We Can Be Heroes Star Pedro Pascal Reacts To Sequel Announcement
Netflix’s latest family movie has proven to be a huge hit with subscribers.
We Can Be Heroes dropped on Christmas Day and so far, it’s believed that 44 million users have lapped up the superhero flick from director Robert Rodriguez. Given that stellar opening, it’s no surprise that the streaming giant quickly ordered a sequel, with Rodriguez revealed to be starting development on a second part soon.
The
Spy Kids filmmaker confirmed the news himself on Twitter. “44 MILLION FAMILIES will have suited up for WE CAN BE HEROES in its first 4 weeks!! And… BREAKING NEWS: The Heroics are coming back for round two! I’m in full development of the sequel with @Netflix,” he wrote on social media. Fans were delighted by the news, as was one of the movie’s stars. Pedro Pascal retweeted Rodriguez’s post and added some praise for the man himself. “Cuz you’re a BOSS!”
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We Can Be Heroes has only been on Netflix for a couple of weeks, but the movie is already a rock solid hit. It s such a big hit that director Robert Rodriguez recently announced that he s already in early development on a sequel. That s going to be great news for the millions of Netflix users that gobbled up the first film on release. It s also big news for co-star Pedro Pascal, who celebrated the news that another film is on the way by giving all the credit to Rodriguez.
We Can Be Heroes was getting a sequel and he seems happier than anybody else to hear that such a thing is happening. He calls Robert Rodriguez a boss, basically giving him all the credit for both the fact that
We Can Be Heroes : Why Taylor Lautner Did Not Return As Sharkboy
On 1/6/21 at 5:37 AM EST
We Can Be Heroes is proving a hit for Netflix, 15 years after the release of the movie it span-off from,
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D. That movie starred Taylor Lautner and Taylor Dooley as the eponymous superheroes, but only Dooley returns for the new streaming movie. However, director Robert Rodriguez has revealed exactly why the
Twilight actor does not come back for the superhero sequel.
In
We Can Be Heroes, Lautner s character of Sharkboy is played by JJ Dashnaw, a stuntman who has worked with Rodriguez in multiple films like S
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Clockwise from top left: Andrea Riseborough (Graphic: Jimmy Hasse); Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984 (Photo: Warner Bros.); Nicolas Cage in Jiu Jitsu (Photo: Green Olive Films); Superman & Lois (Nino Muñoz/The CW); Kiernan Shipka in Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina (Diyah Pera/Netflix); Taylor Dooley in
We Can Be Heroes (Photo: Netflix); Larry King (Dia Dipasupil)
Even with the pandemic keeping us from our usual
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles antics over the holidays this year, we hope you got to actually disconnect and spend some time away from your screens. That said, we welcome you back now with open arms (virtually of course, stay six feet away otherwise, please).
I did not see Sharkboy and Lavagirl (Iâm sorry,
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D) when it first came out in 2005. I was 22 back then and not in the filmâs target demographic. But I have now probably seen it more than any other movie besides
. The reason why? I have kids now! And my kids love Sharkboy and Lavagirl! âThatâs Mr. Electricidad! Not Mr. Electricity, not Mr. Electridadada!â I mean, even my kids quote this movie, so we now have that bond of just randomly spouting off movie quotes in common. So, when
We Can Be Heroes, the spiritual sequel to Sharkboy and Lavagirl, was announced, you better believe my kids went straight to dreamworld!