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Director Berg Talks Up ‘Hancock’ Sequel
Peter Berg’s got a lot on his plate. With season four of “Friday Night Lights” (still the best written show on television) coming up, his new show, “Trauma,” taking off this Fall, and his new adaptation of ‘Dune,’ in the works, you wouldn’t think he’d be spending much time coming up with ideas for ‘Hancock 2.’ Well, that’s what you get for not listening to the $624 million his 2008, Will Smith blockbuster made worldwide.
While chatting with Sci-Fi Wire, Berg divulged some of the ideas he’s concocting for a possible sequel.
Here is what he had to say, and, be warned, there are spoilers about the first film in there:
There might be another god out there. Might be another one.
At the end of ‘Hancock,’ it was revealed that Will Smith and Charlize Theron were both Gods, living immortal lives until they come within close contact of one another. At that point, all hell breaks loose, and their immortality begins to wane. If a third God comes into the mix, you just know there’s going to be all kinds of hellacious CG goodness to wreek havoc with.
As far as that growing slate goes, Berg also mentioned that this one might get pushed up sooner rather than later.
They like to fast-track it, but Will’s busy, I’m pretty busy. We’re excited to do one, but we want the script to be right and the movie to be right. We don’t feel a burning imperative to go right back into it.
I’m sure a nice bag full of proceeds from the first film will change Berg’s mind in a heartbeat.
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A sequel/prequel could work to this. Prequel part of film (or flashback part if you will) would take place in the past, establish Hancock’s heroics even back then. Give him an antagonist, a fellow immortal without Hancock’s moral apptitude. Have him be the one who set the fire that almost killed Hancock way back when, and have him always have been trying to kill Hancock simply because he hates what he stands for. Present day, have him show up again after hearing about Hancock’s most recent exploits as a superhero, and viola there you go. Hell you couldbasically have a couple of immortals that are the opposites of Smith’s and Theron’s characters.
I rather see another Men In Black and Spielbergs version of Oldboy with Smith to star than this. Hancock was very entertaining, but I like seeing more original films from Smith than shooting out sequels to every hit movie he makes (which is pretty much every movie he makes at this point, aside from that piece of shit Seven Pounds).