STX Leisure began dropping hints about potential plans to broaden Mile 22 right into a trilogy lengthy earlier than the primary film would have even come out.
The studio grew quiet shortly after the premiere date of the film on Aug. 17, 2018, which most commentators declare needed to do with the unfavorable critiques and the at-best modest field workplace of $66 million the film generated.
So, the place do issues stand now? Is there going to be a Mile 22 sequel, or did the studio shelve the film for good?
STX Leisure has but to talk about a sequel of ‘Mile 22.’
Maybe thankfully for the devoted followers of the action-thriller starring Mark Wahlberg and John Malkovich, STX Leisure has but to announce that they’ve canceled the film altogether.
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Though there’s been no speak of a possible sequel for fairly a while now, there’s an opportunity that this has partly to do with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The worldwide well being disaster required most studios to make drastic modifications to their unique manufacturing plans — and it would not be too far-fetched to imagine that it might have led to the postponement of the discussions regarding the way forward for Mile 22 as nicely.
In accordance with The Cinemaholic, there’s an opportunity that the sequel may arrive in cinemas by 2023.
Sadly, nonetheless, there are a number of alarming indicators pointing in the other way as nicely. Regardless of the preliminary promotions, STX Leisure hasn’t issued a press assertion concerning the Mile 22 sequel for fairly a while now — which is in and of itself a foul omen.
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Within the meantime, author Umair Aleem took on numerous initiatives, together with Kate, an action-thriller directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, and Hazard Woman, a crime-thriller directed by the legendary Jeff Wadlow.
Likewise, Mark Wahlberg is presently engaged on a number of initiatives. As an actor, he’s set to star in three forthcoming films, Infinite, Uncharted, and The Six Billion Greenback Man. He’s the producer of a number of different initiatives, together with a TV collection documentary titled Wahl Road and a film referred to as The Roman.
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Iko Uwais, the actor taking part in triple agent Li Noor, and John Malkovich, the star who portrayed Bishop’s character in Mile 22, have a number of initiatives within the making as nicely. Notably, not one of the stars are credited on the Mile 22 sequel — which is hardly a trigger for optimism.
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Mile 22 did finish with a cliffhanger. The airplane with Alice (Lauren Cohan), Li, and some others took off simply because it dawned on Bishop that Li was not a double agent, however a triple agent who was taking part in into the palms of the Russians all alongside. The sequel may choose up the place the primary film left off, or it may make clear what occurred to the James Silva-led Overwatch after the bloodshed.
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