Atomic Blonde author Kurt Johnstad hopes Lorraine Broughton’s story turns into a trilogy, however he isn’t concerned with the present sequel.
It’s been seven years because the launch of Atomic Blonde, the motion thriller starring Charlize Theron as top-level MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton. As the movie was a box-office and demanding success, it begs the query: the place the hell is the sequel? Atomic Blonde screenwriter Kurt Johnstad isn’t positive what’s happening with a followup, however he not too long ago informed CinemaBlend that he at all times envisioned Lorraine’s story as a trilogy.
“To me, I always said that’s a trilogy,” Johnstad stated. “You may inform three of these, and I hope they crack it. If they want some assist, they know the place to seek out me.“
Charlize Theron confirmed {that a} sequel was within the works in 2018, together with her manufacturing firm, Denver & Delilah Productions, heading up the mission. Johnstad hasn’t heard something from them, saying that it’s doable “they could have gone to a different author, they could have a draft.“
No matter whether or not Johnstad is concerned in additional installments of the potential Atomic Blonde trilogy, the primary film nonetheless holds a particular place in his coronary heart. “It was a fantastic script at a time in my career, and I was really able to bring it to my friends Chad Stahelski and Dave Leitch,” Johnstad stated. “It introduced me nothing however pleasure to then when Dave was like, ‘Ok, I’m gonna make this film, Chad went to do John Wick 2.’ To watch Dave simply embrace this script that was written… it had all the weather that Dave wished, however then we actually leaned into Dave’s sensibilities as a director and simply made it enjoyable and funky and put in all of the needle drops with the music. And simply the design of the film, he made it his personal. It’s a particular film.“
Atomic Blonde 2 is reportedly arrange at Netflix, however it appears to be taking a very long time to get off the bottom. “We took [ATOMIC BLONDE 2] to them [Netflix] and Scott Stuber [Head of Original Films at Netflix] was really interested in it,” Theron stated 4 years in the past. “We talked to him about it extensively, and we’re within the technique of writing it proper now. That character was arrange in a manner the place she didn’t actually reveal a lot of herself. So I really feel like there’s numerous potential there. The bar’s fairly excessive, however we’re enthusiastic about it.“
Would you be down for an Atomic Blonde trilogy?