The director is best known for his work on TV series Gomorra, and
the Sicario sequel, which sees the return of Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin's characters, is due out on 29 June this year.
There's also some movies you might not have considered, like HBO's Fahrenheit 451 and
Sicario sequel Soldado, not to mention the far away releases you've definitely forgotten about, AKA December's Mary Poppins Returns and Aquaman.
Denis Villeneuve isn't directing
the Sicario sequel, as he's busy at the moment with Blade Runner 2.
The Sicario sequel has a new trailer, and a new title to match.
Below, learn more about
the Sicario sequel.
Emily Blunt isn't returning for
the Sicario sequel, titled Soldado (translation: soldier).
Sony Pictures sets new release dates for the live - action Barbie movie,
the Sicario sequel, Holmes & Watson, and more for 2018.
Not exact matches
Arrival is directed by Quebecois filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, of the films Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy and
Sicario previously, currently working on the new Blade Runner
sequel with Ryan Gosling.
Soldado (a.k.a.
Sicario 2) director Stefano Sollima says the
sequel is a standalone film and that
Sicario 3 is already being planned.
The director (Denis Villeneuve) and lead actor (Emily Blunt) of 2015's
Sicario are not back for the
sequel, but Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro are, as is screenwriter Taylor Sheridan.
«Enemy,» «
Sicario» and «Arrival» director Denis Villeneuve has taken over directing duties from Ridley Scott, who produced the long - gestating
sequel; Ryan Gosling leads «Blade Runner 2049,» with original star Harrison Ford onboard as well.
Lionsgate and Sony Pictures have released a brand new trailer for the upcoming
sequel to 2015's action crime drama
Sicario, now titled
Sicario: Day of the Soldado, along with a batch of images courtesy of USA Today; check them out here...
For all of its superb, shock - and - awe - generating visuals — aided by oft - nominated master cinematographer Roger Deakin's (
Sicario, Prisoners, Skyfall, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) singular eye for composition — Blade Runner 2049 often feels like Villeneuve, lured by the promise of revisiting a world created by a visionary filmmaker, not only wanted to put his own, auteurist stamp on said world, creating a continuation of a standalone,
sequel - adverse film that «fits» on a narrative, thematic, and visual level, but found himself seduced like so many fans over the decades by the pure power of Scott's world - building and simply couldn't leave.
Sicario seemed like an unlikely film to receive any sort of
sequel in the first place, so we're not going to split hairs.
The highly anticipated
sequel to Ridley Scott's 1980s sci - fi classic is directed by Arrival and
Sicario filmmaker Denis Villeneuve and takes place 30 years after the events of the first film.
Eschewing the direct
sequel route, and choosing instead to set a new story in the same world with Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro and a sprinkling of other characters returning, the follow - up to
Sicario, known here as
Sicario 2: Soldado, is on its way.
A
sequel to
Sicario is in the works, but Emily Blunt won't be returning as FBI agent Kate Macer.
Yet, as much as I enjoyed
Sicario, I wasn't exactly clamoring for a
sequel.
The pic marks Sheridan's directorial debut after killer scripting credits
Sicario and its upcoming
sequel and the Oscar - nominated Hell or High Water.
«
Sicario» Denis Villeneuve and Roger Deakins are quickly becoming one of the more intriguing collaborations between a director and a cinematographer working today (the «Blade Runner»
sequel is next).
The
sequel was previously titled
Sicario 2: Soldado, but has now been updated to
Sicario: Day of the Soldado.
While I'd prefer Villeneuve in the director's chair, Taylor Sheridan, who wrote the first
Sicario, came back to pen the
sequel's script as well.
To make things even stranger, the
sequel we now have —
Sicario: Day of the Soldado — isn't directed by Denis Villeneuve, and original star Emily Blunt has opted not to return.
Award - winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, who previously worked on Villeneuve's
Sicario has been hired to shoot the untitled
sequel.
The
sequel to Denis Villeneuve «s celebrated crime drama
Sicario is back!
From the moment Lionsgate confirmed that it was developing a
sequel to Denis Villeneuve's 2015 drug war thriller
Sicario, the studio has been adamant that it's not just doing the first movie a second time.
After
Sicario and Arrival, director Denis Villeneuve will be hoping to make a big impact with this
sequel, now officially titled Blade Runner 2049.
Was a
sequel to «
Sicario,» the 2015 drug thriller that ended on a note of delicious open - endedness, really necessary?
Having been on the Croisette before with his debut film Un 32 août sur Terrre (Un Certain Regard), and the Directors» Fortnight was home for his epic short Next Floor and sobering Polytechnique, the Quebecois helmer saw his critically lauded Incendies and Enemy receive a pass from the fest, but it was this work that ultimately convinced backers with deep pockets to have the auteur filmmaker move onto large - scale productions (Prisoners, Story of Us, the Blade Runner
sequel), and in turn
Sicario is now among the hopefuls for the Palme d'Or.
Thirty - five years after the release of Ridley Scott's sci - fi classic, «Blade Runner,» filmmaker Denis Villeneuve («Arrival,» «
Sicario») has made a dense and hypnotic
sequel that's a feast for the senses.
Sony Pictures has debuted the second official trailer for the dark thriller Soldado, the
sequel to
Sicario, Denis Villeneuve's intense thriller set along the US - Mexico border.
The
sequel to Denis Villeneuve's «
Sicario» returns to the war against drug trafficking with guns — and helicopters — blazing.
Lennie James, who plays fan - favorite Morgan on AMC's «The Walking Dead,» has signed on for Denis Villeneuve's («
Sicario,» «Prisoners») «Blade Runner 2,» a
sequel to Ridley Scott's seminal scu - fi film.
Del Toro is going to be starring in the
sequel to his hit cartel film
Sicario which also starred Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin.