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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.
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The Gray Man stars Ryan Gosling as a covert CIA agent, known as Six because in his world, '007 was taken.'
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?
Anyway, the film then follows the global man-hunt for Six, because, well, a lot of people want the money.
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.
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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