After RED pulled out a surprise hit for Summit last year, it seems that the studio has hired Jon and Erich Hoeber to write a potential sequel. This doesn’t mean a movie has been approved but it does mean they are strongly thinking about it.
The Bruce Willis film was the highest-grossing picture for the studio outside of the Twilight franchise and has currently raked in $164 million worldwide. Also, while you and I know that the Golden Globes are meaningless, the nomination for “Best Motion Picture (Comedy or Musical)” helped raise the movie’s profile. With all that in mind, sources have told us that Summit has hired screenwriters Jon and Erich Hoeber to write a sequel.
I think one of the things I liked most about RED was that it was a stand alone film that starts and ends its story arc nicely.
I don’t know where the movie could go to next unless they work up a story that un-retires the gang for some “final mission”. Ironically if that final mission yeilds great boxoffice numbers, they might just make another one after that too.
Not saying they shouldn’t make it, but the film feels complete. Now if they manage to capture the same charm as the first one and do better, I won’t say no.
