Fight Club has two sequels that were never released in theaters

“Fight Club.” Chuck Palahniuk’s 1996 novel and David Fincher’s 1999 film, where about a third of the audience and readers seem to be completely missing the point. (That’s a warning, not a call to arms.) Even though people completely don’t understand that Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) is not the hero in any way, the book and the movie were incredibly successful and had a pretty big impact on pop culture at the turn of the century. So it’s not really surprising that there are two canonical sequels to “Fight Club”, written by Palahniuk himself, even if the format is a bit unusual: “Fight Club 2” and “Fight Club 3” are both comic books!

“Fight Club 2” takes place 10 years after the events of “Fight Club,” with a 10-issue series that debuted in May 2015, featuring covers by David Mack and interior art by Cameron Stewart. Then there’s “Fight Club 3,” which comes from the same team and takes place a few years later, when Marla (Helena Bonham-Carter) has to give birth to Tyler’s son (despite being married to Edward Norton’s narrator, who has changed his name several times at this point). Neither “Fight Club” sequel has been made into a movie, and honestly, it’s unlikely they ever will. Palahniuk goes off the rails pretty early on, and it’s hard to imagine anyone finding a way to make these plotlines fly in a two-hour movie. Could a ‘Fight Club 2’ Streaming Series Work? Maybe, but it would take a lot of creative scripting.

Look, I’m a die-hard “Fight Club” nerd who wrote “you are not your grades” on the bathroom wall in high school, but the “Fight Club” comic book sequels are pretty weird. David Mack’s covers are gorgeous and Cameron Stewart’s interior art is great fun, depicting the narrator, Marla and Tyler as they are depicted in Palahniuk’s novel, but the story is beyond surreal and lacks the punch of the original “Fight Club.” “Fight Club 2” follows the Narrator and Marla as they attempt to continue their relationship and live a “normal” life, but Tyler unfortunately lurks in the Narrator’s subconscious, waiting to wreak havoc. “Fight Club 3” is basically about Tyler’s kid being some kind of anti-Christ, and it’s kind of like “Fight Club” fan fiction about psychedelics. If that’s your thing, more power to you, but it’s a pretty big step, even compared to the book version of “Fight Club” with its potential supernatural elements.

Honestly, the “Fight Club” sequels are just more proof that Fincher understood the material better than Palahniuk ever could, even if Palahniuk was the one who came up with it first. It happens from time to time, and “Fight Club” is one of those film adaptations that’s better than the book it’s based on. Palahniuk’s work is difficult to adapt (although Clark Gregg did an excellent job with “Choke”), but “Fight Club 2” and “3” would probably be nearly impossible.