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It has been a little bit over eight years since Edgar Wright’s “Child Driver” hit theaters. Which means it has been about eight years since Sony Footage determined they wished to make “Child Driver 2” a factor. So is that sequel ever going to occur? Wright has offered an replace, albeit one that will not be significantly encouraging for individuals who want to see this film occur.
In a current interview with The Playlist, whereas selling his new film “The Working Man,” Wright addressed the standing of “Child Driver 2.” The filmmaker confirmed {that a} script for the sequel does exist. Nevertheless, he additionally defined that there are different components getting in the best way, and lots of of these components are out of his management. Here is what Wright needed to say:
“There’s a script for Child Driver 2. That’s one thing that truly exists. However most filmmaking relies on components past you—timing, financing, who’s accessible. You are not at all times utterly in charge of these issues.”
Wright beforehand confirmed in 2021 that the “Child Driver 2” script was full however mentioned he’d “need to discover a strategy to make it enjoyable for me.” The director does not have any curiosity in doing the identical factor twice. Past that, it is as much as Sony, Wright’s schedule with different initiatives, and the actors concerned, amongst different issues.
The primary “Child Driver” made $227 million on the field workplace towards a $34 million finances. Starring Ansel Elgort as Child alongside a killer supporting solid, it was a significant vital and business success. Whereas the film did present decision, it additionally did kind of go away the door open for “the additional adventures of Child and Debora,” who was performed by Lily James.
Child Driver 2 has plenty of hurdles to beat
“I feel it is gonna occur,” Elgort beforehand mentioned of the sequel in a 2019 interview. “I feel there will likely be Child Driver 2. It has a special title, truly. You are gonna need to ask Edgar that, although.” As for what that title is? Wright did not reveal something on that entrance on this new interview, so that is still a thriller.
Regardless of having a script in place, it is simple to see why getting this sequel made could be tough at this level. For one, even when Wright bought began on it tomorrow, by the point it arrived, it might be a full decade between the films. Gaps that giant between sequels could make it tough to capitalize.
Past that, a lot has occurred within the years since “Child Driver” arrived that has muddied the waters. Again in 2020, Elgort was accused of sexually assaulting a lady by the title of Gabby when she was simply 17. Elgort described it as a “transient, authorized and fully consensual relationship” (by way of Selection). However Elgort has solely labored selectively ever for the reason that accusation surfaced. Then there’s Kevin Spacey, who needed to pay the “Home of Playing cards” manufacturing hundreds of thousands of {dollars} after being accused of sexual harassment. Spacey’s character died within the first film, but it surely’s nonetheless a thorn within the facet of the entire enterprise.
Even when the Elgort of all of it may one way or the other be labored out, Wright is a busy, in-demand filmmaker with different motion pictures on his to-do checklist, together with the thriller “The Chain,” which entered improvement in 2020. Wanting on the entire image, at this level, it might be stunning if this sequel ever truly got here collectively. However not all the pieces must be a franchise. There’s nothing mistaken with one-and-done.
