A season for sequels in Tinseltown

Charlize Theron plays Furiosa who drives a truck called the War Rig in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Charlize Theron plays Furiosa who drives a truck called the War Rig in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Published Jun 12, 2015

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Hollywood is digging deeper into its vaults to trot out a season full of sequels, reboots and spinoffs.

 

Here are the ages of some of the most anticipated franchises set for release in the US summer:

 

59: Tomorrowland. The Disneyland futuristic theme land opened in 1955.

 

53: Fantastic Four. The superhero team first appeared in the 1961 comic book The Fantastic Four No.1.

 

53: Ant-Man. The diminutive superhero debuted the 1962 comic Tales to Astonish No. 27.

 

51: Avengers: Age of Ultron. The superhero team first appeared in the 1963 comic book The Avengers No. 1.

 

50: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The NBC program debuted in 1964.

 

48: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. The CBS series debuted in 1966.

 

36: Mad Max: Fury Road. George Miller’s Mad Max originated in the 1979 film.

 

36: Vacation. The comedy franchise originated with John Hughes’ short story, Vacation ’58, published in the National Lampoon in 1979.

 

33: Poltergeist. The original horror film debuted in 1982.

 

30: Terminator: Genisys. James Cameron’s original film was released in 1984.

 

24: Jurassic World. Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park was published in 1990.

 

14: Hitman: Agent 47. The Hitman video game series premiered with Hitman: Codename 47 in 2000.

 

10: Entourage. The HBO show premiered in July 2004.

 

4: Minions. The little yellow ones originated in Despicable Me, which released in July 2010.

 

2: Ted 2. The first Seth MacFarlane comedy was released in June 2012.

 

2: Magic Mike XXL. The original Magic Mike opened in June 2012.

 

2: Pitch Perfect 2. The first musical comedy came out in late 2012. – AP

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