It resembles the collaboration in between Ben Affleck and Matt Damon‘s studio Artist Equity and Amazon MGM will continue to bear fruit. Deadline reports that the companies will team up again for “The Accountant 2,” a sequel to the 2016 action drama starring Affleck. It’ ll be their 4th cooperation with each other after Nike footwear dramatization “Air,” Jennifer Lopez doc “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” and the upcoming fumbling image “Unstoppable,” concerning Anthony Robles.
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Yet back to “The Accountant 2.” The sequel will certainly see 4 return from the 2016 movie: Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson. Likewise returning is supervisor Gavin O’Connor, that will certainly once more helm a manuscript by Costs Dubuque. It’ll be O’Connor’s initial movie because 2020’s “The Way Back,” likewise starring Effleck. AE and Amazon MGM established the sequel after getting the legal rights to “The Accountant” from Detector Bros., that generated the initial.
Is this an interested pick-up for Aritists Equity? Not actually: even more like a sure thing. Regardless of middling testimonials, “The Accountant” had reputable numbers at package workplace, making $155 million internationally versus a $44 million spending plan. The movie likewise had an effective 2nd life on the home video clip market, being the most-rented electronic movie in 2017. For those that do not bear in mind, “The Accountant” celebrities Affleck as Christian Wolff, an elite certified public accountant with autism that’s likewise covertly an accounting professional for criminal companies. Points go southern when Christian double-checks negative numbers for a robotics firm, matching him versus both the regulation and the lawbreakers that employed him. Bernthal plays Christian’s bro Brax, Simmons a Treasury Supervisor, and Addai-Robinson as Medina, a Treasury representative charged with revealing the Wolff’s dual life.
The sequel gets where the 2016 flick ended, with Medina connecting to Christian to locate the assassins that eliminated her manager. Christian hesitantly brings Brax in to search them down, leading them to challenge versus callous enemies. Affleck and Damon generate the flick with AE, in addition to Lynette Howell Taylor and Mark Williams with 51 Home entertainment. Exec manufacturers on the job consist of Dani Bernfeld, Kevin Halloran, Michael Joe, and Alison Winter months with AE. Scott Lastaiti and Jamie Patricof likewise work as executive manufacturers.
All the information concerning “The Accountant 2” make it seem like the type of job Affleck suches as to work with with AE: a verified asset made by and with individuals in his circle. Whether this sequel comes prior to or after “Animals,” Affleck’s following directing job and an additional upcoming AE job, continues to be to be seen. Yet do not fault Affleck and Artists Equity for their formula: it’s helping them until now.
Anticipate “The Accountant 2” in cinemas in 2025.
