Wanted will be birthing at least one sequel upon us, and it looks like Mark Millar will be involved in the baby making. We get confirmation from the man himself, and news of his involvement thanks to our friends at comingsoon:
“What I will be doing is providing them with a very small amount of stuff for a story, and that will be used as a basic story that they can build from. It will be a small outline that can possibly be picked apart and not used – but it will be something exclusively for the second film, and no one will ever really see it.”
Given that the film version of the story differs from the comic book version in a number of ways (some quite substantial) Millar’s outline will be set in the film’s continuity, but will reach back to the comics. “It will be some of the stuff that we didn’t utilize from the first book for the movie – like chapters three and four – there will be some stuff from that, so in the loosest sense it will be based on the book, but only very little,” Millar said.
If a sequel is to be made, I think it’s kind and appropriate of Millar to plot an outline. It would be better for him to craft the whole shebang, but if he doesn’t have a say, shooting an outline over to them is probably the best compromise.
I have yet to see this one, but Campea raved about it and the general consensus seems to be good. Most negative feedback that I have read is from fans of the graphic novel. This does not surprise me, when you love something you want to see it done the way that you enjoyed it – and if someone drops the ball or makes changes, you can’t help but be miffed.
Whenever a film makes money these days, more often than not a sequel soon follows. In this case do you guys think the film warrants a sequel or should it be done at one?
