Wanted is getting the buzz meter going hard. Anticipation seems to be all over the spectrum ranging from “That looks so cool” to “That’s the dumbest thing I have ever seen” and everywhere in between. Well Univseral is buzzing already and wasting no time getting a sequel underway.
Universal is as confident in this film as I am excited and has already been working on sequels for quite some time. In fact, the writers, Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, first mentioned that they had already been hired for the sequel way back in September of last year. Now Terence Stamp also chimes in to confirm that he’s already planning on returning for more. Excited?
I mean I can only get so excited for a film that I haven’t seen let alone its sequels.
My head swims to see how fast they greenlight sequels on movies like this. Not even out of the gate, and they are planning a sequel? This is different from signing a three movie possibility deal like the XMen cast did. They are not saying that they signed on to a deal that says IF there is a sequel they will be involved. They have been told already its a done deal and to start writing.
Doesn’t that strike you as a little odd? They must have an insane amount of trust to want to get the ball rolling that fast.
Funny that the current trend seems to be adding sequels to long left behind franchises, but in reality they are trying to shorten the gap between sequels.
I know they can generate buzz for a movie, but are you really going to get buzzed about a sequel when you haven’t sampled the first?
