Don’t worry, you haven’t traveled forward in time to 2015 and missed the September release of the Denzel Washington vehicle THE EQUALIZER. The truth is that Sony Pictures and Escape Artists have been screening their upcoming feature to test audiences and the results have been very promising with high scores from most viewers. This has made the companies involved so confident, that screenwriter Richard Wenk has just closed a deal to handle the sequel, 7 months before the first film hits theatres.
The R-rated film tested back in December and received the highest scores for an R-rated film in the companies’ histories. No deal has been struck with Denzel Washington as yet, but if he does reprise his role it will be the first sequel in his filmography.
Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the film is based on the 1980s TV series that starred THE WICKER MAN’s Edward Woodward. Woodward played a retired intelligence agent turned private detective. It’s very exciting to see a film with so much positivity behind it, but could it be too much hype before the film’s release in September? Let’s hope not.
THE EQUALIZER is released 26th September in the US and 10th October in the UK. It stars Denzel Washington, Chloe Grace Moretz, Melissa Leo, Bill Pullman, and Martin Csokas.
Source: The Wrap
