Robert Rodriguez's Netflix film We Can Be Heroes is getting a sequel.

According to THR, the sequel announcement comes shortly after the film's impressive debut on the streaming platform, which saw it viewed across 44 million households within the first 28 days.

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Set in the same universe as The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Rodriguez made it clear that the Netflix movie is not a sequel. "People get confused because the Sharkboy and Lavagirl characters are in We [Can] Be Heroes and think it's a sequel to The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, but it's not," he explained. "In the original film, those characters are actually from the dream world and not the real world, but I made them real just for this to legitimize the adult team."

When alien invaders kidnap Earth's superheroes, their kids are whisked away to a government safe house. But whip-smart tween Missy Moreno (Yaya Gosselin) will stop at nothing to rescue her superhero dad, Marcus Moreno (Pedro Pascal). Missy teams up with the rest of the superkids to escape their mysterious government babysitter, Ms. Granada (Priyanka Chopra Jonas). If they're going to save their parents, they'll have to work together by using their individual powers — from elasticity to time control to predicting the future — and form an out-of-this-world team. Full of action and heart, WE CAN BE HEROES is directed by Robert Rodriguez (SPY KIDS, THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL) and also stars Boyd Holbrook, Christian Slater, Chris McDonald, and Adriana Barraza.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, We Can Be Heroes stars Priyanka Chopra, Christian Slater, Pedro Pascal, Sung Kang, Boyd Holbrook, Taylor Dooley, YaYa Gosselin, Akira Akbar, Haley Reinhart, Andy Walken, Andrew Diaz, Brently Heilbron, Hala Finley, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Lotus Blossom, Lyon Daniels, Nathan Blair, Vivien Lyra Blair, Adriana Barraza, Brittany Perry-Russell, Christopher McDonald and Dylan Henry Lau. The film is now streaming on Netflix.

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Source: THR