Man Pearce, who can subsequent be seen starring alongside Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones within the critically acclaimed Oscar favourite The Brutalist, has been reflecting on one in all his most sought-after unmade tasks. Talking with Selection, Pearce revealed {that a} sequel to the 1997 neo-noir crime thrillerL.A. Confidential was as soon as within the works, however sadly by no means got here collectively…for the precise causes.
Contemplating that L.A. Confidential is predicated on one in all a number of novels by James Ellroy, it’s shocking {that a} sequel to the film, which follows a trio of LAPD detectives as they examine a number of homicides and was met with important acclaim, Oscar glory, and field workplace success, by no means materialized. However, as Pearce explains, they have been solely ever going to do it if they may do it proper.
“We talked about setting a sequel, [that would take place] in 1963, however Curtis was clear: it needed to contain the identical group. If it wasn’t completed with integrity, it wasn’t price doing.”
‘L.A. Confidential 2’ Would Have Starred Chadwick Boseman…however Netflix Handed
So, what do we all know concerning the deserted L.A. Confidential sequel? Properly, author Brian Helgeland revealed again in September 2023 that the follow-up would have starred the late, nice MCU star, Black Panther actor, and Academy Award nominee Chadwick Boseman, with each Man Pearce and Russell Crowe set to return. Who wouldn’t be excited by that? Properly, Netflix, apparently.
“James Ellroy and I labored out an elaborate pitch for L.A. Confidential 2 that takes place through the Patty Hearst (period), when the Symbionese Liberation Military got here all the way down to L.A., and we had Man Pearce connected and Russell (Crowe) and Chadwick Boseman enjoying a younger cop working for Mayor Bradley,” Helgeland revealed on the time throughout an look on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition. However, not solely was Netflix not , one government even fell asleep through the pitch.
“We pitched it to everybody. We needed to go to Warner Bros first and Warner Bros is like we don’t make motion pictures like this…Ellroy is a efficiency artist and he would do the pitch; and it was probably the most superb pitch. Our government at Netflix fell asleep through the pitch. They fell asleep and nodded off through the pitch. I obtained dwelling and mentioned ‘we will’t try this anymore’.”
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Would Man Pearce ever take into account returning to the seedy world of L.A. Confidential? Whereas the actor does sound open to the prospect, he’s undecided a follow-up would ever stay as much as the unique. He continued, explaining to Selection:
“It was my first American movie, and what a option to begin,” he says. “Curtis created a masterpiece. It’s a type of uncommon tasks the place every thing simply clicks — the writing, the forged, the path.
If you’re coping with one thing as lauded as ‘L.A. Confidential,’ you must ask, ‘Will this stay as much as the unique?’ If it doesn’t, it may possibly tarnish what made the primary movie particular. Sequels are a difficult stability.”
- Launch Date
- September 19, 1997
- Runtime
- 138 Minutes