“Den of Thieves” fans might not have to wait another seven years between sequels.
A third film in the Gerard Butler franchise and O’Shea Jackson is in progression in Lionsgate, learned indiewire, with Butler and Jackson who resume their roles as a “great” police “O’Brien and the master thief donnie wilson, respectively. Gudagage , who wrote and produced “Den of Thieves” and “Den of Thieves 2: Panther” is also in conversations to return to the third film.
No main points of the address have been announced.
“Pantera” topped the U.S. box office with a $15.5 million opening weekend and has grossed $32 million domestically to date. The film debuted on PVOD on Tuesday, January 28. The first “Den of Thieves” grossed $80 million worldwide.
“Den of Thieves” obtained a budget of $ 30 million, while “panther” higher in the budget for $ 40 million, however, the franchise is proud to shoot the firing action show in the most profitable and temporary way possible.
“Sometimes you would like a bit more time, but generally the faster I move in a movie, the better,” Butler said during a recent interview with IndieWire. “There’s less time to think about it and overwork things, and you’re just in it… It’s guerrilla filmmaking and we get as much movie in there as we can.”
Released in 2018, the original “Den of Thieves” followed Big Nick as he pressured Donnie, a mole in the world’s most elite crew of bank robbers, for information about a plot to rob the Federal Reserve — only to find out that he was being played the entire time. “Pantera” flipped the premise and saw Nick and Donnie team up on a diamond heist — though it also featured enough twists to ensure that the franchise could continue in any number of directions. The original film has some cult appeal, including art house director Christian Petzold among them.
No production date or calendar for “Den of Thieves 3” has been announced.
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