Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek Beyond’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘World War Z 2’, ‘Jack Reacher’, ‘Mockingjay’, ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’

We’ve got new posters, clips, promos, really long pitches for movies that’ll never get made… you name it. After the jump:

ThatStar Trek Beyondset videowas notable for its reveal of the new Starfleet uniforms — but as it turns out, we actually saw them for the first time several weeks back. Here’s a photo posted last month byZachary Quinto:

A post shared by Zachary Quinto (@zacharyquinto)

It didn’t look like much at the time, but now we can see it matches Scotty’s red shirt from the set video.Star Trek BeyondopensJuly 8, 2016. [viaBirth.Movies.Death.]

Chris Hemsworthis done shooting his role as Kevin the receptionist inPaul Feig’sgirl-poweredGhostbusters. To mark the occasion, he posted a selfie from the set.

Just wrapped@Ghostbusters. Such an amazing cast and director. Had a blast. Never laughed so much in my life.pic.twitter.com/49M2DZesnw

— Chris Hemsworth (@chrishemsworth)July 26, 2025

NoGhostbusters uniformfor him here, but that’s a pretty fetching hat.GhostbustersopensJuly 15, 2016. [Twitter]

World War Z 2is moving along swimmingly, apparently. ScreenwriterSteven Knightsays he’s just completed the latest draft of the screenplay. And while he won’t give away any plot details, his comments on his favorite parts of the first film might provide some hints:

World War Z 2arrivesJune 9, 2017withJ.A. Bayonadirecting. [Collider]

Mortal Kombat Xfeatures Jason Voorhees and Predator as playable characters, and now it turns out another ’80s favorite was originally eyed for the franchise.Mortal Kombatco-creatorEd Boonsays at one point, they were considering bringing theTerminatoron board as well.

“@Desolater48 The Terminator wants to join our game ed boon@noobdehttp://t.co/gmsVzn3rdhEB: That conversation DID happen! :)

— Ed Boon (@noobde)July 08, 2025

Clearly it didn’t work out, for whatever reason, but now we all know to dream about what could’ve been. [viaBleeding Cool]

Tom Cruisewas last seen engaging in some insanely dangerous stunts forMission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. But he’ll be going more down-to-earth forJack Reacher 2, says directorEd Zwick:

Not thatJack Reacher 2will skimp on impressive daredevil action. Zwick teases:

I think there will be something particular, maybe not as grand and as operatic as hanging from a plane, but I think it will really be yet another version of some of those kinds of things that he’s done.

Jack Reacher 2begins shooting — on film — in New Orleans this October. No release date has been set, but it’s expected out in late 2016 or so.

“Snowfall” takes on a whole new meaning in thisThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2banner. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), in a fiery red uniform, stands atop a toppled statue of President Snow, while allies like Finnick (Sam Claflin), Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Cressida (Natalie Dormer), and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) stand below her. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 arrivesNovember 20. [Lionsgate]

Kung Fu Panda 3gets in on theStar Warshype with a new promo.

Yeah, it’s cheesy, but it works. It helps that the gag is done in good humor, and executed by the irreproachableBryan Cranston. Po should just be glad his dad didn’t decide to channel Walter “The One Who Knocks” White instead.Kung Fu Panda 3drops into theatersJanuary 29, 2016. [DreamWorks]

WCKD official Janson (Aiden Gillen) pays young hero Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) in the firstMaze Runner: The Scorch Trialsclip. Thomas looks wary, as well he should. Maybe he’s seenGame of Thronesand knows better than to trust this guy.

Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsopensSeptember 18, 2015. [MTV]

The limp box office forAmerican Ultramakes a sequel unlikely, but screenwriter / self-described “idea machine"Max Landishad an idea for one anyway. According to him,American Ultra 2would’ve putKristen Stewart’s Phoebe at the center of the action:

It went more into why Phoebe would give up her life (forJesse Eisenberg’s character Mike). American Ultra might not make enough money for a sequel, but the sequel is a Kristen Stewart action movie. Mike at the very beginning gets taken away and hypnotized, reprogrammed, by a bad guy—so Jesse and Kristen are apart the whole movie. It’s Kristen against everyone. But that’s a dream. And I’ve learned my lesson after Chronicle. These worlds are so big in my head. These characters are so real, and I can tell you anything about them. And then something doesn’t make enough money.

Meanwhile, he has not one but two pitches forChronicle 2(which is similarly unlikely to happen, at least the way Landis wants it to). Here’s the first one, which would’ve retconned the ending ofChronicle 1:

It begins in the storm with Steve (Michael B. Jordan). Lightning is going behind Steve and you hear Andrew (Dane DeHaan) going, ‘Leave me alone!’ and then you hear Matt (Alex Russell) go, ‘What’s going on? You have to come down right now!’ The next shot is the sun is rising over Seattle, they’re on a cliff outside the city, the camera’s been put down all the way, laying on the ground. Dane is going, ‘You don’t understand, my mom is really sick and I hate my dad, I’ve got to get out of the house—’

[…] Matt goes, ‘Dude, you’re my cousin. Stay with us. Get the fuck out of there.’ Andrew’s like, ‘I’m sorry, I feel like I’m going crazy’ and Matt’s like, ‘It’s okay, man, we’re here for you.’ And Steve’s like, ‘First things first—enough with this fucking camera.’ He turns it off, and the title comes up: Chronicle 2.

(you’re able to get the rest of the storyhere, but suffice it to say it involves the guys discovering time travel.)

His otherChronicle 2pitch is one we’ve heard about before —Martyr— but Landis offers more detail here. The lead character would’ve been Miranda, a schizophrenic woman who becomes a supervillain. After the death of her anarchist boyfriend, she battles superhero Matt (from the first film). Landis continues:

There’s this really interesting moment where she’s turned into this supervillain, she has a mechanized suit—like a real thing they can build now that would cost $20 million, but if you’re a genius you can do it—and she’s totally insane, living in this house with garbage everywhere, filming herself and talking to the camera on drones like it’s her boyfriend. It’s one of my better scripts. It’s very dark. It’s not Chronicle. It has a much happier ending than Chronicle!

Meanwhile,Chronicle 2may still happen without Landis — as of last year, Fox hadtappedJack Stanleyto pen the script. [The Daily Beast]