Writers hired for WANTED sequel
Universal are confident the first film can surpass it's $65 million budget and have made plans for a sequel.
Although I would have highly advised Universal to wait on a sequel to see how well the first movie performs, the word has come today that the haphazard studio have hired Derek Haas and Michael Brandt once again to scribe a follow-up to Wanted, what we presume is now being setup as a franchise.
The big cast adaptation of the Mark Millar graphic novel will open on June 27th worldwide and despite muted anticipation - at best - across the web, Universal can't see it under-performing...Were just finishing up a book adaptation for Universal of the James Siegel novel Deceit. Weve been hired to write the sequel to Wanted by the same studio, Derek Haas revealed to Pajiba. And weve got a few more things in the hopper that its a little premature to talk about.James McAvoy leads (despite Angelina Jolie's bigger presence in the posters) as a guy who finds out his long lost father is an assassin and is soon recruited by his father's organisation to follow in his footsteps. Morgan Freeman, Common and Terrence Stamp co-star for Russian director Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch). The film is reportedly budgeted at $65 million. source - /film