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There are expectations with sequels, and people want them to be bigger and better than the prequel.

When I am making a sequel, it needs to be different from what you have already seen. Yet, it needs to maintain a certain discipline so that people still associate it with the prequel.

The first is that instead of writing a sequel, which is what most people do, this is in fact a prequel. Although we didn't know that when we began the process.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

The truth is when you have a movie that was as successful as 'Chronicle' was, it's not as quick of a process. There are a lot more voices coming in and saying 'This is what the sequel should be' because there's a bigger expectation and a bigger fear of failure. And that's really what's going on with 'Chronicle 2.'

I mean, frankly, I'm not speaking as a representative of Disney or Pixar, I'm speaking as just myself as a filmmaker: I don't go into anything that often thinking about a sequel.

While I always thought of making sequels to movies like 'Ghayal,' the filmmakers would almost always veto the idea.

With a sequel you're always trying to get bigger and better.

A lot of people ask for sequels, but what they really want is just to know the characters are happy and safe.

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.