'Step Up 2' Will Begin Filming This Summer
Filed under: Drama, Music & Musicals, Romance, Remakes and Sequels
When I finished watching the teen dance picture Step Up, I didn't really know how to respond. My beliefs had been questioned, my faith had been shaken, my soul was born anew. I sat there in the theater as the lights came up, looking around at the other tear-drenched faces in the audience, and we all just knew. You know? We knew we had been a part of something special, something powerful, something ... important. Not a day has gone by since that I haven't wondered what became of Tyler Gage -- the rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore's tracks, and Nora Clark -- the privileged ballet dancer with the heart of gold. Watching the sparks fly between those two mismatched spirits, (both on and off the stage!) did this wintry heart good, and I've wondered about -- nay, longed for -- a day when we might be able to see those dreamers Step Up ... just one more time.
My dreams have become a reality. Step Up 2 begins filming this July, with John Chu directing. Chu directed the 2007 Chinese film The Secret of the Magic Gourd, about "a boy who learns the meaning of work after a magic gourd grants him anything he wants." (I'm assuming it's a documentary). Step Up 2 will be set at the Maryland School for the Arts. There's no word yet on whether frequently wife-beatered heartthrob Channing Tatum will return or whether the sequel will focus on new characters, but I'm betting on the latter. With his performance in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints so well-received and his next film being the buzzed-about Kimberly Pierce drama Stop Loss, I'd imagine Tatum is on to more serious projects. On a side note, are you aware that if Tatum O'Neal married Channing Tatum, her name would be Tatum Tatum? Something to think about.










Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
5-09-2007 @ 6:13PM
Martha Fischer said...
God that was moving, Patrick. I'm *sniff* putting the original on the top of my Netflix queue right now. Don't even try to stop me.
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5-29-2007 @ 1:35PM
La Shawn said...
I think that Step Up 2 would be really good if the dancing and is stronger than the first and the story line goes more into all the characters lives after the showcase. The movie will do horrible if it doesn't have the same actors. I love movies and watch all kinds, but when you make a sequel without the original cast the movie ends up not doing well. So if the Step Up 2 is made the original cast better be in play, right down to the principal.....
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6-03-2007 @ 11:27AM
Ruby said...
I think Step Up 2 would be a great idea! The first one was so moving and you could feel when you watch it jus how hard it is to be a orphan teenager with no money and nothing to look forward to. Very moving.
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6-07-2007 @ 1:50AM
nicole said...
OMG. Is my dream coming true. I have been in love w/ channing tatum since suppercross and if they did step up 2 with him my heart would just melt all over again. Step up is the best movie of all time. If the replace my dream love then the movie will be a sure flop like Prince & Me 2, Grease 2, need I say more.
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6-08-2007 @ 12:58PM
nahir said...
i know for a fact that robert hoffman is taking channing tatum's spot cuz that's wat he said on his website punchrobert.com
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6-10-2007 @ 4:50PM
Amy Murray said...
Omg! i just found out that this guy called robert is tkaing lead role rather than channing tatum! i love step up coz i am a dancer but there not goin to be the same sparks between jenna and him that is if jenna is still playing nora! i hate it when movies do this it happened with grease 2 and i loved grease but hated grease 2, i hope it isnt but i think its goin to ruin it! Luv u! xxx p.s i love jenna dewan to bits she is my idol!
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6-20-2007 @ 2:54PM
Jen said...
Step Up is my absolute FAVORITE movie of all time. I would just die if the original cast wasnt part of the sequel. Jenna Dewan, Channing Tatum (
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6-20-2007 @ 11:50PM
nick said...
i love channing tatum and many girl wont watch it with out him in it so he better be in the next one! and keep the same characters but change the story line!
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6-21-2007 @ 3:03PM
masterofgaes122 said...
i think tyler gage should marry nora and lucy and miles has a babyalso i think there should be way more dancing than the first 1
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6-25-2007 @ 2:14AM
Zenobia said...
yeh step up 2 should have the same actors as step up 1 ! its a sequel..so yeah. besides channing was really good in step up..so i reckon if he was in step up 2..it would be good again.
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6-25-2007 @ 2:27PM
Megan said...
I think that Step Up 2 will be really good...i hope that Channing Tatum plays Tyler...for one thing he is smokin...the other thing he plays the part really well and if they get a different person to play him it wouldn't be the same.I wish that it wouldn't that so long to make the movie so we all could watch it. I hate the fact that Step Up stopped when it did I really wanted to see his fist day at MSN. But i cant wait for Step Up 2.
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7-25-2007 @ 5:47PM
Tiff said...
i dnt want ne1 else 2 take Channings part :(:(
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7-29-2007 @ 6:29PM
jenny said...
I THINK THEY YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SAME CHARACTERS. CHANNING TATUM NEEDS TO BE IN STEP UP 2, THE MOVIE WILL SUCK WITHOUT HIM!!!!!
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7-25-2007 @ 8:38PM
janice said...
IF CHANNING ISN'T IN THIS ONE THERE IS NO POINT! he was seriously the person that made the movie so good. don't get me wrong, the movie was absolutely amazing, but channing just added that little something that made the movie really "amazing"
if a sequal is made without him, it's not worth watching and it will ruin the first one.
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7-25-2007 @ 8:41PM
ashley said...
i loved the first step up movie so i hope the second movie has the same charactors.i think the movir would suck if they dont have the same charactors especially channing! i think the movie should follow up on the story lines of the charactorsand get more into their relationships and definetly bring the dancing to a higher level so it can be even better than the first.
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7-26-2007 @ 2:45PM
beeboy said...
Agree, this movie is going to suck bad. First off they are trying to do a movie about bboys and bgirls when they know NOTHING about it!! They put a girl in the lead that has never done a six-step in her entire life and they think they can just throw some prissy little jazz girl in the mix and make her look like a bgirl.
SO MANY REAL BGIRLS AUDITIONED FOR THIS ROLE AND THEY ALL GOT SCREWED. The only reason this girl booked it was because of Daddy's connections. She has NO breakdancing experience and she is not even a good commercial hip-hop dancer. She is a poser. She doesn't even have that bgirl style in any way!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE THINKING THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE SUCH A JOKE. AND SO DISSAPOINTING THAT THEY DON'T RESPECT AND RECOGNIZE THAT BBOYING IS SO COMPLEX AND IT HAS SO MUCH HISTORY. YOU CAN'T MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PORTRAY IN THE RIGHT LIGHT. My dog could dance circles around this girl. I think it is bull that they didn't select someone that is already a huge part of the bboy/bgirl community.
There is no way in hell they will be able to make her look like a bgirl. Not in a million years! Check out this link:
http://s192.photobucket.com/albums/z43/beeboyyyy/?action=view¤t=PoserBgirlBrianaEvigan4.jpg
A bgirl wouldn't wear these clothes in a million years! They are so lame for doing this movie this way it is going to look so FAKE and WATERED DOWN and then other little kids that know no better are going to go imitate them and think that is what bboys and bgirls are thus continuing to represent us and water us down to a point where they have destroyed our art.
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7-26-2007 @ 10:10PM
Kayla said...
I think that step up #1 was awsome..and I cannot wait until the second one comes out..I will deff be watching it..and I am hoping that Channing Tatum will also star in this movie..I expect step up 2 to be just as great as step up 1 turned out to be...
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7-28-2007 @ 5:49PM
shannon said...
I was so excited b/c step up was my favorite movie and i have all the songs on my ipod! One of my favorite things was the awesome soundtrack and that nora could really do pointe!! as a dancer that was a major plus! I also liked channing tatum and if he doesnt do it, i think it will SUCK!!!! HE IS SOO HOTT! I LOVE HIM!
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7-30-2007 @ 9:40PM
Mariah said...
hi i would like to know if you are holding any auditions for step up 2 because i would like to audition...Thank you
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718 850 7839-house call anytime
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8-04-2007 @ 12:20PM
Mike said...
I wish that Auditions could be entered into also by Canadians :(, i live in Toronto, been dancing for awhile and would love to audition for this movie, but Can't :( , is there an alternative
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