Edgar Wrighthas never made a bad movie. He’s never even made less than avery goodmovie, and so it makes sense that thus far in his career, Wright has shied away from straight-up sequels. However, that could possibly change withBaby Driver. WhenShaun of the Deadwas a massive hit, instead of capitalizing on that with a zombie follow-up, Wright,Simon Pegg, andNick Frostinstead made a thematically connected trio of films—the Cornetto Trilogy—with the also excellentHot FuzzandThe World’s End. This way audiences still got their Wright/Pegg/Frost fix, but with new characters, stories, and style.
But now, withBaby Driverlooking to outgross all of Wright’s other films in a matter of a couple weeks, it appears the filmmakermightbe ready to do a straight-up sequel. Speaking onthe Empire podcast, Wright revealed that Sony has asked him to consider makingBaby Driver 2, and he’s doing just that:
“The studio have asked me to think about writing a sequel and it is one of the ones that I might do a sequel to because I think there’s somewhere more to go with it in terms of the characters. Baby has got to a new place.”
Now’s where thespoiler warningcomes in, but Wright continued, saying that if he does make a follow-up, he’d be ensuring that it has an entirely new flavor:
“Most sequels you have to contrive something so they go back to square one, unless there’s somewhere deeper for them to go. I think withBaby Driverthere’s more that you can do in that realm, and I sort of have an idea that if you did another [film] you would subvert his involvement in the crime in a different way so he’s not the apprentice anymore.”
Bonnie andClyde-style, perhaps?Wright has previously said that he’s keener on making his own new original stories rather than revisiting past ones with sequels, but it sounds like he’s seriously consideringBaby Driver 2as an option here. The big question would be whether the soundtrack the second time around would be as organic—and fresh—as the original film, which is downright brilliant.
But while I’m not 100% sureBaby Driver 2is a good idea, I trust Wright implicitly, and if he says he’s got a new, interesting story to tell and a new, interesting way to tell it, I’m all in. He certainly doesn’t confirm the sequel is happening here, but it’s interesting to know that it’s a possibility.
What do you think folks? Would you want to seeBaby Driver 2? Where would you like to see Baby go? Sound off in the comments below.
