Following the success of John Wick 10 years in the past, there have been loads of different motion franchises that arrived on the scene. These included titles just like the unbelievable street-level beat-em-up, No one, and David Leitch’s Atomic Blonde.
Atomic Blonde was a movie that launched to loads of important reward and has since settled with a 79 % Rotten Tomatoes rating, with a Licensed Contemporary sticker for additional measure. That’s fairly a formidable feat, and so is the viewers rating of the marginally decrease 64 %. On condition that success, the need for a sequel is there. Nonetheless, it appears the film is at the moment caught in limbo.
Leitch has shared that the anticipated sequel is at the moment going through points concerning its rights, which have stopped the film from being made. He shared that the venture has jumped between palms in current instances throughout an interview with The Direct.
“Everybody’s nonetheless attempting to unravel rights points,” Leitch defined. “It had traveled from Common to Netflix for a bit, after which now it’s develop into somewhat little bit of a bottleneck of too many forces working towards one another to try to get it made as a result of it’s such an amazing piece of IP, and it could be wonderful to return and revisit that world and that character. So, hopefully, we will get it performed.” — David Leitch, The Direct.
It’s been a number of years since Leitch made Atomic Blonde. Following the 2017 launch, the director would go on to make Deadpool 2, Quick & Livid Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, and trendy hits Bullet Practice and The Fall Man.
By the sounds of it, there are fairly a couple of issues to resolve earlier than we see the film arrive in theaters. The primary Atomic Blonde was a whole journey, but it surely nonetheless left the door open for lots extra exploration of those characters and their world sooner or later. For that motive alone it could be an unbelievable disgrace if we by no means obtained a sequel, not least as a result of it’s all the time enjoyable watching Charlize Theron give dangerous guys a well-deserved walloping.
For comparability, John Wick was a film that may be loved from begin to end with no actual must see extra, however within the sequel the world-building went to 100 and we obtained unbelievable perception into Wick’s actions, how the programs on this universe perform, and a ton extra. That’s precisely what followers are hoping for with a sequel to Atomic Blonde, however for the love of God, don’t name it Atomic Blond-er.
CinemaBlend beforehand spoke to Kurt Johnstad, who wrote Atomic Blonde, about the potential for a sequel, and he shared that he’s but to be contacted to work on the second movie. Nonetheless, the author defined that he all the time noticed the story as a part of a trilogy.
The final replace we obtained till Leitch’s more moderen feedback was again in 2020, when Netflix confirmed they might be making the film. At the moment no writers had been connected to the venture, nonetheless Theron was anticipated to reprise her main position on the titular blonde bada**.
Wherever the film finally ends up — whether or not it’s at Netflix or again within the palms of Common — hopefully whoever will get it can make investments the time and money to make it simply as unbelievable as the primary movie. Now you can stream Atomic Blonde on Peacock.
