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14Oct2008

Michael Douglas to Return to 'Wall Street'?

DateTuesday, October 14, 2008 at 6:21AM
Even though Michael Douglas hasn't signed anything, 20th Century Fox is reportedly greasing the rails for a sequel to Wall Street. The timing is either awful of brilliant, depending on your view of the whole stock market mess, but Fox is more than willing to roll the dice, according to Variety.

Allan Loeb, who wrote Things We Lost in the Fire and the adaptation for 21, is writing the screenplay for the sequel, and it may be a good fit; Loeb is a licensed stockbroker who once worked at the Chicago Board of Trade.

So what about Douglas? The story will indeed prominently feature Gordon Gekko, the role that won Douglas his only acting Oscar. In the film, Gekko "has recently been sprung from prison and re-emerges into a much more tumultuous financial world than the one he once lorded over."

Charlie Sheen will not return as Bud Fox, and there is no mention of Oliver Stone coming aboard, although Edward Pressman, who produced the 1987 original with Stone, is resuming his duties.

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Reader Comments (3)

Oh my...Ghostbusters, Bull Durham and now Wall Street? What decade are we living in? Next thing you know Will Smith's son will be remaking The Karate Kid.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterWill

Ha!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

Get it together Sheen....Bud Fox needs to be in this movie to make it good.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBlue Horseshoe

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