‘Wreck-It Ralph 3’ Might Not Happen, But John C. Reilly Has An Idea For It
Ralph Breaks the Internetis on track to have one of the biggest Thanksgiving opening weekends of all time, so you might think that aWreck-It Ralph 3will be a given at Walt Disney Animation, right? Not necessarily.
In a new interview, directorsRich MooreandPhil Johnstonexplain that the story of video game characters Ralph and Vanellope may have come to a natural conclusion in the second film, which hits theaters this week. But starJohn C. Reillyhas a goofy idea to keep things going in a potentialWreck-It Ralph 3.
I won’t spoil any major specific details fromRalph Breaks the Internet, but if you’d like to go into the new sequel without knowing anything about it, you’re probably better off bookmarking this and coming back to read it after you’ve seen the film. In other words,light spoilersahead.
In a new interview withComicBook, Johnston explained that he thinks that Wreck-It Ralph (the voice of John C. Reilly) and his pint-sized racer best friend Vanellope Von Schweetz (voice ofSarah Silverman) have reached a point where their story no longer needs to continue.
“I feel good about where they’re at [by the end ofRalph Breaks the Internet]. I mean, you could envision like plot things where something gets screwed up and they have to reconnect to fix it. But in terms of it being a story of maturation for Ralph? … The internet represents the sort of adult phase of their life. And I think Ralph at the end, has matured where he is comfortable in his skin and he will make friends and he and Vanellope will still hang out. And Vanellope is just coming of age, she’s just finding that thing that makes her passionate.”
Ralph Breaks the Internetis only the third canonical theatrical sequel that Walt Disney Animation has ever done, so while a sequel might seem inevitable, Disney hasn’t been as hot on sequels as the team over at Pixar. And having seenRalph Breaks the Internet, it’s easy to agree with the directors here: it feels like the characters have finished a complete arc and grown on their journey, so unless Johnston and Moore are struck with a once-in-a-lifetime idea for bringing them back, they should probably leave this franchise where it is.
Meanwhile, John C. Reilly spoke with theToronto Sunand gave an answer about what a possibleWreck-It Ralph 3could be about:
“Where does he go from here? Maybe satellites? Now that he and his pal Vanellope can get themselves into the Internet, why wouldn’t they beam themselves right out into space,” he says, laughing. “Why wouldn’t they go to the Hubble telescope and break that?”
Whether it’sFriday the 13th,Leprechaun, James Bond, orFast & Furious, it seems like space is regularly thrown out there as an idea for a location that will mix up an on-going franchise. Will we seeWreck-It Ralph 3: Ralph Breaks the Atmospherein the next decade? I guess that at least partially depends on how much moneyRalph Breaks the Internetpulls in at the box office.
