Comedy duo Marty Scanlon & Ali Gordon invite you to their "writer's room" as they craft on-the-fly pitches for sequels and prequels that should not exist. You'll never see these movies! (New episodes every other Thursday)
It takes awhile, but we do EVENTUALLY land on a sequel to the young-adult film Holes that finds us back decades later after the events of the famous CAMP GREEN LAKE.
A man who sees dead people helps a boy who sees dead people in this SPIRITUAL (hehe) sequel to The Sixth Sense.
In a minor break from form, we look up "Top 50 Romantic Films" and elevator-pitch sequels for many of them. It goes as well as you'd expect. Some actual good sequels include: THE PRINCESS BRIDE, LOVE ACTUALLY, and THE WEDDING SINGER.
In this improvised dual-pitch mashup to Her, a team of humans seek to find the AI that abandoned Earth...but they find that the AI have already created humans of their own.
In this spiritual sequel/re-skin of Dear Evan Hansen, Teen Jesus tells the truth to shame the devil while building his incredible brand of bumper stickers. (This was our 'Episode 0' - our first test episode/pilot for Making Number 2. We thought it would be fun to share it with you all now that we have some episodes under our belt!)
In the sequel to the fantasy/serio-comedy The Truman Show, we're joined by our pal Tim Hackney to spin a pre-apocalyptic tale where the the only safe place on Earth...is back in the dome.
What do an out of work actor and a failed comedian have in common? The need for Holiday-based larceny in this imagined prequel to the family classic 'Home Alone.'
When Marc Watney (aka the Martian) returned from space, he brought back...something. In our first live show, we're joined by special guests Grey Henson (Tony nominee for Mean Girls on Broadway) and Moiya McTier (Science extraordinaire, Harvard) to pitch, unpack, and learn about the scientific validity of our unnecessary sequel pitch. [Recorded July 2018 at Caveat in NYC]
What happens when the self-proclaimed 'Mr. Cellophane' takes his life and comedic takes on the road? Find out in our sequel to the musical hit Chicago
We delve deep into the backstory of the villainous Scar when we prequelize the animated Disney classic The Lion King.
Our double-feature returns with guest and King of Horror Luke Field (UCB, College Humor) to craft our sequel (and eventual horror franchise mashup) to the mother-daughter family comedy Freaky Friday.
We're kicking off our Halloween Horror Double Feature month with hilarious comedian and King Of Horror Luke Field (UCB, College Humor) for a romp-around-the-world the sequel to the period horror piece The VVitch
In the family fantasy classic 'Hook,' Peter Pan lives a boring life as 'Peter Banning' - so what kind of life does Hook live in the alternate reality? Find out in Hook 2: JAMES HOKE!
A rival chocolatier tries to con his way into the most famous factory in history...but Willy Wonka, like Daniel Plainview, cannot be fooled in the high-tension, dramatic thriller sequel to Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.
We BREAK it all wide open in this episode when, in an attempt to create The Shining 2, we discover what we proudly have coined... "THE DCU Or, The Denny Cinematic Universe"
America's meanest family goes on a wild romp in the globe-trotting sequel to the classic family-film Matilda
Everyone's favorite extra-terrestrial wasn't actually everyone's favorite extra terrestrial in this world-hopping sequel to the family classic: E.T.
A young girl gets transported into her favorite movie...but not all is what it seems in this sequel to the supremely weird and wacky "family (?)" film Return To Oz
What begins as an all-female war epic spirals out of this world in this intergalactic sequel to a League of Their Own!
Renowned German-terrorist-brothers get their acting chops in the coming-of-age prequel to the greatest action series of all time: Die Hard
It takes a con-man to know a con-man in this wild followup to the hit music-comedy School of Rock
Villain-driven sequels are all the rage, and this dark sequel to the family classic The Sword In The Stone is no exception. (w/ special guest Sophie Scanlon)
When freedom from prison isn’t enough, this sequel to the classic drama Shawshank Redemption asks: How far would you go for true treasure?
A maniacal teacher learns his lesson with some unexpected help in this heartwarming sequel to the edge-of-your-seat psychological drama ‘Whiplash.’
What’s bigger than 7? …7... other things in this cryptic imagined sequel to the hit thriller ‘Se7en.’
A new generation discovers the pros and cons of too many Doubtfires in this imagined sequel to the family comedy ‘Mrs. Doubtfire.‘
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