‘Bright 2’: Will Smith Sequel No Longer In Development at Netflix

A sequel to Bright changed into introduced following the discharge of the primary film launched in 2017. Now arising on five years later, it’s now said a sequel has been scrapped because the Will Smith slap-gate incident. The film has had plenty of updates through the years so here’s the whole thing we understand to date approximately Bright 2. 

Released on December 22nd, 2017, Bright changed into the massive new delusion mystery starring Joel Edgerton and Will Smith. The film is about in an exchange Los Angeles in which people stay along orcs and different legendary creatures.

At the time of release, Netflix stated that it changed into one in every of its largest film releases ever. The film changed into considerably launched earlier than Netflix changed into self-reporting its 2-minute information or its hourly information so, therefore, we don’t precisely understand how nicely Bright stacks up a majority of these years later. It changed into later said that 60 million Netflix customers watched the film even though it’s doubtful over what term that is over.

On January 3rd, 2018 Netflix showed a sequel could be returning tentatively named Bright 2 (the affirmation teaser beneathneath additionally counseled jokingly names like Brighter, Bad Boys in Mordor, Orcs Gone Wild and Wand Wars).

So with all that point handed because the announcement, in which are we at with the sequel that’s anticipated to look the go back of Will Smith and Joel Edgerton of their respective roles. It’s additionally been said that the film will in all likelihood head across the world withinside the sequel.

Timeline of improvement on Bright 2 to date

As we said above, we’re arising on 1/2 of a decade because the first film changed into launched. A sequel changed into showed simply over 4 years in the past in early January. Following the announcement, Below the Line’s Find Film Work stated that “casting is already underway” as of January 8th, 2018.

David Ayer changed into introduced to be penning the script (even though Evan Spiliotopoulos changed into later sold into rewrite) with Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless generating again (the pair paintings with Netflix below ordinary deals).

Variety Insight reviews that Grand Electric, Clubhouse Pictures, and Crave Films could all be returning to provide the film.

2019 changed into a massive 12 months for the film with filming reportedly deliberate to begin withinside the summer (specially July) of that 12 months. That in no way got here to fruition, but with Will Smith’s scheduling conflicts reputedly inflicting the holdups.

Of course, in 2020, little or no changed into getting off the floor because of COVID-19 stopping manufacturing from getting underway which reputedly brought about a reconsider surrounding the script. That changed into showed in May 2020 whilst Deadline discovered that David Ayer changed into not going to be directing the film and Louis Leterrier changed into being eyed for the administrators function.

Fast ahead to 2021, we heard approximately Bright 2 in an all-encompassing interview with Netflix’s head of movie, Scott Stuber. The interview, posted in overdue July 2021, noted Bright 2 however now no longer in tremendous element saying:

“It [Netflix] is near having a very last script for “Bright 2,” so one can deliver returned authentic stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton,”

Also in July 2021, ProductionWeekly said that filming (or manufacturing in a few shape at least) changed into because of get underway in fall 2021. We’ve had no affirmation of that happening. Another addition to the manufacturing list changed into that T.S. Nowlin, who changed into worried in Netflix’s The Adam Project, changed into at the writing team. Nowlin is likewise recognised for his involvement with the Maze Runner movie franchise.

In fall 2021, Netflix launched the anime spin-off Bright: Samurai Soul which changed into launched in October 2021 with little to no fanfare. The film did not hit the Netflix pinnacle 10s in any vicinity and simplest has a 5.5 on IMDb.

Let’s now come into the contemporary 12 months, 2022.

Many feared the assignment has both been halted or placed on the returned burner following a slew of Will Smith initiatives being canceled or halted. They’re being halted due to the movements of Smith on the Oscars wherein he slapped Chris Rock who informed a comic story on the cost of his wife. Following the Oscars, IndieWire said that Smith changed into nonetheless onboard to reprise his function withinside the sequel.

In April 2022, but, all desire changed into misplaced at the assignment. Bloomberg said that Will Smith’s National Geographic collection Pole to Pole have been behind schedule however didn’t point out Bright 2. Lucas Shaw, some other media author at Bloomberg, said on Twitter that the assignment has been quietly canceled saying:

“Netflix has additionally deserted plans to make a sequel to Bright, however this is unrelated to the incident.”

Netflix additionally halted improvement on some other Smith assignment withinside the shape of the approaching film Fast and Loose. The Hollywood Reporter first broke the information on that. The Council stays the simplest Will Smith assignment now at Netflix.

Is that the cease of Bright’s tale on Netflix? For now, it looks as if the solution is yes.