Direct-to-DVD sequels… we all love to hate em. In this day and age, the concept of a movie going direct-to-DVD is no longer always a terrible thing, however, when it’s an unwarranted sequel without the director or any original cast members, it’s still a very bad sign. In the case of The Cell 2, Warner Brothers is truly producing a continuation that no one asked for.

Don’t get me wrong, I did like The Cell to an extent. There were some mind-blowing visuals in the film, but director Tarsem is not involved in the sequel which pretty much eliminates the only interesting thing the original had going for it. The Cell came out back in 2000 and I think it has mostly been forgotten at this point. Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn and Vincent D’Onofrio are not returning for obvious reasons, and so instead they’ve recruited a bunch of TV actors to take over. Tessie Santiago stars as Maya Casteneda, another psychic investigator on the trail of a serial killer called The Cusp. Director Tim Iacofano previously did a bunch of episodes of 24, Supernatural and CSI: NY. Hmm, something tells me this is just going to feel like an episode of The X-Files… but worse. The Cell 2 hits DVD on June 16th and will be available via Amazon’s VOD service a week later on the 23rd.