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![]() ![]() ![]() The veteran writers, whose CV includes Zombieland, can bring a more biting comic sensibility than we saw in the first Gray Man“Wernick and Reese will write the spinoff and we’re going to do something a little more edgy and experimental with that,” Joe Russo told Deadline, while explaining that their film will have a “hard R” rating. More intriguing than news of the Gray Man sequel is the spin-off, which will be penned by Deadpool’s Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. For example, while the New York Times’ review said that while Gray Man is filled with quippy writing and action scenes,“the frenzy is also distracting to the brink of self-sabotage,” and “The caffeinated cuts and pacing never allow the audience to find its footing in the film’s large, expensive set pieces, which prevents the action from becoming truly thrilling.” The LA Times called it “such a synthetic, soulless bundle of goods that it barely feels touched by human hands.” ( British GQ gave it a more charitable read, noting the importance of “appreciating it for what it is, a star-heavy beat ‘em up with guts and guns aplenty.”) However, critics who disliked the first movie weren’t focused on the script. plot available to mine, as The Gray Man is based on the first in a series of novels by Mark Greaney: There are ten books so far, with an eleventh set to be released next month, and a twelfth in February. ![]() Stephen McFeely, a longtime Russo collaborator on their Marvel movies, is writing the script. The sequel promises to be fairly straightforward, returning Ryan Gosling (who will presumably return as CIA agent Six), as well as Joe and Anthony Russo as directors. Despite a mixed-to-scathing critical response, Netflix appears to be going all in on the Gray Man Cinematic Universe.The beleaguered streaming service, which spent approximately $200 million to make the Russo Brothers’ globetrotting spy epic, has already greenlit both a sequel and a spin-off film just one weekend after the film hit, according to the Hollywood Reporter. ![]()
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