Re: WarGames 2: The Dead Game

Mutex Zuh=E4lter wrote:
> Modemac wrote:
> > Yep, they're making a sequel to "WarGames:"
> >
> > http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060930d.php
> >
> > Apparently it's not the story of Matthew Broderick's hacker kid, 25
> > years later.
> >
> > --
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>
> They've been trying to do a sequel for a couple years now, last I heard
> it was supposed to have begun filming in October 2005. There's very
> little out there on the production, but if they're scheduled to shoot
> this November and IMDB shows a 2007 release date, I'd guess it'll be
> ready by next summer.
>
> I don't understand how they can call it a sequel, it's more like a
> modern-day remake. They substituted BBSs, the Air Force, and the cold
> war, with the internet, homeland security and terrorists. And
> changed/added some other characters too

My guess is that, like a lot of other Sony-generated sequels to
Sony-owned-or-produced films, it's direct to video.

Mark L. Falconer-film and video links at
http://hometown.aol.com/mfalc1/links.html