It may not have been the most satisfying caper about old spies teaming up to find out why the government wants them wiped out, but Red was certainly the most profitable for Summit, which saw the movie haul in $164 million worldwide Thanks to those results, which made it Summit’s biggest hit outside of the obvious (starts with “T”, rhymes with “skylight pee clips”), the studio is now considering a sequel.
According to Collider’s sources, Summit has started the wheels spinning on another film, hiring original screenwriters Jon and Erich Hoeber to start brainstorming on the script. Unusually for a studio movie, the Hoebers were the only writing team involved on the first outing. How you respond to that fact will probably depend on how you reacted to the finished product.
Of course, the nod to start writing a screenplay is a long way away from opening up the corporate wallets and shoving the actual movie into production. And even if Summit does go ahead, there’s the small matter of rounding up the likes of Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren and John Malkovich again to star.
But one person who will be finding some satisfaction is producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who saw the movie get rejected by every big company in town (even Warners, who didn’t want to make the movie despite owning the rights to Warren Ellis’ DC comic) and can feel just a little bit smug right now.