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Emily Blunt Returning for ‘Sicario 3’
We never would have considered that “Sicario,” released back in 2015, could one day become a franchise or a trilogy. In fact, you could say that the film‘s writer Taylor Sheridan had an unofficial trilogy between “Sicario,” “Hell or High Water,” and “Wind River” all in the course of three years. Denis Villeneuve too moved on from the gritty drug-run action genre for his own trilogy in adapting “Dune.”
But here we are with what is now a third “Sicario” movie in the works from what will be the franchise’s third filmmaker. But giving the project even more clout than 2018’s sequel “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” is that the original film’s star, Emily Blunt, is now set to be returning, as Deadline first reported.
Blunt will star in a third “Sicario” film alongside Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro, who both starred in the original and in the sequel. Directing is Padraic McKinley, who this year directed the Western “The Weight” starring Ethan Hawke. “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight is also writing the script. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Landing Blunt when she’s at the height of her stardom is a big get, especially considering “Sicario” was never envisioned as a franchise for which she’d be contracted to do multiple films. In the original, she starred as an FBI agent brought along with a crew pursuing a Mexican drug cartel, only to discover that what she’s being brought in for goes way deeper than she presumed. The film put Villeneuve on the map and made just shy of $85 million worldwide for Lionsgate. The sequel, “Day of the Soldado” from 2018 and directed by Stefano Sollima, was released by Sony and made $75.8 million worldwide.
“Sicario 3” as yet does not have a studio attached, so producers Thunder Road and Black Label Media will be looking for a buyer for a starry action vehicle but for some unlikely IP. Production is expected to begin at the top of next year.
Molly Smith, Trent Luckinbill, and Thad Luckinbill are producing the third “Sicario” for Black Label Media, as are Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee for Thunder Road, and Ed McDonnell is also returning as a producer on the franchise.
Blunt is having a big year between “Disclosure Day” for Steven Spielberg and “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” and she’ll next be seen in “A Quiet Place Part III.”
Deadline first reported the news.
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Ben Shapiro has officially responded to the recent shutdown of production on his immigration-themed Daily Wire movie Pawn Shop, which is now back in production in Livingston, Montana.
In an appearance on his podcast The Ben Shapiro Show, Shapiro said, “Let us be clear: there’s only one reason the city commissioners ruled they were going to stop our production on the street: politics, pure and simple, and they pretty much admitted it. One commissioner named Cindy Daniels said, quote, ‘I’m not willing to sacrifice the resources of the safety, the security of the mental health of our community. Absolutely not. This wasn’t a Hallmark film. This wasn’t, you know, Christmastime in Livingston, and it wasn’t a romantic story.’”
To that assertion, Shapiro replied, “Well, I mean, I wasn’t aware that we had to fulfill your idea of what the story required. In fact, I’m fairly certain the First Amendment says precisely the opposite of that… That is content discrimination openly performed and a violation of the First Amendment.”
The conservative political commentator later said: “These people are not even hiding the ball. These censorious jackasses just want things they do not like barred by law. It is that simple. They don’t give a sh*t about free speech. They don’t like free speech. Free speech is just for them. It is not for the people who oppose them.”
Alluding to “made up stories” regarding his production “from a bunch of left-wing protesters,” Shapiro said that the more they’re entertained, “the more justified our mission proves itself to be. We are obviously right over the target. When you try to shout us down, you only make us more powerful. Your antics are not going to work. The film will be completed and it will be released and it will be highly successful. We call those feathers in our cap. Trophies over our mantle.”
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EXCLUSIVE: André Holland (Moonlight, The Knick) is the latest to join the all-star cast of Universal’s Miami Vice ’85, led by Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler. A character description for Holland is under wraps.
From screenwriter Dan Gilroy and director Joseph Kosinski, Miami Vice ’85 explores the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami in an all-new version of the hit series Miami Vice. The film is inspired by the pilot episode of the landmark 1984-90 NBC series titled “Brother’s Keeper,” which aired September 16, 1984.
The previously announced cast includes Alden Ehrenreich, Whitney Peak, Camila Morrone, John Leguizamo, Danny Ramirez and Walton Goggins.
Written by series creator Anthony Yerkovich, the two-hour premiere of Miami Vice introduced the world to Vice cop Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and New York detective Ricardo Tubbs (Phillip Michael Thomas), who are brought together by destiny, though they did not really vibe at first. They eventually become partners, but first they investigate Colombian drug lord Calderone (Miguel Piñero), the show’s main antagonist across Season 1.
In the episode, it’s revealed that Tubbs’ beef with Calderone runs deep and is the reason why the former is in Miami. He wants revenge for his slain brother, who was taken down after the cartel leader put out a hit on his life. Despite first appearances, Crockett and Tubbs decide they want to work together, taking down bad guys in the Magic City and having some fun in between.
Aside from the Crockett and Tubbs intro, the episode is famously known for a driving scene where the duo is in Crockett’s black Ferrari Daytona Spyder while listening to Phil Collins’ song In the Air Tonight.
Also notable, though not from this episode, John Leguizamo portrayed Calderone’s son Orlando twice in the series. Leguizamo will also star in Miami Vice ’85, though it is as yet unknown if he will reprise the role of Orlando.
The movie will be filmed for IMAX and is set for release on May 19, 2028. Production will begin this year.
The film is produced by Dylan Clark/Dylan Clark Productions (The Batman, The Penguin) and Kosinski (F1). Dan Gilroy is writing the script, based on characters created by Yerkovich from the series executive-produced by Yerkovich and Michael Mann. Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay.
Holland is represented by WME and Anonymous Content.
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