With production set to wrap this week onEscape Plan 2, producersRandall EmmettandGeorge Furlaare wasting no time in continuing this franchise. The producers' Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films company has just given the green light forEscape Plan 3, which will bring backSylvester Stalloneas Ray Breslin.Escape Plan 2directorSteven C. Milleris also being brought back to take the helm ofEscape Plan 3, withEscape PlanandEscape Plan 2writerMiles Chapmanalso being brought back to write the screenplay.
Deadlinereports thatRandall EmmettandGeorge Furlawill produce through Emmett/Furla/Oasis, alongsideMark CantonandZack Schiller.Ted Fox,Mark Stewart,Barry BrookerandStan Wertliebwill serve as executive producers. Following the same distribution and release formula asEscape Plan 2, Lionsgate Premiere has secured domestic distribution, with Chinese-based Leomus Pictures co-producing alongside EFO and will provide distribution in China. No release date has been given forEscape Plan 2as of yet, but with production wrapping this week, and its follow-up already being green-lit, we may get an official release date sooner rather than later.
Escape Plan, which was released in 2013, teamed up action iconsSylvester StalloneandArnold Schwarzenegger, althoughArnold Schwarzeneggerisn’t coming back forEscape Plan 2. Now thatEscape Plan 3has been given the green light, perhaps EFO will try to lureArnold Schwarzeneggerback to reprise his role as Emil Rottmayer from the original. The first movie followedSylvester Stalloneas security expert Ray Breslin, who is framed and sent to the most impenetrable prison in the world, where he teams up with Rottmayer to plan his escape and clear his name.
Despite the star power of bothSylvester StalloneandArnold Schwarzenegger, the firstEscape Planwasn’t a huge hit domestically. Theaction thrillertook in just $25.1 million, but its overseas take of $112.1 million, $40.9 million of which came from China, helped spawn a sequel. The follow-up has been set up as a U.S.-China co-production, which is filming under a $20 million budget. While no story details have been uncovered yet,Sylvester Stalloneand directorSteven C. Millerhave been sharing a number of images from the set, including a few with a mysterious robot thatSylvester Stalloneapparently fights in this sequel.
WhileArnold Schwarzeneggeris not returning forEscape Plan 2,Sylvester Stallonewill be joined by a cast that includesDave Bautista,Jaime King,Peter Wentz,Jesse Metcalfe,Wes Chathamand50 Cent, who reprises his role as Ray Breslin’s colleague Hush from the original.Sylvester Stallonewill next be seen in a mysterious role inGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which opens in theaters May 5.Steven C. Millermost recently directedArsenal, starringNicolas CageandAdrien Grenier, and he also hasFirst Killin post-production, which starsBruce WillisandHayden Christensen. Hopefully we’ll find out Plan 3soon, asEscape Plan 2winds down production this week.
