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The Rise of the Legacy Sequel: 7 Long-Awaited Comebacks

Reboots and remakes? So last decade. Hollywood’s latest trend is the lega-sequel, and here are five to check out.

Move over, reboots and remakes. The hottest Hollywood trend now is the legacy sequel — or ‘lega-sequel’ if you want to sound cool at dinner parties. These films live in the same universe as the originals, often bringing back beloved characters while passing the torch to a fresh cast. Think nostalgia meets a shiny new toy — lega-sequels provide fan service to lovers of the original movies while providing a fresh spin to attract a new generation of audiences.

Here are seven lega-sequels that resurrected long-dormant cinematic franchises.

Freakier Friday

Body swaps are comedy gold — and Freaky Friday is the gold standard. Two decades after Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Anna (Lindsay Lohan) exchanged lives, the chaos returns — quadrupled. This time, Anna trades bodies with her daughter Harper (Julia Butters), while Tess ends up in the body of her future step-granddaughter Lily (Sophia Hammons).

Freakier Friday is a four-way freak-out with engagements, blended families, and enough identity confusion to make a soap opera blush. For millennials, it’s a nostalgia hit. For Gen Z, it’s an introduction to the pure joy of watching people panic while speaking in someone else’s voice.

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Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan return in this “Freaky Friday” sequel.

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Freakier Friday

Comedy | 2025 | 111mins

Freakier Friday

Synopsis

Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan return in this “Freaky Friday” sequel.

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Director: Nisha Ganatra
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Vidal Mitchell
Audio: English, French, German
Subtitles: English CC/Sub, Simplified Chinese CC/Sub, Korean Subs

The Naked Gun

It’s been more than 30 years since Naked Gun fans last saw the late, great Leslie Nielsen make slapstick history as the bumbling cop Frank Drebin (in the third franchise film, Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult). Now, Liam Neeson picks up the baton (and the badge) as Drebin’s son, Frank Drebin Jr., who follows in his father’s hilariously clumsy footsteps to keep the Police Squad together.  
 
Against all odds, Neeson proves a surprisingly perfect fit: he’s deadpan, self-aware, and game for the gags — not that you’d have expected that from the action star. The movie took a lot of time to materialise, but for lovers of physical comedy, it’s a wait that has paid off: The Naked Gun is an entertaining homage packed with outrageous antics, sight gags, pure nostalgic fun, and a lot of heart.

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The Naked Gun

Following in the footsteps of his bumbling father, Detective Frank Drebin Jr. must solve a murder case to prevent the police department from shutting down.

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The Naked Gun

Comedy | 2025 | 85mins

The Naked Gun

Synopsis

Following in the footsteps of his bumbling father, Detective Frank Drebin Jr. must solve a murder case to prevent the police department from shutting down.

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Director: Akiva Schaffer
Cast: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Danny Huston, Paul Walter Hauser
Audio: English, French
Subtitles: English CC/Sub, Simplified Chinese CC/Sub, Korean Subs

I Know What You Did Last Summer

The title alone feels like a blast from the ’90s — and that’s exactly the point. Set 27 years after the events of I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (the second movie in the horror franchise), this chilling new instalment brings back Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. as Julie and Ray from the original film, alongside a new group of unlucky friends. When their small-town night out ends in a car accident, they cover up the crime — only to find themselves stalked by the vengeful ‘Fisherman’ the following summer. Equal parts nostalgic and nerve-racking, it’s a fresh slasher for old fans and new victims alike. 

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I Know What You Did Last Summer

When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them.

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I Know What You Did Last Summer

Horror | 2025 | 111mins

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Synopsis

When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them.

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Director: Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Cast: Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon
Audio: English, French, German
Subtitles: English CC/Sub, Simplified Chinese CC/Sub, Korean Subs

Karate Kid: Legends

What started in 1984 with Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), Mr Miyagi (Pat Morita), and a crane kick that became an iconic pop culture moment has quietly turned into one of the most tangled cinematic universes this side of Marvel. We’ve had sequels, spin-offs, a Hilary Swank detour (1994’s The Next Karate Kid), and a 2010 rebooted (and later retconned) ‘karate’ movie about … kung fu in China.

Now, Karate Kid: Legends pulls the disparate threads together, revealing that Mr Miyagi and Mr Han (Jackie Chan) were lifelong pals. Teaming up with a grown-up Daniel, Han trains his great-nephew Li Fong (Ben Wang) for a high-stakes New York tournament. And yes, there’s a cheeky nod to the hit Netflix series Cobra Kai, which focuses on Daniel’s rival, Johnny Lawrence. Miyagiverse? More like Miyagi-multiverse.

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Karate Kid: Legends

Kung fu prodigy Li Fong enters a karate competition. Guided by the wisdom of his teachers Mr Han and Daniel LaRusso, Li merges their unique styles to prepare for an epic showdown.

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Karate Kid: Legends

Action | 2025 | 94mins

Karate Kid: Legends

Synopsis

Kung fu prodigy Li Fong enters a karate competition. Guided by the wisdom of his teachers Mr Han and Daniel LaRusso, Li merges their unique styles to prepare for an epic showdown.

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Director: Jonathan Entwistle
Cast: Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen
Audio: English, French, German
Subtitles: Traditional Chinese CC/Sub (Embedded)

Twisters

Forget aliens or superheroes — nothing’s scarier (or more jaw-dropping) than Mother Nature in a bad mood. The 1996 hit Twister made tornado-chasing cool, but it’s taken nearly three decades for the disaster drama to return.

2024’s Twisters brings fresh faces — Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, and Anthony Ramos — into the eye of the storm, with a few sly nods to the original (hello, Dorothy V). No returning characters, but plenty of bone-rattling spectacle, directed by Minari’s Lee Isaac Chung. Who knew prestige drama directors could also whip up a Category 5 thrill ride?

Mad Max: Fury Road

A legacy sequel by technicality, George Miller’s Fury Road serves as a soft reboot of Mad Max. Miller himself refrains from calling it a ‘reboot’, opting to bill it as a ‘revisit’. Potayto, potahto. Whatever the right term is, Fury Road is cinematic thunder — and that’s all that matters. After decades of delays, desert blooms, and even thoughts of going animated, Miller recast Max (Tom Hardy) and unleashed a dust-choked fever dream of roaring engines and feminist fury.

The 2015 big-screen sensation nabbed 10 Oscar nominations (winning six) and rewrote the rulebook for action movies. And in 2024, Miller roared back with Furiosa, proving the wasteland is still very much alive — and very, very loud.

Tron: Legacy

In 1982, Tron was a neon-soaked parade of arcade cool and groundbreaking VFX. The movie follows computer programmer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) as he enters a digital video game realm called the Grid and fights for survival. It became a cult classic, inspired a 2003 video game sequel, and after years of teasing, returned in 2010 with Tron: Legacy.

With Daft Punk’s iconic score and Bridges pulling double duty as hero and villain (thanks to digital de-ageing), it was sleek, hypnotic, and a little bit trippy. Now, in 2025, Tron: Ares takes the leap from Grid to the real world, with Jared Leto leading the charge and Bridges back for more. Get ready to derezz your expectations.

Text: Jedd Jong, Georgia Ho
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