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In case you missed it, Triple Frontier was launched on Netflix in March 2019. The big-budget motion film starred Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Adria Arjona, and Pedro Pascal, who performed former particular forces operatives uniting to steal a drug lord’s fortune. Now, practically 5 years later, it appears to be like like a sequel is perhaps on the way in which.
The film did comparatively properly for Netflix regardless of not being a slam dunk by any stretch. Rumors of a sequel have circled for years, however this 12 months, it appears to be like like plans have been put in place for a sequel.
Our sources advised us that improvement started on Triple Frontier 2 simply earlier than the strikes started in May 2023, and halfway by way of the strikes, we bought advised that the plan was to proceed with improvement following the top of the strikes, which fortunately got here to an finish in November.
Netflix didn’t reply to a request for remark once we reached out in the course of the summer season.
In a current interview with The Mary Sue, Charlie Hunnam confirms that improvement is certainly ongoing on a sequel. While talking about Rebel Moon, Hunnam revealed that he had signed on to supply a possible sequel however hastened so as to add that it’s in “absolute infancy.”
Hunnam’s full quote from the interview (out there on YouTube) is as follows, following the interviewer’s confession of loving the primary movie:
“Do you know, I mean, nothing guaranteed, nothing guaranteed. But I just set up recently as the main producer a potential sequel to Triple Frontier at Netflix. So we’re working on that. It’s in its absolute infancy. But I feel like I’ve got a lot more to say about the sort of life after life of military personnel. So I’m really hopeful.”
World of Reel famous that it’s in all probability proper to be cautious about an precise sequel ever seeing the sunshine of day. We’ve seen quite a few motion film greenlit or have sequels put in improvement which might be both lacking in motion or a manner off from ever hitting our screens. You could recall Netflix handing out sequels to Red Notice and The Gray Man, however for essentially the most half, improvement has gone quiet, with solely Extraction 2 attending to our screens.
Why Triple Frontier 2 Is In The Works at Netflix
Although Triple Frontier was no crucial darling (Netflix’s motion roster hardly ever attracts many good critiques) it has proven to have legs for Netflix.
In phrases of viewership numbers, Triple Frontier hasn’t finished sufficient to rank within the present most-watched motion pictures record, however we did get an previous viewing stat in April 2019 once we realized that 52 million viewers had checked out the film.
The film lately popped up within the world prime 10s. As we famous in our Top 10 report for the week ending November twenty sixth, Triple Frontier managed to enter the worldwide prime 10s for the primary time, selecting up 3.6 million views.
In the current knowledge dump for the primary half of 2023, Triple Frontier ranked within the prime 1,000 titles for many viewing hours, selecting up 26.50 million.
Naturally, we’ve bought a protracted option to go along with any sequel and much more to be taught so we’ll be protecting our ears to the bottom for the newest.
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