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28Apr2009

Shia Joins Michael Douglas in 'Wall Street' Sequel

DateTuesday, April 28, 2009 at 4:55PM
In a way, this is an ideal time for a sequel to Wall Street, the movie that epitomized the greed of the 1980s. In a contemporary environment, bringing back Gordon Gekko could showcase another side of things, and that's apparently the plan.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the on-again-off-again sequel is on again, with Oliver Stone back in the director's chair, and with Michael Douglas slicking back his hair and throwing on the suspenders as one of the great American villains.

Those two things were in play as the sequel had been developing over the past year or so, but there's a new version of the script for Wall Street 2, and now it might go into production this summer, with Shia LaBeouf taking over what would be the Charlie Sheen role.

At one point, the film was to follow Gekko after his release from prison, charting his road back to the top, but now with real Wall Street bad guys in the crosshairs, the focus of the script has apparently shifted to Gekko being firmly ensconsed in the wheelin' dealin' that's bankrupted the country.

But again, if you're going to hit this sequel, now's the right time, and taking it forward with Douglas and Stone makes it a lot more viable.

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