Comic book action movie Red is set to receive the sequel treatment, with screenwriters Jon and Erich Hoeber hired to pen a follow-up script.
The first film took an impressive $164m at the worldwide box office, and earned itself a nomination at the Golden Globes this year for Best Motion Picture (Comedy Or Musical).
Collider’s sources revealed the deal, though the site cautions that hiring writers for a script isn’t the same as giving a project a green light – studio Summit will have to like the screenplay before they turn any bulbs on.
Considering how much fun the first film was – mostly thanks to the chemistry of its cast – there’s definitely room for more. Though there is a worry that a sequel could stretch the material too thin.
Clearly, key to a follow-up would be re-uniting stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich for another old-timers romp.
If Jon and Erich Hoeber’s work on the first Red is anything to go by, Red 2 should be both explosive and entertaining. With Helen Mirren looking awesome firing a machine gun.
Source: Collider
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Aberskene
Jan 18th 2011, 12:32
Didn't Morgan Freemans character die in the first film?! Will be hard to get him back for the sequel!
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TheEnigma
Jan 18th 2011, 13:05
Great movie, great cast, great idea 2 pop out a sequel.. They could do a prequel if they really wanna bring freeman back (cuz his chemistry with Willis was golden)...
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Ali1748
Jan 20th 2011, 4:12
Thanks for that Aberskene, I haven't seen the movie yet. Oh btw you should now address Bruce Willis as Ashton Kutcher's dad.
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flashfanatic1
Jan 20th 2011, 10:03
Aberskene's right unless it's a sequel there's no way Morgan's going to be in it, unless his character had a twin brother? like they've never done that before City Slickers2 anyone.
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