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 Lionsgate already developing Sicario sequel 
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Odd news with, I presume, a high chance of never coming to fruition (The Departed 2! Gladiator 2! Inside Man 2!), but the trades ran with it, etc., etc. So:

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Lionsgate is developing a sequel to “Sicario” that will center on Benicio Del Toro’s mysterious hitman.

The project is being overseen by Taylor Sheridan, the writer of the acclaimed thriller. Director Denis Villeneuve is also involved, although it’s early in the process and it’s not clear if he would come on board to direct. Black Label Media, which backed “Sicario,” is co-financing the development of a follow-up.

“Before the release of this movie, I was talking to Denis and I said what happened to this character?” said Patrick Wachsberger, co-chair of the studio’s motion picture group. “Where is Benicio going?”

The studio executive was thrilled Monday after “Sicario” debuted to a sizzling $401,288 last weekend from just six theaters. Its per-screen average of $66,881 is the highest of the year.

The film centers on a steely FBI agent (Emily Blunt) who finds herself involved in an off-the-books operation to bring down a Mexican drug kingpin. Josh Brolin co-stars as a morally flexible government operative. Lionsgate is planning an Oscar campaign, Wachsberger said.

“This movie has multiple Oscar potential — best movie, best director, best cinematography, best music, and, of course, the actors,” he said. “All of the characters feel real.”

He added that he hoped that “Sicario” with its eerie shots of nighttime raids and violent border cronfrontations might finally score an Oscar for Roger Deakins, who is zero for twelve despite nominations for the likes of “Unbroken,” “Fargo,” and “Skyfall,” calling the award, “past due.”

Wachsberger also agreed with critics who have been predicting Oscar love for Blunt and calling her performance as tough agent forced to question her beliefs one of the finest of her career.

“She is totally credible,” said Wachsberger. “You end the movie wondering what’s going to happen? What happen to her character? Is she becoming a wolf?”

Despite the strong box office response, Lionsgate is going to roll out “Sicario” at a deliberate pace. It expands to eleven cities and roughly 65 locations next weekend, before going wide on Oct. 2.

“This is a movie that needs word of mouth,” said Wachsberger. “It’s not an easy title. ‘Sicario’? You have to Google that. You’re not going to wear a t-shirt of that.”


http://variety.com/2015/film/box-office ... 201599035/

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It just got released. Studios always do this. It apparently shows confidence in their product. BS if you ask me.

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It is a bit unusual for a prestige pic, though. A mid-budget type of drama aimed at adults. I associate this move with tent-poles. "Oh, we are so confident in this Terminator, let's schedule two or three more!"

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I firmly believe that studio execs have no fucking idea what they're doing a lot of the time. They just try shit out, and if it works they do it again and again until everybody is bored by it.

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Apparently Blunt and Brolin are back as well. What a surprising sequel...

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April Fools?


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To be hidden within a long-ass interview?

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/d ... ilm-878887

I doubt that.

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So glad Blunt is supposed to return. I wouldn't be that interested without her. Also hope it has the same cinematography and Jóhann Jóhannsson returns to do the score.


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Blunt returning is confusing to me. It is hard to imagine her character's continued involvement with the Brolin and Del Toro characters' world.

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Really? It's that hard?

She's a very strong-willed person, and she opposed Del Toro towards the end and Brolin all the way through. She wants justice the "right way". I would not be surprised if she hears about the dead drug lord and his kids and goes after Del Toro.

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How, though? Is she going to become a one-woman army? Is the film going to focus on Senate hearings regarding CIA malfeasance?

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Well, you'll have to wait and see. But one-woman army is conceivable.

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Post Re: Lionsgate already developing Sicario sequel
David no longer needs to be confused. Blunt is not coming back afterall and neither is Villeneuve (and I assume Deakins either). Del Toro and Broling are returning, Stefano Sollima is directing and the film will be called Soldado. Filming is supposed to start this fall.

This makes the sequel seem even a weirder deal. I understand Blunt not returning, but without Villeneuve (and Deakins)....I dunno. This seems highly pointless.

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I'm still there.

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Perhaps they are going ahead with it in a sort of "we don't NEED you in order to make this sequel" way.

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Post Re: Lionsgate already developing Sicario sequel
It's the same writer so there's that. I understand not bringing Blunt back (because her story was pretty much over) but you could say the same for Del Toro's character as well.

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So this is now called Sicario: Day of the Soldado. :thumbsdown:


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