You by no means know what films are going to result in sequels, and presumably create franchises that can go on for years. Simply have a look at The Quick and the Livid franchise, which is gearing as much as launch its eleventh film (which alone is madness) but in addition led to spinoffs, theme park rides, and possibly will transition to tv in some format. Studio executives simply need to be prepared to reply when fan interplay alerts the launch of a success. Which is what occurred with Den of Thieves, a 2018 raw-meat drama about an L.A. county sheriff with the unbelievable nickname Large Nick (Gerard Butler, hardly ever higher) monitoring down a gang of criminals seeking to pull off an enormous heist. The film didn’t get nice evaluations, and it did OK on the field workplace. However on streaming? It grew to become the best rewatchable thriller.
This week, after a number of years of delay, the anticipated sequel Den of Thieves 2: Pantera bounds into theaters, shifting the motion out of Los Angeles and delivering on the promise that was teased within the closing minutes of the unique film. We get Gerard Butler again as “Large Nick” within the sequel, and he’s reteaming with O’Shea Jackson’s Donnie Wilson, this time for a scheme that has them concentrating on diamond retailers. As a result of this appears prefer it’s going to be the continuation of a franchise, I requested the fellows who they’d need to see within the eventual Den of Thieves 3. They usually had an prompt reply:
JACKSON: Let me let you know, man, so long as O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Gerard Butler are in it, I am high-quality. (laughs) However yeah, anyone who needs to play ball. Clearly, it is all on the general public, who just about tells the studio that we want a 3rd one. We’d like a trilogy going. There is a ton of motion stars on the market. I am gonna shout out Idris Elba, simply to shout him out. Why not?
BUTLER: I already labored with Idris. You’ll be able to’t go unsuitable with Idris Elba in any manner. In life. In a film. He is an all spherical wonderful particular person. An exceptional actor.
Gerard Butler goes all the way in which again to the wonderful Man Ritchie motion comedy RocknRolla, which additionally featured memorable turns from Thandie Newton, Tom Hardy, Mark Robust, and Toby Kebbell. And in truth, I need all of them within the assumed Den of Thieves 3. I’d even say lure Man Ritchie again and let him direct one among these films, however director Christian Gudegast has a agency grip on the collection.
He was sitting beside his producer Tucker Tooley, who chimed in on the idea of including one other motion star. Tooley, to my shock, additionally provided Idris Elba, saying:
We have talked about plenty of actors. I feel Idris Elba is somebody we actually like. I’ve made a movie with him. He is phenomenal, and form of suits on the earth completely.
Makes me suppose there have already got been conversations. And why not? Idris Elba is a unbelievable actor, and a confirmed main man. There’s a cause his identify appeared to be within the combine each time James Bond casting was rumored. Earlier than we get to Den of Thieves 3, individuals want to show up for Den of Thieves 2, which obtained off to $1.35M in Thursday previews. That bodes nicely for the weekend, however we will see the way it goes.