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The 10 longest-awaited movie sequels of all time

  • <p>Another straight-to-video sequel from Disney, picking up the action from the 1961 movie and having the Radcliffe family move to the country, accidentally leaving one puppy, Patch, behind – Credit: Disney </p>
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    One Hundred and One Dalmatians and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure – 41 years

    Another straight-to-video sequel from Disney, picking up the action from the 1961 movie and having the Radcliffe family move to the country, accidentally leaving one puppy, Patch, behind – Credit: Disney

  • <p>A terrible idea, director Dustin Rikert made the ‘staggeringly bad’ (as one critic called it) sequel in 2012, brandishing a conservative point of view totally at odds with Dennis Hopper’s 1969 counter-culture classic. (Credit: Columbia/Pan American Pictures) </p>
    2/10

    Easy Rider and Easy Rider: The Ride Back – 43 years

    A terrible idea, director Dustin Rikert made the ‘staggeringly bad’ (as one critic called it) sequel in 2012, brandishing a conservative point of view totally at odds with Dennis Hopper’s 1969 counter-culture classic. (Credit: Columbia/Pan American Pictures)

  • <p>Another long-awaited Disney sequel, 2001’s ‘Scamp’s Adventure’ finds Lady and Tramp’s only son Scamp quitting household doggery to become ‘wild’. Unlike the 1955 original, it went largely unloved – Credit: Disney </p>
    3/10

    Lady And The Tramp and Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp’s Adventure – 45 years

    Another long-awaited Disney sequel, 2001’s ‘Scamp’s Adventure’ finds Lady and Tramp’s only son Scamp quitting household doggery to become ‘wild’. Unlike the 1955 original, it went largely unloved – Credit: Disney

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  • <p>The really very dark indeed ‘Return To Oz’ from 1985 stayed true to L. Frank Baum’s novel, but wasn’t nearly as breezy as Judy Garland’s 1939 classic – Credit: MGM/Buena Vista </p>
    4/10

    The Wizard of Oz and Return To Oz – 45 years

    The really very dark indeed ‘Return To Oz’ from 1985 stayed true to L. Frank Baum’s novel, but wasn’t nearly as breezy as Judy Garland’s 1939 classic – Credit: MGM/Buena Vista

  • <p>It’s lucky Peter Pan never grows old, eh? The poor blighter had to wait from 1953 to 2002 before his sequel arrived to mixed reviews but a sturdy $109 million box office – Credit: Disney </p>
    5/10

    Peter Pan and Return To Never Land – 49 years

    It’s lucky Peter Pan never grows old, eh? The poor blighter had to wait from 1953 to 2002 before his sequel arrived to mixed reviews but a sturdy $109 million box office – Credit: Disney

  • <p>Disney loves a tardy sequel. ‘Cinderella II’, a direct-to-video number, was pummelled by fans and critics (it has a 11% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes), but did reasonable business for the Mouse House, making over $120 million, presenting three new stories from the palace – Credit: Disney </p>
    6/10

    Cinderella and Cinderella II: Dreams Come True – 51 years

    Disney loves a tardy sequel. ‘Cinderella II’, a direct-to-video number, was pummelled by fans and critics (it has a 11% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes), but did reasonable business for the Mouse House, making over $120 million, presenting three new stories from the palace – Credit: Disney

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  • <p>Director Ray Kellogg’s 1959 sci-fi horror wasn’t a classic, but in terms of notoriety, it did take an impressive 54 years for a sequel to come along, arriving in 2013 and featuring James Best (aka Rosco P. Coltrane from the Dukes of Hazzard) in his original role – Credit: McLendon-Radio Pictures/Coal Train Productions </p>
    7/10

    The Killer Shrews and Return of the Killer Shrews – 54 years

    Director Ray Kellogg’s 1959 sci-fi horror wasn’t a classic, but in terms of notoriety, it did take an impressive 54 years for a sequel to come along, arriving in 2013 and featuring James Best (aka Rosco P. Coltrane from the Dukes of Hazzard) in his original role – Credit: McLendon-Radio Pictures/Coal Train Productions

  • <p>The epic romance of 1939 - starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh - wasn’t followed up until ‘Scarlett’ in 1994, a six-hour miniseries for CBS with Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett O’Hara and Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler – Credits: MGM/CBS </p>
    8/10

    Gone With The Wind and Scarlett – 54 years

    The epic romance of 1939 - starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh - wasn’t followed up until ‘Scarlett’ in 1994, a six-hour miniseries for CBS with Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett O’Hara and Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler – Credits: MGM/CBS

  • <p>Disney’s ground-breaking ‘Fantasia’, made in 1940, got the sequel treatment thanks to Walt Disney’s nephew Roy E. Disney in 2000, with the animated vignettes introduced by luminaries like Quincy Jones, Steve Martin and Bette Midler – Credit: Disney </p>
    9/10

    Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 – 59 years

    Disney’s ground-breaking ‘Fantasia’, made in 1940, got the sequel treatment thanks to Walt Disney’s nephew Roy E. Disney in 2000, with the animated vignettes introduced by luminaries like Quincy Jones, Steve Martin and Bette Midler – Credit: Disney

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  • <p>Clearly by 2006, the maker of ‘Bambi II’ had put all that childhood trauma somewhere deep down inside – Credit: Disney </p>
    10/10

    Bambi and Bambi II – 63 years

    Clearly by 2006, the maker of ‘Bambi II’ had put all that childhood trauma somewhere deep down inside – Credit: Disney

<p>Another straight-to-video sequel from Disney, picking up the action from the 1961 movie and having the Radcliffe family move to the country, accidentally leaving one puppy, Patch, behind – Credit: Disney </p>
<p>A terrible idea, director Dustin Rikert made the ‘staggeringly bad’ (as one critic called it) sequel in 2012, brandishing a conservative point of view totally at odds with Dennis Hopper’s 1969 counter-culture classic. (Credit: Columbia/Pan American Pictures) </p>
<p>Another long-awaited Disney sequel, 2001’s ‘Scamp’s Adventure’ finds Lady and Tramp’s only son Scamp quitting household doggery to become ‘wild’. Unlike the 1955 original, it went largely unloved – Credit: Disney </p>
<p>The really very dark indeed ‘Return To Oz’ from 1985 stayed true to L. Frank Baum’s novel, but wasn’t nearly as breezy as Judy Garland’s 1939 classic – Credit: MGM/Buena Vista </p>
<p>It’s lucky Peter Pan never grows old, eh? The poor blighter had to wait from 1953 to 2002 before his sequel arrived to mixed reviews but a sturdy $109 million box office – Credit: Disney </p>
<p>Disney loves a tardy sequel. ‘Cinderella II’, a direct-to-video number, was pummelled by fans and critics (it has a 11% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes), but did reasonable business for the Mouse House, making over $120 million, presenting three new stories from the palace – Credit: Disney </p>
<p>Director Ray Kellogg’s 1959 sci-fi horror wasn’t a classic, but in terms of notoriety, it did take an impressive 54 years for a sequel to come along, arriving in 2013 and featuring James Best (aka Rosco P. Coltrane from the Dukes of Hazzard) in his original role – Credit: McLendon-Radio Pictures/Coal Train Productions </p>
<p>The epic romance of 1939 - starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh - wasn’t followed up until ‘Scarlett’ in 1994, a six-hour miniseries for CBS with Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Scarlett O’Hara and Timothy Dalton as Rhett Butler – Credits: MGM/CBS </p>
<p>Disney’s ground-breaking ‘Fantasia’, made in 1940, got the sequel treatment thanks to Walt Disney’s nephew Roy E. Disney in 2000, with the animated vignettes introduced by luminaries like Quincy Jones, Steve Martin and Bette Midler – Credit: Disney </p>
<p>Clearly by 2006, the maker of ‘Bambi II’ had put all that childhood trauma somewhere deep down inside – Credit: Disney </p>
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