Few stars decide to leave a successful franchise midway unless their character is killed off. However, that’s exactly what happened when Emily Blunt decided not to reprise her role as Kate Macer in the action thriller. Sicario: Day of the Soldado. The film became a sequel killer which first came out in 2015 and was an immediate critical and commercial success.
While there have been no major updates on the release date of the third film in the franchise, a source recently revealed that filming Hitman: Bosses will begin soon and Denis Villeneuve will once again take over as director of the film.
Denis Villeneuve is allegedly returning to killer
Denis Villeneuve, director of the first killer the film did not participate in the filming of the sequel as it had scheduling problems due to Arrival And blade runner which were released in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Due to Villeneuve’s absence at the helm, the film suffered a bit and was not as big of a success as the first film. However, a source recently reported that Denis Villeneuve is allegedly indeed returning to Hitman: Bosses.
In accordance with Secrets of Dune“Denis Villeneuve will be in New Mexico around the expected filming date.The source further spoke about the preparations for the film and revealed that a shooting date has been set and the shooting of the film has also started. The source said:
“Pre-production has already started but was delayed due to the workers’ strike. Now the shooting date is February 8, 2024, but it’s not listed anywhere, and most of the world doesn’t even know that a full script exists or that it’s been greenlit. One of the reasons why few people know about the project is due to labor strikes, due to which the circle of participants in the project is very narrow.”
A few months ago the producers killerMolly Smith and Trent Luckinbill even talked about how they would like to reunite the original trio of Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro in the next film.
Emily Blunt could be back Hitman: Bosses
Manufacturers killerMolly Smith and Trent Luckinbill gave an interview to the magazine Collider and talked about the script for the next film and how they are in no rush to make it at all as they believe a third film could end the franchise for good. Luckinbell also revealed that they are keen to bring back the original trio of Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro for this film and said:
“Working with Taylor (Sheridan, who wrote the previous two films), we always envisioned this as at least a three-parter. But yeah, our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio (Del Toro), Emily (Blunt) and Josh (Brolin), and we have a great story to tell… We have a script that we we recycle. now, but we are very close. “We are very confident that we can solve it.”
Since the film’s shooting hasn’t even started yet, the film’s release date Hitman: Bosses also not yet decided. killer is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video and Sicario: Day of the Soldado is currently streaming on Hulu.