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01Sep2008

Mark Millar Takes Aim at a 'Wanted' Sequel

DateMonday, September 1, 2008 at 4:22PM
Here's a sequel I'd actually be excited about. Mark Millar, author of the original Wanted comic, says he's working on a screenplay for the sequel. He also says that he will write just a screenplay and not a sequel to the six issue comic book series.

"It will be some of the stuff that we didn't utilize from the first book for the movie - like chapters three and four - there will be some stuff from that," Millar told Newsarama, "so in the loosest sense it will be based on the book, but only very little."

It might be worth point out that Millar is not credited with co-writing the script for the summer blockbuster, which was developed by Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, and Chris Morgan, two of whom will return in those capacities on the sequel. I presume he will write his ideas and share them with Brandt and Haas, who will then massage those ideas into a workable screenplay. We also know that director Timur Bekmambetov and James McAvoy are on board for another round, which is excellent news. Probably won't happen, but I'd like an Angelina flashback. Just a small one.

This summer's adaptation of Millar's comic was the tenth highest grossing film of the summer (it may pass The Incredible Hulk for ninth place) and had a very strong $50 million debut, which for a rated R action movie opening against a Pixar film, is pretty surprising.

Obviously, at this stage, we don't have a release date or anything for the sequel. I wouldn't guess it would pop up within the next two years, however.

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