for Speed and two others for its sequel. On May 6, 2014, Speed 2: Cruise Control was released on Blu-ray as part of the Speed Collector Pack. Legacy Speed 2: Cruise Control has been referenced and parodied in pop culture. A 1998 episode of the Irish sitcom Father Ted titled "Speed 3" involves a bomb planted on a milk float that will explode if the float travels under . While the plot is a parody of Speed, writers Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews got the idea for the episode after asking themselves if it was possible to come up with a "worse idea for a sequel than Speed 2." The Simpsons episode "Bye Bye Nerdie" (2001) features a scene on a racing school bus where character Milhouse Van Houten says "It's like Speed 2, only with a bus instead of a boat!" The Family Guy episode "Blind Ambition" (2005) includes a parody of the film's finale where a cruise ship crashes into a pier and through a city before stopping in the middle of an airport. Potential sequel In November 2020, Jan de Bont, who stated during the interview with Collider, said that a third Speed film could happen, wanting the cast from the original film to return for the next installment. References External links 1997 films 1990s disaster films 1997 action thriller films 20th Century Fox films American action thriller films American disaster films American sequel films 1990s English-language films Films about couples Films about ship hijackings Films about terrorism Films directed by Jan de Bont Films set in the Caribbean Films set on cruise ships Films shot in California Films shot in Miami Films shot in the Bahamas Films shot in Los Angeles Films shot in Florida Films scored by Mark Mancina Films with screenplays by Jeff Nathanson Golden Raspberry Award winning films 1990s American films