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Planned ‘Bright’ Sequel Reportedly Off the Menu at Netflix
There was a time when it seemed like Bright was going to be a big original franchise for Netflix, but a whole lot has changed since then. For starters, the first movie was written by Max Landis, and then there’s the whole thing about Will Smith‘s career being on hold for a bit. So where does that leave the planned Bright sequel? Well, it seems it’s dead in the water.
CNET reports this week that Netflix has reportedly cancelled the planned Bright 2, and while that information hasn’t been confirmed, it’s probably safe to say it’s quite accurate.
Both Will Smith and Joel Edgerton were attached to reprise their roles in the sequel to Netflix’s Bright, with Louis Leterrier in talks to direct the follow-up film as of May 2020.
“Sources said that the Bright sequel picks up the travails of the odd partnership (Smith as a veteran cop and Edgerton as his Orc partner), but sets it on an international stage.”
The sequel script had been worked on by David Ayer, Evan Spiliotopoulos and T.S. Nowlin.
The last we heard of the Bright universe was Netflix’s “Bright: Samurai Soul,” an animated series that premiered last October. And that may end up being the last we see of that world.
If anything changes, we’ll of course let you know.
After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.
You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!
Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.
Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”
“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.
She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”
Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.
Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.
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