After nabbing a very respectable $170 million-plus at the global box-office, The Hitman’s Bodyguard is getting a sequel. The planned film is titled The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard and is reportedly being touted around Cannes on some promo posters.
The Hollywood Reporter says that the film, which currently hasn’t got a script, will see Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson reprising their roles from the 2017 original, while Patrick Hughes is thought to be returning to direct.
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Tom O’Connor, who wrote the supremely hilarious first movie, will return to pen the original.
The Hitman’s Bodyguard, which cost just $30 million to make, revolved around a bodyguard (Reynolds) who is hired to protect a hitman (Jackson) who has to testify at the International Criminal Court. Both Salma Hayek and Gary Oldman also appeared in the first film.
More as we get it.
