These days,there are sequels to every genre of successful movies.
), but he’s never been a man given to making sequels for an easy buck.
What else was there in Halloweentown?
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What about towns for Thanksgiving, New Year’s, the Fourth of July?
What other stories could be told?
You know, ‘Jack visits Thanksgiving world’ or other kinds of things …
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I felt the movie had a purity to it and the people that like it.
But there is more to it than that.
And that was a non-starter for me.
It certainly was for Tim Burton.
There have been several video games over the years.
Gameloft’sDisney Magic Kingdom: This Is Halloweenin 2016 has Jack Skellington helping Mickey Mouse plan a Halloween party.
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Before that were two more intricate games.
In 2005,The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin Kingcame out for the Gameboy Advance.
The same year wasThe Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie’s Revenge, released to PlayStation 2 and XBOX.
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
There have been books as well.
This year, a graphic novel,The Battle for Pumpkin King, comes out.
It’s a prequel with Jack and Oogie battling to be the Pumpkin King.
We’ve seen with so many sequels how the desire to cash in on nostalgia can go wrong.
But in 2024, Burton finally took the risk after 36 years.
It paid off in more ways than one.
Legacy sequels often have good weekends, as a curious public turns out, only to drop off significantly.
WasBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceas good as the original?
That strategy paid off, so could the same happen with a potentialThe Nightmare Before Christmas 2?
I dont want that to happen to this.
Its nice that people are maybe interested [in another one], but Im not.
Get off of my land!
You pesky little… You aint getting this property!
I dont care what you want to build on it.
You come on my property… Wheres my shotgun?
And you know what?
The original is pure magic.
There’s no way to top it, and no need to even try.
