Atomic Blonde writer hoping for a trilogy
Atomic Blonde author Kurt Johnstad hopes Lorraine Broughton’s story becomes a trilogy, but he is not involved with the present sequel.
It is been 7 years since the release of Atomic Blonde, the action thriller starring Charlize Theron as top rated-quantity MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton. As the film was a box-workplace and substantial very good outcomes, it begs the issue: exactly where the hell is the sequel? Atomic Blonde screenwriter Kurt Johnstad is not constructive what is going on with a followup, but he not as well extended ago advised CinemaBlend that he typically envisioned Lorraine’s tale as a trilogy.
“To me, I generally explained that is a trilogy,” Johnstad explained. “You could notify three of these individuals, and I hope they crack it. If they need to have to have some help, they know exactly where to find me.“
Charlize Theron confirmed that a sequel was in the functions in 2018, with her production business enterprise, Denver & Delilah Productions, heading up the job. Johnstad hasn’t study one thing from them, expressing that it is attainable “they may well properly have extended gone to a single extra author, they may well have a draft.“
No topic whether or not Johnstad is involved in additional extra installments of the chance Atomic Blonde trilogy, the initially motion image nevertheless holds a special place in his coronary heart. “It was a amazing script at a time in my vocation, and I was basically capable to carry it to my buddies Chad Stahelski and Dave Leitch,” Johnstad stated. “It brought me really tiny but pleasure to then when Dave was like, ‘Ok, I’m gonna make this film, Chad went to do John Wick two.’ To view Dave just embrace this script that was written… it had all the factors that Dave preferred, but then we genuinely leaned into Dave’s sensibilities as a director and just created it enjoyable and fantastic and place in all the needle drops with the audio. And just the style of the motion image, he manufactured it his individual. It is a exclusive film.“
Atomic Blonde two is reportedly set up at Netflix, but it appears to be taking a prolonged time to get off the ground. “We took [ATOMIC BLONDE 2] to them [Netflix] and Scott Stuber [Head of Original Films at Netflix] was unquestionably interested in it,” Theron described four yrs back. “We talked to him about it completely, and we’re in the process of writing it appropriate now. That character was set up in a way exactly where by she did not basically reveal a lot of herself. So I definitely really feel like there is a huge quantity of most likely there. The bar’s pretty superior, but we’re thrilled about it.“
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