Netflix’s BRIGHT 2 With Will Smith & Joel Edgerton Snags DARK CRYSTAL Director
Mike Sprague
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Director Louis Leterrier will helm Netflix’s sequel to David Ayer’s Bright with Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. Leterrier is known for helming films such as Unleashed, Transporter 2, The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans, Now You See Me, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
While Chronicle screenwriter Max Landis penned the original film’s script, the sequel is written by Ayer with Evan Spiliotopoulos and a rewrite by T.S. Nowlin. Ayer, Eric Newman, and Bryan Unkeless produce. Ayer was attached but has since moved on to other projects at Netflix.
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The film will reteam Smith and Edgerton and sources say the sequel is set on an international stage. The film to begin production as soon as possible. Are you excited about Bright 2? Make sure to hit us up and let us know below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
The first film took place in an alternate present-day where humans, orcs, elves, and fairies have coexisted since the beginning of time. Two police officers, one a human, the other an orc, embark on a routine night patrol that alters the future of their world as they know it. Battling both their own differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they work together to protect a female elf and a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which, in the wrong hands, could destroy everything.
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Bright was directed by David Ayer from a screenplay by Max Landis. It starred Will Smith as Daryl Ward, Joel Edgerton as Nick Jakoby, Noomi Rapace as Leilah, Lucy Fry as Tikka, and Édgar Ramírez as Kandomere. Ayer produced with Eric Newman, Ted Sarandos, and Bryan Unkeless.
It sports a mere 28% approval rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: Bright tries to blend fantasy, hard-hitting cop drama, and social commentary — and ends up falling painfully short of the mark on all three fronts.
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