Thereafter, the developer spent a year trying to obtain the rights to release Runaway internationally. Pendulo managed to hold out and make Runaway a hit across Europe, which stabilized the company. The team then continued the Runaway series in part because of the first entry's success. According to Latiegui, the "vast majority" of those laid off returned for Runaway 2. However, fan requests for a sequel to Hollywood Monsters were ongoing throughout the creation of the Runaway trilogy. Latiegui said of the situation: "To each new game that we have been making, the reaction of the Spanish public has been the same: 'When is the next Hollywood Monsters?'" This pressure from fans became a key motivation for the team to return to the Hollywood Monsters concept. In April 2010, Pendulo and publisher Focus Home Interactive announced The Next Big Thing. Commentators from Adventure Gamers and Jeux Video noted the project's close similarity to Hollywood Monsters, and in the following year the game was retitled Hollywood Monsters 2 in Spain.
