Looks like all that speculation over Wanted 2 and Jolie being involved are now pointless as she has walked on the project. Not because she thinks it will suck or anything, but because Universal woudln’t greenlight another project she is involved in.
Angelina Jolie has dealt Universal a double whopper this week: she’s officially backed out of the in-development WANTED sequel and she’s leaving and taking her sci-fi thriller with her. Jolie had been in talks with the studio to star in GRAVITY, a thriller that was written and would be directed by Oscar-nominee Alfonso Cuaron But the studio felt the project was too expensive for something so creatively challenging that they let the project go. Cuaron took the project to Warner Bros. where they’ll produce it alongside Legendary Pictures.
Well I am leaving and I am taking my Scattegories with me!!
Harsh blow to Universal. Jolie must have really wanted this Gravity to happen so badly that she walked out on Wanted 2. I suspected that Wanted 2 was going to be a prequel in order to include Jolie as the ending of Wanted suggests she wouldnt be involved in a continuing storyline.
Wanted was a fine movie that I enjoyed more than I thought I would, but it stands alone just fine. I wonder if Universal will do Wanted 2 without her?
I am curious to see what she does with Gravity. But I hope they give her a sammich or two before filming. That sexy vixen is looking less attractive with that whole “let me show you my bones” look.
