Warner Brothers Would Love To Dream Up Inception 2
Fri, October 22, 2010 
By their own admission, this leans on the "non-news" side of things, but it's an interesting reminder that profitability trumps creativity any day of the week at studios.
Word from What's Playing is Warner Brothers very-much wants a sequel to Christopher Nolan's acclaimed dream-centric action-epic Inception. Looking back at this summer, it's amazing how audiences and critics were in such agreement over the film, and that closing shot will be debated till the end of time. Or Nolan pulls a Ridley Scott in twenty years and blabs what it means.
Its box-office numbers were also considerably higher than anyone even with the most optimistic predictions had ($290 million domestically and $810 million worldwide) and with the awards-circuit approaching Inception is viewed as a sure thing to be nominated for "Best Picture" and "Best Director" Oscars.
So yeah why not do a sequel, Warner Brothers?
That's right. It doesn't really lend itself to one. Their sources' also stress WB heir-to-the-throne Jeff Robinov doesn't want to upset Nolan by greenlighting a sequel to his pet project-turned-smash hit behind his back, and we all know how much the folks over at Burbank love Chris. Essentially, this is something tinkering 100% on WB's side.
For now, file this under "What are you, high?"
Reader Comments (1)
One of my first thoughts after watching Inception was that I wanted to see more of that world. Not necessary from the same batch of characters, but from other dream infiltrators.
Basically, now that the science behind it has been established in a movie I think Inception could be spun-off into an awesome TV series.