Netflix orders sequel and spinoff to 'The Gray Man' after having fifth-best launch week
The Russo Brothers have taken the world by storm with their latest action flick ‘The Gray Man’ starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in lead roles. Even though the movie received mixed reviews from critics, fans praised the Netflix film for its epic action sequences and impeccable acting performances. So, it doesn’t come as a shock that the streaming platform has decided to expand the ‘Gray Man’ universe with another movie.
Netflix has announced the Russo Brothers will be returning to direct the second movie in the aforementioned universe and Ryan Gosling will be reprising the role of Sierra Six. The sequel to the recently released is already in development and will see Joe Roth, Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, and Mike Larocca serving as producers. ‘The Gray Man’ sees Gosling playing the character of Court Gentry, a CIA Black Ops mercenary, who has got to know some really dark secrets about the organization he is working for. When Gentry decides to expose those secrets, he becomes a target of the CIA and its mission chief Denny Carmichael (Rege-Jean Page).
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The CIA brings in a former colleague named Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans) to bring Gentry down and everything blows up when these giants meet in the most epic way possible. However, the movie ended with a massive cliffhanger and saw Gentry getting out of the medical institution he has put it, increasing problems for the bad guys in the CIA.
Apart from getting a sequel, the streaming platform has also revealed that a spin-off movie, written by acclaimed screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, is also in development that will focus on a different element of the ‘Gray Man’ universe. As of now, the details of the project have been kept under wraps.
Talking about the movie’s phenomenal success, the Russo Brothers thanked the viewers for watching the film in large numbers. The duo also revealed that they are thrilled to expand the universe with two different projects. They added, “The audience reaction to ‘The Gray Man’ has been nothing short of phenomenal. We are so appreciative of the enthusiasm that fans across the world have for this film. With so many amazing characters in the movie, we had always intended for the ‘Gray Man’ to be a part of the expanded universe.”
A few weeks ago, Russo Brothers revealed that they approached ‘The Gray Man’ with the vision of a “narrative universe” that could spawn spin-off shows and a wide range of movies.
The film is receiving a lot of love from the audiences and currently holds an audience rating of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile, Netflix recently revealed that the movie was seen for over 88.5 million hours in its first three days of release. The figures mean that the movie had the fifth-best launch week for a Netflix movie since the streamer started releasing the records. Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot’s ‘Red Notice’ is at the top of the list with 148.72 million hours viewed while Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence’s drama movie ‘Don’t Look Up’ comes second with 111.03 hours viewed.
‘The Gray Man’ is based on the novel of the same name by Mark Greaney and is currently streaming on Netflix.