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The Italian Jobwas a astonishingly solid remake of the Michael Caine 1969 cultus classic but will planned sequelThe Brazilian Jobever happen?The Italian Jobremake assembled an incredible cast , with Charlize Theron ( Mad Max : Fury Road ) , Mark Wahlberg , Donald Sutherland , Jason Statham and Ed Norton lead the project . Sadly , the film rise not to be a fun time for Norton , who accused the studio of ram his involvement by invoking an old contractual responsibility and he refuse to promote it .
The Italian Jobwould prove to be a solid collision for Paramount upon discharge and also have expert review . That sound out , there were complaints the picture show ’s trailer essentially acted like a two minute sum-up of the entire movie . Talk of a subsequence dubbedThe Brazilian Jobsoon emerged which would reunite the original cast for another armed robbery , but the undertaking soon slide into development hell and has yet to reemerge .
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Over 15 years afterThe Italian Jobthe cast are still busy as ever , so is there still any Bob Hope forThe Brazilian Job ?
The Brazilian Job Was Written and Budgeted
Writer / director David Twohy ( Riddick ) submit a playscript calledThe ruining Crewto Paramount in Leslie Townes Hope of getting it made , but they matte it could form the basis of anItalian Jobsequel instead . The handwriting was thus reworked to becomeThe Brazilian Joband numerous drafts were written , with Robert Wade and Neal Pervis ( Spectre ) also take a crack at the hand .
The Brazilain Jobwould have seen the crew reunify for a unexampled heist need diamond , with some of the story taking place in Belgium . The movie ’s producer once revealed the script had been full budgeted but the labor was put on hold by Paramount , who kept push the discharge appointment .
Lack Of Studio Interest Killed The Brazilian Job
It seems the real issue withThe Brazilian Jobis the studio did n’t bear on for it . A script was developed and the cast and gang were tentatively attached , but between regime alteration and interior studio politics , the sequel was never made a precedency . Years afterThe Brazilian Jobwas announced even the plaster bandage had grown sick of talking about it , with Statham wish it was removed from the IMDb and others support that while it was a possibleness it credibly was n’t proceed to bechance .
WhileThe Italian Jobwas a hit , given the amount of metre that ’s passed since its expiration it ’s now very improbable a subsequence will happen . Wahlberg , Theron , and Statham have all moved on to expectant task and a remake is more likely at this point than a verbatim follow - up . TheFast & Furiousseries - which coincidently reunite Theron and Statham inThe Fate Of The Furious- has also slip much of its prominent ensemble casting / elaborate motorcar chase boom .
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An Italian Job TV Series Is In Development
It was announced in 2016 Paramount TV was developing anItalian JobTV series remaking . The premise would feature a crowd that assembles to break their wise man out of jailhouse , and the thought was to make it a declamatory scurf , globe - trot affair . LikeThe Brazilian Job , trivial has been heard about this project in recent years , so it ’s strange if it ’s still being actively develop .
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