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Netflix Has Big Plans For The Gray Man's Potential Sequels

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Published 21:09 25 Jul 2022 GMT+1

Netflix Has Big Plans For The Gray Man's Potential Sequels

Netflix has plenty of scope for sequels of The Gray Man.

Shola Lee

Shola Lee

Netflix has plenty of scope for potential sequels for The Gray Man.

Stop what you're doing, because everyone's new favourite film might just be getting a follow-up.

So, if you've not already watched The Gray Man, first off, where have you been? Secondly, there's likely to be a pretty big follow-up(s), and here's everything we know so far.

If you're not yet clued in on Netflix's newest hit, let us get you up to speed with why you should be heading over to the streaming service right now.

The Gray Man stars Ryan Gosling as a covert CIA agent, known as Six because in his world, '007 was taken.'

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When Six discovered some dark secrets within his agency, his former colleague Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans) places a bounty on his head.

We mean, most colleagues just don't offer you a cuppa if you've pissed them off, but a potential assassination is another way to go, we guess?

Chris Evans in The Gray Man. (Netflix)
Chris Evans in The Gray Man. (Netflix)

Anyway, the film then follows the global man-hunt for Six, because, well, a lot of people want the money.

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Okay, so now you're all caught up, let's talk about the sequel.

As fans of the film will know, The Gray Man is based on Mark Greaney's spy thriller book of the same name. The book forms part of a wider series, 11 books in total, so it's safe to say that there's plenty of scope for a full-on franchise.

That, coupled with the fact that Joe and Anthony Russo directed the film, you know the guys behind Avengers: Endgame means that there's some serious potential for The Gray Man one through eleven.

The Gray Man also marks the first time Ryan Gosling has worked with the Russo brothers.
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Joe Russo even said in an interview with Empire that 'we never want to jinx it', but that he and his brother are 'already thinking through where it goes from here'.

"We like to build out worlds, and we would rather gamble on the upside and put the energy and time in to build out that universe prior to the release, so that the ideas are more germane and organic," Russo said. "That’s how you build out a more complex mosaic narrative."

And, if you ask us that sounds like the Russos are on boards, there's more than enough scope for a full-on franchise, and we all know at this point that Netflix has a ridiculously big budget.

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Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Film and TV, Celebrity, News

Shola Lee
Shola Lee

Shola Lee began her journalism career while studying for her undergraduate degree at Queen Mary, University of London and Columbia University in New York. She has written for the Columbia Spectator, QM Global Bloggers, CUB Magazine, UniDays, and Warner Brothers' Wizarding World Digital. Recently, Shola took part in the 2021 BAFTA Crew and BBC New Creatives programme before becoming a journalist at UNILAD, where she works on breaking news, trending stories, and features.

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