The Nice Guys
The Predatordirector Shane Black has state that he would make a sequel toThe Nice Guys"in a heartbeat,“but it would only materialise if a studio apartment or moneyman got behind the production . The 2016 funniness thriller starred Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe , but despiteexcellent reviewsit did n’t mark big at dramatics . However , Black late revealed that he had idea and plans for a follow - up with the two wizard , although whether or not it will ever really happen is another thing .
The Nice Guyswas set in 1977 , and take away the crony - copper movie chemical formula into a retro noir character investigator story . Crowe was a reluctant enforcer phone Jack Healy , while Gosling act an ill-fated private centre call Holland March . The pair finally hold fast over a missing mortal font , and stop the movie having created an investigative agency together . Sometimes mentioned by Black as being a phantasmal sequel to his other popular comedic noirKiss Kiss Bang Bang , it also starred Kim Basinger and Matt Bomer . It was widely applaud in limited review and received aBest Future Cult Hitaward fromSR , but it just never seemed to penetrate with audience at the time .
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However , in a recent interview withFandango , Black admitted that he would love to reunite Gosling and Crowe for a subsequence . But he also know that the previous lack of strong domesticated box office wee-wee it pretty unlikely at the moment . ask directly if he would shoot it himself , he tell :
“ In a New York minute , if someone would pay for it … We had all kinds of ideas . The job is it did n’t do that well at the box position . I reckon it will break even , which is not a formula for reacquiring two very expensive movie lead and proceed with a continuation … I ’m ready to go . If someone decided that it were enough of a cultus hit to excuse that , I ’d be on it . ”
While Black ’s attention stay onThe Predatorat the moment , it ’s expert to know he still has a fondness for this photographic film and would wish to play in the 1970s sandpit again . The original moving picture had a relatively large budget of $ 50 M , but only took $ 36 M in the States , and $ 26 M overseas . And yet the film still holds a very fresh 92 percent onRotten Tomatoes , with a intelligent 79 percent audience score . The chemistry of Crowe and Gosling was praise at the sentence , with the pair show up a style for mirthful timing , which is often untapped in their usual role . As such , it for sure has become a belated favorite for pile of viewers and has build up a unattackable fanbase as a result .
That might not be enough to engage studios as it stands , but Black ’s continued support for a continuation might just do that . It would also be great if the leading homo express an interest in reprize their character reference , but that remains to be see . It was reported in September 2017 that producerJoel Silver was develop a rebooted TV series based on the cinema , but with a gender - swop for the master characters . However neither Silver nor Black have point out further on that task , and there do n’t seem to be any further updates for the show . WhenThe Predatoris released , Black ’s next lineament may be the long - gestatingDoc Savagemovie . But in a perfect public , we could still see a sequel toThe Nice Guyshit theater following that .
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