‘Bright 2’: Everything We Know So Far About the Will Smith Sequel
A sequel to Bright changed into introduced following the discharge of the primary film launched in 2017. Now arising on five years later, it’s nonetheless uncertain wherein the sequel is in improvement specifically on the grounds that Will Smith’s notorious Oscar slap. Here’s the whole lot we recognise to date approximately Bright 2.
Released on December 22nd, 2017, Bright changed into the huge new delusion mystery starring Joel Edgerton and Will Smith. The film is ready in an trade Los Angeles wherein people stay along orcs and different legendary creatures.
At the time of release, Netflix stated that it changed into one in all its largest film releases ever. The film changed into considerably launched earlier than Netflix changed into self-reporting its 2-minute records or its hourly records so, therefore, we don’t precisely recognise how nicely Bright stacks up these types of years later. It changed into later suggested that 60 million Netflix customers watched the film even though it’s uncertain over what term that is over.
On January 3rd, 2018 Netflix showed a sequel might be returning tentatively named Bright 2 (the affirmation teaser under additionally cautioned jokingly names like Brighter, Bad Boys in Mordor, Orcs Gone Wild and Wand Wars).
So with all that point surpassed for the reason that announcement, wherein are we at with the sequel that’s anticipated to look the go back of Will Smith and Joel Edgerton of their respective roles. It’s additionally been suggested that the film will probable head across the world withinside the sequel.
Time of improvement on Bright 2 to date
As we said above, we’re arising on 1/2 of a decade for the reason that first film changed into launched. A sequel changed into showed simply over 4 years in the past in early January. Following the announcement, Below the Line’s Find Film Work stated that “casting is already underway” as of January 8th, 2018.
David Ayer changed into introduced to be penning the script (even though Evan Spiliotopoulos changed into later offered into rewrite) with Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless generating again (the pair paintings with Netflix below usual deals).
Variety Insights reviews that Grand Electric, Clubhouse Pictures, and Crave Films might all be returning to supply the film.
2019 changed into a huge 12 months for the film with filming reportedly deliberate to begin withinside the summer (mainly July) of that 12 months. That by no means got here to fruition, but with Will Smith’s scheduling conflicts reputedly inflicting the holdups.
Of course, in 2020, little or no changed into getting off the floor because of COVID-19 stopping manufacturing from getting underway which apparently brought about a reconsider surrounding the script. That changed into showed in May 2020 while Deadline discovered that David Ayer changed into not going to be directing the film and Louis Leterrier changed into being eyed for the administrators position.
The closing most important replace we heard approximately Bright changed into thru an all-encompassing interview with Netflix’s head of movie, Scott Stuber in 2021. The interview, posted in overdue July 2021, noted Bright 2 however now no longer in awesome element saying:
“It [Netflix] is near having a very last script for “Bright 2,” to be able to carry returned unique stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton,”
Also in July, ProductionWeekly said that filming (or manufacturing in a few shape at least) changed into because of get underway in fall 2021. We’ve had no affirmation of that happening. Another addition to the manufacturing list is that T.S. Nowlin, currently running on Netflix’s The Adam Project, changed into at the writing team. Nowlin changed into additionally worried with the Maze Runner movie franchise.
In fall 2021, but, Netflix launched the anime spin-off Bright: Samurai Soul which changed into launched in October 2021 with little to no fanfare.
Since the discharge of the anime movie, there’s been not anything introduced concerning the destiny of the franchise.
Many now worry the mission has both been halted or placed on the returned burner following a slew of Will Smith initiatives being canceled or halted. They’re being halted due to the moves of Smith on the Oscars wherein he slapped Chris Rock who instructed a funny story on the price of his wife. Following the Oscars, IndieWire suggested that Smith changed into nonetheless onboard to reprise his position withinside the sequel.
Netflix themselves halted a Smith mission withinside the shape of the approaching film Fast and Loose. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the information however didn’t point out Bright 2 or Cobra Kai (a display that Smith serves as an government manufacturer on) and their destiny.
