first and provided an experience that was better than the first one,...

Hopes for a sequel to "The Heat" are nearly extinguished, according to Sandra Bullock.

The co-star of the cop comedy has said that the only thing that would get her holstered up again alongside Melissa McCarthy is a miracle. "I don't want to ruin what Melissa and I had," Bullock tells Entertainment Weekly. "If a miracle happens where [a script] shows up that really and truly outdid the first and provided an experience that was better than the first one, then I would look at it. But I'm not there."

Director Paul Feig recently revealed that "The Heat" screenwriter Katie Dippold is already working on a script for a second film. But will it be good enough to convince Bullock to sign on, despite her sequel curse?

The Oscar-winning actress has made two sequels in her career, including "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" and "Speed 2," both box office failures. "If you...

Katie Dippold has a full treatment written for "The Heat 2," though if fans can't wait for Fox to go ahead with the project, there's always "Ride Along."

Kevin Hart and Ice Cube fill the shoes of Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, starring as an odd couple of crime fighters. Hart is a school security guard with dreams of becoming a full-fledged police officer who wants to marry the sister of Ice Cube's character. Born O'Shea Jackson, Ice Cube plays a member of the Atlanta Police Department who tells Hart's character that in order to marry his sister, he must come on a ride-along with him and prove that he is worthy to marry her.

Directed by Tim Story ("Barbershop"), "Ride Along" also stars John Leguizamo, Bruce McGill, and Jay Pharoah. The movie will hit theaters in January 2014.

"The Heat 2"? It's a possibility!

Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy's upcoming buddy cop movie, "The Heat" doesn't hit theaters until this weekend, but the stars and director Paul Feig say they are open for it to get even hotter!

"I would do anything with that group of people again -- in a heartbeat," Melissa told Access Hollywood at the movie's New York premiere.

Photos: Sandra Bullock: America's Leading Rom-Com Queen

Paul, who previously worked with Melissa in "Bridesmaids," is gearing up for the possibility of more with his two leading ladies.

"It screams [a ...

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Update (6/24/2013): According to The Hollywood Reporter, negotiations for Sandra Bullock to play Miss Hannigan in the upcoming "Annie" adaptation have ended. Bullock was reportedly offered the role, but turned it down. After back and forth talks since March, it appears the sun will not come out for Miss Congeniality.

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(6/13/2013): It looks like Sandra Bullock might be grabbing a martini and some pantyhose for her next film project (No, we don't mean "The Heat 2.")

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bullock is in early negotiations to play Miss Hannigan in the upcoming adaptation of "Annie." The new flick will star Quvenzhane Wallis in the title role and Jamie Foxx as Benjamin Stacks, a contemporary reinvention of Daddy Warbucks. Sony is making the film alongside Will Smith and Jay-z as producers.

But Miss Congeniality hasn't signed on the dotted line yet. Sony approached Bullock with the idea in early March,...