By Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, Film EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is negotiating with Louis Leterrier to direct Bright 2, the sequel to the 2017 film that kicked off the streamer’s feature film franchise launch aspirations.
David Ayer directed the first film and was attached to the sequel, but he has been focused on rewriting to direct Dirty Dozen for Warner Bros, and he has other projects at Netflix.
The film will reteam Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in the tale of mismatched crime fighting partners, one of whom is an orc. The script is by Ayer and Evan Spiliotopoulos with a rewrite by T.S.
Nowlin. The pic is produced by Ayer, Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless. Netflix set sights on a sequel in early 2018 after the original was released and
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