"95-year-old father in ""Grumpy Old Men"" (1993) and its sequel, ""Grumpier Old Men"" (1995). Meredith directed the movie ""The Man on the Eiffel Tower"" (1949) starring Charles Laughton, which was produced by Irving Allen. Meredith also was billed in a supporting role in this film. In 1970, he directed (as well as co-wrote and played a supporting role in) ""The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go"", an espionage caper starring James Mason and Jeff Bridges. Meredith appeared in four different starring roles in the anthology TV series ""The Twilight Zone"", tying him with Jack Klugman for the most appearances"
"gross. It holds a total of 22% on Rotten Tomatoes. Stephen Holden of ""The New York Times"" called it ""a dispiriting, flavorless travesty, the equivalent of moldy tofu mystery meat"". The Odd Couple II The Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968's ""The Odd Couple"". Written by Neil Simon (who also produced), the film reunites Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. The film was the actors' last together, and Simon's final screenplay. It is also significant among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of the original and a"
"Grumpy Old Men (TV series) Grumpy Old Men is a conversational-style British television series, first shown in October 2003 on BBC Two. The first run of four programmes was repeated several times before a second series, also of four episodes, was shown in 2004. A third series was broadcast in April 2006. There were also 2003 and 2004 Christmas specials. An Irish version, ""Gaybo's Grumpy Men"", was produced by RTÉ in 2005. The format shows a number of well-known middle-aged men talking about any issues of modern life which irritate them, from the proliferation of excessive road signs to unnecessary"
"made available, read by Arthur Smith. Following the success of ""Grumpy Old Men/Women"", the producers, Liberty Bell TV, have made a number of other series based on the same format, including ""Grumpy Old Holidays"", ""It's Grim Up North"", ""My Appalling School Report"", ""He Says, She Says"" and ""The Meaning Of Life"". All of these were broadcast on BBC2, except the last-named which was on BBC1. The ""Grumpy Guide to Christmas"" was shown on BBC2 on 23 December 2009. Grumpy Old Men (TV series) Grumpy Old Men is a conversational-style British television series, first shown in October 2003 on BBC Two."
"was successful enough to spawn two sequels, ""Evil Dead II"" and ""Army of Darkness"", a ""remake"" in 2013, and a television series titled ""Ash vs Evil Dead"". Tapert continued on to produce numerous other films, typically involving Raimi and/or Campbell in some capacity, such as ""Crimewave"", ""Easy Wheels"", ""Darkman"", ""Hard Target"", ""Timecop"", ""The Quick and the Dead"", ""A Simple Plan"", and ""The Gift"". Tapert co-founded film production company Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Their first release ""The Grudge"" would gross nearly $200 million internationally. They followed up that success with ""Boogeyman"", """", ""The Messengers"", ""30 Days of Night"", ""Drag Me"
"Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a 2000 American science-fiction romantic-comedy film directed by Peter Segal. It is a sequel to the 1996 film ""The Nutty Professor"". In contrast to the previous film, subplots which are centered on his parents (with his brother and grandmother, providing comic relief) occupy a substantial part of the film. Like the first film, the sequel's theme song is ""Macho Man"" by The Village People, which this time is played during the end credits. After finding success with a DNA restructuring formula in the first film, Sherman Klump has created"
"Grown Ups 2 Grown Ups 2 is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and co-produced by Adam Sandler, who also starred in the film. It is the sequel to the 2010 film ""Grown Ups"". The film co-stars Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Nick Swardson, and Salma Hayek. The film is produced by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film was released on July 12, 2013. The film grossed roughly $247 million on an $80 million budget. It was nominated for nine Razzies at the 2014 Golden Raspberry Awards."
"avoid confusion with the cult classic by Roman Polanski. Described as ""Grumpy Old Men"" meets ""Home Alone"", the film stars Academy Award Nominee William Hickey, Carl Gordon, Victor Colicchio, Frank Gorshin, Donald McDonald, Sylva Gassel, Irma St. Paule, Pee Wee Love, Neil Ruddy, and the acting debut of Joey Buttafuoco. He optioned the film rights and struggled for years on an adaptation of Simon Mawer's 1999 novel, ""Mendel's Dwarf"". After years of languishing in what he calls, ""Hollywood's development hell"", the option elapsed and was subsequently sold to Barbra Streisand's company. Uzo was married to a white Long Island native"
"collaboration between Lemmon and Matthau. Jean Smart described the characters of Thelma and Holly as ""a bad '90s version of the Pigeon sisters,"" characters who appeared in the original film. The film was a critical and commercial failure. Despite the fact Lemmon and Matthau had success with their ""Grumpy Old Men"" films in the mid-1990s, this project was not as successful as expected. The film grossed $18 million at the North American domestic box office, and although Lemmon and Matthau's previous film ""Out to Sea"" also disappointed, it was better received by critics and had a slightly higher box office"
"Grandpa Fred's show was intended to be scary (though this scene was later included in the tie-in novel). Several actors from the original film returned to make ""Gremlins 2"", including Galligan, Cates, and Dick Miller. Miller reprised his role as Billy's neighbor Mr. Futterman, who the gremlins severely injured (both physically and mostly mentally) in the first film, in an expanded role in this film. In the second, he plays a part in wiping out the creatures by dousing one in cement and using the building's fire hose against the others. Character actress Jackie Joseph returned to play Mr. Futterman's"
"show was formed, and went on a sell out national tour, as well as a spell in Australia. Grumpy Old Women ""For the live show, see Grumpy Old Women Live"" Grumpy Old Women is a British television series, continuing in the same vein as its predecessor, ""Grumpy Old Men"". Both programmes are shown on BBC Two. The first two series were narrated by Alison Steadman, and the third by Judith Holder (who is the 'grumpy old woman' in the clips). The show started as a special one-off Christmas special; however, because of its popularity, it spawned a regular series, a"
"Hardbodies Hardbodies is a 1984 sex comedy film about three middle-aged men who hire a younger man to help them pick up women at the beach. The film was directed by Mark Griffiths, and stars Grant Cramer, Courtney Gains, and Gary Wood. It was followed by a 1986 sequel entitled ""Hardbodies 2"". Scotty, a con man who does whatever he can to get along, is evicted from his apartment for non-payment of rent. He soon finds three older divorced men who have a lot of money, however they do not have a trait that Scotty possesses, moxie with women. They"
"their pet hates. The grumpy old men and women together made a series, ""Grumpy Old Holidays"", in which they talk about the frustrations of air travel, packing and so on. This was first shown on 18 June 2006. A companion book to the series written by Stuart Prebble, ""Grumpy Old Men (The Official Handbook)"", was published in 2004, followed by ""Grumpy Old Men: The Secret Diary"" in 2005 and ""Grumpy Old Christmas"" in 2006, also by Prebble. The first series and its accompanying Christmas special was released on DVD and an audiobook based on the first two series was also"
"was announced a few years later. The live-action, feature film sequel to ""Clerks"" was released on July 21, 2006. The working title was ""The Passion of the Clerks"", though the film was released under the title ""Clerks II"". The credits for ""Dogma"" stated ""Jay and Silent Bob will return in ""Clerks 2: Hardly Clerkin """"; however, that project ""evolved"" into ""Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"". The sequel features Jeff Anderson and Brian O'Halloran reprising their roles as Dante Hicks and Randal Graves. The two now work at a Mooby's restaurant after Graves' incompetence resulted in the destruction of the"
"""Dennis the Menace"" (1993). His partnership with Jack Lemmon became one of the most successful pairings in Hollywood. They became lifelong friends after making ""The Fortune Cookie"" and would make a total of 10 movies together—11 counting ""Kotch"", in which Lemmon has a cameo as a sleeping bus passenger. Apart from their many comedies, the two appeared (although they did not share any scenes) in the Oliver Stone drama, ""JFK"" (1991). Matthau and Lemmon reunited for the comedy ""Grumpy Old Men"" (1993), co-starring Ann-Margret, and its sequel, ""Grumpier Old Men"" (1995), also co-starring Sophia Loren. This led to further pairings"
"production of other Spaghetti Westerns (""My Name Is Nobody"" and ""A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe""), but none of these bore direct relations with his previous films. However, screenwriter Luciano Vincenzoni stated on numerous occasions that he had written a treatment for a sequel, tentatively titled ""Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo n. 2"" ""(The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 2)"". According to Vincenzoni and Eli Wallach, the film would have been set 20 years after the original, and would have followed Tuco pursuing Blondie's grandson for the gold. Clint Eastwood expressed interest in taking part in the"
"(1973), a sequel to ""Dirty Harry"", about a group of rogue young officers (among them David Soul, Robert Urich and Tim Matheson) in the San Francisco Police Department who systematically exterminate the city's worst criminals. Although the film was a major success after release, grossing $58.1 million in the United States (a record for Eastwood), it was not a critical success. ""The New York Times"" critic Nora Sayre panned the often contradictory moral themes of the film, while the paper's Frank Rich called it ""the same old stuff"". In 1974, Eastwood teamed up with Jeff Bridges and George Kennedy in"
"horror-themed parody, ""A Haunted House"", and its sequel, both starring Marlon Wayans. Where the original film was mainly based on the slasher films of the 1990s, ""Scary Movie 2"" parodies an array of supernatural and haunted house films from various decades, including ""The Haunting"" (1999), ""The Exorcist"" (1973), ""The Amityville Horror"" (1979), ""Poltergeist"" (1982), ""The Legend of Hell House"" (1973), ""House on Haunted Hill"" (both the 1959 and 1999 versions), and ""The Changeling"" (1980). It also spoofs some contemporary films, such as ""Hannibal"" (2001) and ""Hollow Man"" (2000). ""Scary Movie 2"" grossed $141.2 million worldwide from a $45 million budget."
"""Grumpy Old Men"" and its sequel ""Grumpier Old Men"". He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1966 Billy Wilder film ""The Fortune Cookie."" Besides the Oscar, he was the winner of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Tony awards. Matthau was born Walter John Matthow on October 1, 1920, in New York City's Lower East Side. His mother, Rose (née Berolsky), was a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant who worked in a garment sweatshop, and his father, Milton Matthow, was a Ukrainian-Jewish peddler and electrician, from Kiev, Ukraine. As part of a lifelong love of practical jokes, Matthau"
"The Odd Couple II The Odd Couple II is the 1998 sequel to 1968's ""The Odd Couple"". Written by Neil Simon (who also produced), the film reunites Jack Lemmon as Felix Ungar and Walter Matthau as Oscar Madison. The film was the actors' last together, and Simon's final screenplay. It is also significant among sequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of the original and a sequel in which all leads return. Each actor made only one more theatrical film after this: ""The Legend of Bagger Vance"" for Lemmon and ""Hanging Up"" for Matthau, in which"
"1993 interview. ""It's difficult because you have to center him the whole time, zoom out at the right time, pull the focus"". ""Gunman"" was followed in 1994 by ""Salween"", which was also entitled ""Gunman 2"" (, or ""Mue puen 2""). However, aside from the presence of Sorapong Chatree, who stars in ""Salween"" as a tough, veteran police sergeant, as well as Ron Rittichai, who portrays a SLORC colonel, the stories and characters of the two films have no relation, so ""Salween"" is a sequel to ""Gunman"" in name only. The DVD of the film, with English language subtitles, was released"
"The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time Les visiteurs 2: Les couloirs du temps ( (English: The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time) is a sequel to the original French film, ""Les Visiteurs"". ""Les Visiteurs II"" sold more than eight million tickets in France. At his wedding, Godefroy de Montmirail is interrupted by the news that his bride's father, Duke Fulbert, is gravely ill. Consulting the wizard Eusebius, Godefory finds out that the corridors of time are somehow being held open and this is killing his future father-in-law. Godefroy is determined to find how this has happened and who is"
"had the studio support to make a sequel to ""The Evil Dead"", which he initially decided to make out of desperation. His career quickly recovered after ""Evil Dead II"" was filmed and released in 1987, and was a box office success. The Coen brothers expressed similar dissatisfaction with the film, and directed every one of their screenplays until the 2012 film ""Gambit"". Raimi and the Coens remained friends, and the duo cast Campbell in some of their films such as ""The Hudsucker Proxy"" (1994) and ""Intolerable Cruelty"" (2003), the former of which was co-written by Raimi. Elements of ""Crimewave"" were"
"Bad Boys II Bad Boys II is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. A sequel to the 1995 film ""Bad Boys"" and the second installment in the ""Bad Boys"" series, the film follows detectives Burnett and Lowrey investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. The film grossed $273 million worldwide, but received generally negative reviews from critics, who singled out the violence, script, length and depiction of women, but praised the visual effects, action sequences, humor, Trevor Rabin's musical score and the acting. Eight years"
"times the budget of the original ""Evil Dead"", though it was not considered to be a box-office success like its two predecessors. ""Evil Dead II"" received general acclaim from critics and is often considered to be better than the original, and ""Army of Darkness"" received mostly positive reviews. The series has often attracted attention because each sequel featured more comedic qualities than the last, progressing into ""weirder"" territory with each film. Unofficial sequels were also made in Italy—where the film was known as ""La Casa"" (""The House"")—by Joe D'Amato's Filmirage. In 1988, D'Amato produced two films labeled as sequels to"
"that some of the actors had been changed and that the film contained advertisements for various brands. The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time Les visiteurs 2: Les couloirs du temps ( (English: The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time) is a sequel to the original French film, ""Les Visiteurs"". ""Les Visiteurs II"" sold more than eight million tickets in France. At his wedding, Godefroy de Montmirail is interrupted by the news that his bride's father, Duke Fulbert, is gravely ill. Consulting the wizard Eusebius, Godefory finds out that the corridors of time are somehow being held open and this"
"as the only film in history to find room for Steve Buscemi alongside ""Stone Cold"" Steve Austin."" ""Grown Ups 2"" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 5, 2013. Maria Bello said in an interview, ""People have talked about it and we’ve heard it might happen, but I don’t know if there is a script, I don’t know what there is. But I hope so because, boy, it’s fun to work with those guys."" Grown Ups 2 Grown Ups 2 is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and co-produced by Adam Sandler, who also starred in"
"Men in Black II Men in Black II (stylized as MIIB) is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub and Rip Torn. The film is a sequel to the 1997 film ""Men in Black"" and was followed by ""Men in Black 3"", released in 2012. This series of films is based on the comic book series ""The Men in Black"" by Lowell Cunningham. A video game partly based on the film was released in 2002, titled """". Five years"
"The Smurfs 2 The Smurfs 2 is a 2013 American 3D live-action/computer-animated comedy film and a sequel to the 2011 film ""The Smurfs"". It is loosely based on ""The Smurfs"" comic-book series created by the Belgian comics artist Peyo. It is the second and final installment of a duology, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film is directed by Raja Gosnell, who helmed the first, with all the main cast returning. New cast members include Christina Ricci and J. B. Smoove as members of the Naughties, and Brendan Gleeson as Patrick Winslow's stepfather. The film"
"Grumpy Old Women ""For the live show, see Grumpy Old Women Live"" Grumpy Old Women is a British television series, continuing in the same vein as its predecessor, ""Grumpy Old Men"". Both programmes are shown on BBC Two. The first two series were narrated by Alison Steadman, and the third by Judith Holder (who is the 'grumpy old woman' in the clips). The show started as a special one-off Christmas special; however, because of its popularity, it spawned a regular series, a book (see below) and stage show. ""for more information, see Grumpy Old Women Live"" In 2005, a live"
"in together was ""The Fortune Cookie"" (for which Matthau won the 1966 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor), ""The Front Page"" and ""Buddy Buddy"". In 1971, Lemmon directed Matthau in the comedy ""Kotch"". It was the only movie that Lemmon directed and Matthau was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for his performance. Additionally, Lemmon and Matthau had small parts in Oliver Stone's 1991 film, ""JFK"" (the only film in which both appeared without sharing screen time). In 1993, the duo teamed again to star in ""Grumpy Old Men"". The film was a surprise hit, earning the two actors a new"
"to acquire the rights to his 1954 short story, ""The Golden Man"". The completed script was sold to Nicolas Cage's production company, Saturn Films, and eventually became the 2007 film, ""Next"", directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Cage, along with Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel. Unfortunately, the film was not a great critical or financial success. On March 21, 2017, Goldman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Disney over the film ""Zootopia"". The lawsuit claims that Goldman (in 2000 and 2009) pitched a concept to Disney for a live-action film titled ""Looney"", which was about a socially awkward animator who"
"a trilogy. Even though they weren't made together like ""Lord of the Rings"", this is really closure for the ""X-Men"" series. … This is the last stand for sure."" However, the next two ""X-Men"" films, """" (2009) and """" (2011) were instead prequels that took place before the events of the first ""X-Men"" movie. The first installment set chronologically after ""The Last Stand"" was ""The Wolverine"", released in 2013. A stand-alone sequel, ""The Wolverine"" shows Logan heading for Japan to escape the memories of what occurred during ""The Last Stand"". Hugh Jackman and Famke Janssen reprised their roles, while Ian"