That Time A Guy Wrote A “Screw You” Sequel To Forrest Gump (Did We Really Need These Sequels?!?)
14,703It's pretty common that successful movies often get a sequel. Based off a novel, Forrest Gump was a popular movie that did well at the box office, so why did we never get a second film?
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Original Article:
http://www.factfiend.com/time-guy-wrote-screw-sequel-forrest-gump/
Sources:
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/06/how-hollywood-studios-manage-to-officially-lose-money-on-movies-that-make-a-billion-dollars/
https://www.deseret.com/1995/6/16/19177386/paramount-finds-author-of-gump-is-no-bonehead
https://www.slashfilm.com/911-killed-the-forrest-gump-sequel/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gump_and_Co.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/forrest-gump-sequel-eric-roth_n_5c938b14e4b08c4fec3525d3?ri18n=true
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Quotes/HollywoodAccounting
https://screenrant.com/forrest-gump-book-astronaut-space-orangutan-ape-sue/m
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk3J0l8sbiQ
Images:
Forrest Gump,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump
Tom Hanks,
U.S. Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Winston Groom,
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Paramount Pictures,
https://www.paramount.com/
Star Wars,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Star_Wars_characters
David Prowse,
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/David_Prowse
Lucasfilm,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm
Lord of the Rings,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/
New Line Cinema,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Line_Cinema
Eddie Murphy,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eddie_Murphy_by_David_Shankbone.jpg
Gump and Co,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gump_and_Co.
The Rise of the Planet of the Apes,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes
Princess Diana,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diana,_Princess_of_Wales_1997_(2).jpg
The Crown,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4786824/
O.J. Simpson,
derivative work: Everyme (talk)O.J._Simpson_1990_·_DN-ST-91-03444.JPEG: Gerald Johnson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
photoshop - forrest gump on horse with koba
Shrek,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126029/
Shrek 2,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298148/
Shrek the Third,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413267/
Shrek Forever After,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640561/
Terminator 3,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181852/
Terminator Salvation,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_Salvation
Terminator Genisys,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_Genisys
Terminator: Dark Fate,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator:_Dark_Fate
The Hangover,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119646/
The Hangover Part 2,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411697/
The Hangover Part 3,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951261/
Obama,
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Videos:
Forrest Gump (1994),
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/
Shrek Forever After (2010),
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892791/
President Obama and Zach Galifianakis: 'Between Two Ferns' (2014),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xs5W5VRILY
Music:
"Two Finger Johnny" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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