Let's imagine that Hollywood greenlit a sequel to Jumper (2008) which came out 2010.
Jumper (spoilers for a 18 year-old movie) ends with Hayden Christensen's David finding out his mom (Diane Lane playing Mary Rice) is part of the order that tracks down people with his set of teleportation powers and killing them. She abandoned him as a child rather than kill him but at their reunion she only promises her son, who now has a compete control over his powers, a head start.
(First, damn is that not a better premise for a movie than Jumper. There is a beautiful world were the plot of Jumper gets condensed into the an act 1 and then we go from there. But alas.)
It also introduces him to his little sister, 2008 Kristen Stewart!!!
We also left Jamie Bell's Griffin high and dry but, alive. Griffin and David are not on speaking terms.
Paladin (2010) [speculative]
We open our 2010 sequel, Paladin, with gorgeous shots of a rave in Goa. A man follows a woman out of the beach club and down to the water. They're backlit, but the film wants us to believe its David and Rachel Bilson's Millie. Only there is suddenly a bolt of electricity and we realize its Kristen Stewart's Sophie tasing some poor man (his back is to us). The man is standing in the water and he can't move and he can't jump away. Mary appears and coldly tells her daughter to finish him. Sophie does, but you can tell she's conflicted. The body drops and Sophie turns him over. It's not David after all. Just some poor young man who is now dead.
From there we get into the first act of the movie. We see the culty Paladin institution and learn about some of the legitimately terrible people who have been jumpers and have been used to justify their entire order. Sophie is working toward being formally turned into a member and is passing a series of exams. If she passes them all, at an annual meeting of the North American Paladins, she will be inducted into the order at their closing ceremony.
Meanwhile, David keeps appearing in front of Sophie to try and build a relationship with his sister. Sophie is going through a full existential crisis as she increasingly realizes she likes David and does't think he's inherently evil. Then, about 25 minutes into this dynamic, Mary realizes David has been visiting and decides she needs to kill him to save her daughter. Only things get more fucked up when Griffin appears. He followed David because he learned David's sister was a Paladin. What he didn't know is David's mom absolutely killed his family. And now he's determined to kill not only Mary but Sophie as well for revenge. The house gets fully demolished in the fight sequence.
Anyway, David spends the rest of the film trying to prevent various people from killing each other. However, things between Sophie and Griffin turn extremely flirtatious setting up an enemies to lovers arc. (Also a reunion for Bell and Stewart who played high school sweethearts in Undertow). Also its still 2010 so there's still a vibe to David and Griffin wrestling across the globe. Millie and Sophie also form a bond as Millie is horrified with the whole child soldier thing that has happened and wants to save her future sister-in-law.
Anyway, this all culminates at the Paladin Annual Convention. I see this as a trade fair played for comedy where people have booths to show off new weapons and run workshops on best techniques. It takes place in a conference center in Orlando. But the final event is a big secret society costume drama event in a hotel ballroom.
Ultimately, David, Griffin, Sophie, and Millie need to work together to destroy a new weapon that could wipe out all jumpers. (This has been a side plot where Sophie's dad has been working on this weapon all movie but it only become plot relevant now) and get away from like 500 Paladin without dying. Mary ultimately sacrifices her life for her children and in the process saves Griffin who was prepared to blow himself up to save everyone. We all cry.
But as a teaser ending, we realize that the Paladins are targeting more than just jumpers. There are other types of powered up people they have been trying to exterminate. And Millie just might have powers too. (I haven't decided what kind). After the battle for Orlando, the Paladins are more incentivized than ever to exterminate everyone. And they have the DNA sequencing data to better a track and find these people. Griffin decides he needs to find the other powered up people first and form an army if they want to survive. Millie decides to go with him because she needs to learn more about herself. David and Sophie are appalled at the thought of more violence and their alliance is once again fractured.
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