I don’t think that you need me to say that Hollywood loves a franchise - but darn it - I just said it. If it’s not a franchise then it’s just not worth it, and that seems to be the case with Wanted. The James McAvoy and Angelina Jolie starrer has recently crossed the magic $100 million barrier and now Universial Pictures wants a sequel.
“Easily done” I hear you say.
Not quite. There’s a problem or two.
Beware there are major Wanted Spoilers below.
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Don’t say that I didn’t warn you!
In the new film version of Mark Millar’s comic book, the two major stars Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman… die. Yes - they bite the big one, leaving only McAvoy’s Wesley Gibson standing to kick ass in the follow-up.
While the film clearly has sequel written all over it - it will be quite difficult to match the box office gross because McAvoy is hardly a big draw when it comes to selling tickets. That said, a lot of women went to see McAvoy in the film following his recent starring role in Atonement.
Director Timur Bekmambetove and writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas are already hammering out ideas for a potential continuation.
Producer Mark Platt said:
“The writers are at work already, and those creative discussions are taking place”
What direction this new film will take is anybody’s guess. Heck that might even bring Angelina Jolie’s twin into the film. What - you think that’s too far fetched?
Man - you’ve never seen Dallas.
They’ve got a 300 sequel in development and they spent years writing a follow up to Gladiator.
I’ll even bet that someone, somewhere also tried to get a Sixth Sense sequel made - The Seventh Sense - anyone?
Whatever happens you can bet they get a sequel out in three years at the very most. I don’t see the Wanted franchise having a very long shelf life.
Soon it could be Unwanted.
Source: Variety
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9 Comments
Not to give any disrespect. Yet, I think that you are really over thinking this whole concept. It is true everyone is dead, but McAvoy.
However, you are clearly forgetting the magic that is cinema flashbacks. They can easily bring back Jolie and Freeman through flashbacks. As well as bringing in other villains with star appeal…Eddie Murphy anyone? (That would be hilarious LOL)
this is a comic book movie and most comic geeks know that any popular character NEVER stays dead for very long
thats one of the things I love about comics ( and sci-fi , fantasy , whatever ) you can make your own rules.
Obi Wan Kenobi wasn’t a flashback, yet he was present many times after he shed ,the mortal coil.
simple solution, two new big actors.
And if there is a sequel it will need to be sooner rather than later if Macavoy is to be Bilbo in the hobbit Duology cuz that will be a long shoot.
Will this Gladiator thing ever actually happen? What will be the draw, its been so long and everyone’s dead, I don’t know how it will have anything to do with Gladiator. Plus, they had Rome which was awesome.
I know originally it was to be about the kid grown up and mommy would be in it again. I just don’t see it for a long long time in the wake of modern action movies and comic flicks everywhere
I skipped the first one.
Looking forward to doing the same with the sequel.
You gotta be kidding. Just because they made money with that one, they want a sequel? I mean, heck, for the same reason that the superb cult favorite “Equilibrium” didn’t need a sequel, “Wanted” should be left alone. The original ideas of curving the bullet, controlling 400bpm heartbeats to harness the superhuman abilities from the adrenaline surge, etc works well the first time around but we won’t wanna see that recycled.
If there’s a sequel, I bet it’ll feel forced and unoriginal. It’s going straight to video.
Um, you lot are forgetting something!!! The movie was very loosely based on the comic! Sequel = very based on the comic!!! Winner!!! ; )
Crap,,, im like a month late!!! Hehehehe.
I don’t know the comic. I wen tto see Wanted for Jolie. At first I liked it thinking it would be Matrix-like that they would explain how these inpossible thing could happen, like maybe they were in a computer reality. But then I realized they wanted us to actually suspend belief and think these thngs were in the real world and it then became just silly. Not that it was much better, but I’d much rather see a sequel to JUMPER.
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