Atomic Blonde author Kurt Johnstad hopes Lorraine Broughton’s story turns into a trilogy, however he isn’t concerned with the present sequel.
It’s been seven years for the reason that launch of Atomic Blonde, the motion thriller starring Charlize Theron as top-level MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton. Because the movie was a box-office and significant success, it begs the query: the place the hell is the sequel? Atomic Blonde screenwriter Kurt Johnstad isn’t positive what’s occurring with a followup, however he just lately instructed CinemaBlend that he at all times envisioned Lorraine’s story as a trilogy.
“To me, I at all times stated that’s a trilogy,” Johnstad stated. “You would inform three of these, and I hope they crack it. In the event that they want some assist, they know the place to search out me.“
Charlize Theron confirmed {that a} sequel was within the works in 2018, along with her manufacturing firm, Denver & Delilah Productions, heading up the undertaking. Johnstad hasn’t heard something from them, saying that it’s attainable “they might have gone to a different author, they might have a draft.“
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Irrespective of whether or not Johnstad is concerned in additional installments of the potential Atomic Blonde trilogy, the primary film nonetheless holds a particular place in his coronary heart. “It was a improbable script at a time in my profession, and I used to be actually in a position to convey it to my associates Chad Stahelski and Dave Leitch,” Johnstad stated. “It introduced me nothing however pleasure to then when Dave was like, ‘Okay, I’m gonna make this film, Chad went to do John Wick 2.’ To look at Dave simply embrace this script that was written… it had all the weather that Dave needed, however then we actually leaned into Dave’s sensibilities as a director and simply made it enjoyable and funky and put in all of the needle drops with the music. And simply the design of the film, he made it his personal. It’s a particular film.“
Atomic Blonde 2 is reportedly arrange at Netflix, but it surely appears to be taking a very long time to get off the bottom. “We took [ATOMIC BLONDE 2] to them [Netflix] and Scott Stuber [Head of Original Films at Netflix] was actually fascinated by it,” Theron stated 4 years in the past. “We talked to him about it extensively, and we’re within the means of writing it proper now. That character was arrange in a manner the place she didn’t actually reveal a lot of herself. So I really feel like there’s plenty of potential there. The bar’s fairly excessive, however we’re enthusiastic about it.“
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