A spin-off sequence to among the finest motion pictures in Tom Hardy’s repertoire is within the works, however, considerably surprisingly, returning director Gavin O’Connor is combating towards the tide to discover a streaming house for the challenge. Launched again in 2011, Warrior
finds Tom Hardy
starring as former soldier-turned-MMA fighter Thomas “Tommy” Riordan Conlon, who finds himself up towards his estranged brother, Joel Edgerton’s Brendan Conlon, after they each enter a winner-takes-all combined martial arts match.
O’Connor, who directed and co-wrote the film, has been engaged on a spin-off sequence for a number of years. And whereas there may be absolutely an urge for food for one more hard-hitting MMA drama, the filmmaker has now revealed that he’s struggling to get a studio on board. He defined in a latest dialog with THR…
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“Once we set it up, it was at Paramount+. We wrote a script, after which, for no matter purpose, they determined they wished to go in a special course. What occurred is all unexplainable to me. However I had a script at this level, and it’s very consultant of what the sequence goes to be. It introduces all of the characters apart from one.
HBO Max then mentioned they wished to do it, and so we pivoted to HBO Max. After which, for no matter purpose, they determined they didn’t need to do it. They have been getting in a special course. So I have to discover a house, man. Excluding the film Warrior, if there’s any challenge I’ve ever had that’s so passionately alive in my bloodstream, it’s this TV sequence. So I’m hoping I discover the best house for it.”
We Now Know What the ‘Warrior’ Spin-off Is All About
Alongside explaining his baffling battle to discover a house for the Warrior sequence, which might be titled Warriors, O’Connor went on to disclose what the spin-off can be about. Very like the Tom Hardy-led predecessor, Warriors will middle on 4 new fighters, two males and two ladies, all of whom are on “a collision course to battle one another at Sparta,” the identical match from the film.
“The DNA of the film Warrior was two brothers on a collision course to battle one another within the Sparta match. So the sequence is named Warriors as a result of we took that concept for 2 males and two ladies. They’re all fighters, however I hook you into their life fights exterior of the cage. We’re going to discover their tales as they’re on a collision course to battle one another at Sparta. In order that’s the concept, and I hope we are able to discover a house, as a result of I so consider on this present and what it may very well be. There’s nothing prefer it on tv, so hopefully somebody can see what I’ve in my head.”
Whereas we await a extra optimistic replace relating to Warriors, Gavin O’Connor is at present selling his motion thriller sequel, The Accountant 2. Led by Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal as assassins and estranged brothers (a well-recognized theme in O’Connor’s work), The Accountant 2 was theatrically launched on April 25, and a 3rd film is now in growth.
Supply: THR
Warrior
- Launch Date
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September 9, 2011
- Runtime
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140 Minutes