One of the movies I enjoyed watching last year was Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D starring Brendan Fraser. The movie came out a few weeks before his disastrous Mummy 3 hit the theaters and ruin his reputation. Not a lot of people like the JOURNEY because they over-analyzed it when instead they should’ve just let lose and allow the 3D adventure take you for a thrill ride which I thought it did, the visual fx were fantastic especially that whole roller coaster scene in the mining cave, which reminded me of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
At the end of the movie, if I remember correctly, Brendan’s character was holding a book about Atlantis, kinda teasing the audience and hinting them of a possible sequel about him, his nephew, and his blond girlfriend on another journey for the next installment in search of the lost mythical civilization.
It might not be Atlantis but it’s an island. According to Variety, New Line rejoin forces with Walden Media and ContraFilm to develop the sequel, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND: THE LOST MAP OF TREASURE ISLAND, based on a a script by Richard Outten and the story is the subject of three classic novels (Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels).
The concept sounds cool and all but it sounds like something that’s already tackled and should be left tackled by Pirates of the Caribbean movies and National Treasure movies.
Eric Brevig, who directed the first movie hasn’t signed on to direct the second movie yet but is currently working with Outten to develop the script.. well, at least the Visual veteran Charlotte Huggins and ContraFilm’s Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson will reprise their roles as producers to make sure you’ll have an exciting time at the theaters again.
Brendan Fraser might not be the most talented actor on earth but I can imagine years and years from now, when he’s old and gray, he’d accept an Oscar lifetime achievement award for all his contributions. I wouldn’t be surprised
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D was shot in live action, but the landscapes and creatures were generated with high-definition, photo-real 3-D technology, it was made with $60 Million budget but the movie earned $101 Million domestically and a total of $240.6 Million in worldwide box office. That sounds like success to me.
Can’t wait!!