Mostly known for nice-guy roles like his Oscar-winning dadTom,Colin Hanksis taking a walk on the wild side inNobody 2. He’ll play a villain up againstBob Odenkirk’s mostly-retired assassin in the hotly-anticipated action sequel.The Hollywood Reporterhas the news that the film will begin shooting in Winnipeg, Manitoba later this month.
Hanks is set to star as a crooked sheriff with sinister ambitions in the film, which will be helmed by Indonesian directorTimo Tjahjanto; it will be his full-length English-language debut, after directing several successful films in his native Indonesia and segments for theV/H/Sseries of horror anthologies. Odenkirk will return for the sequel, as willConnie NielsenandChristopher Lloyd, who respectively play Odenkirk’s wife and father. Joining Hanks as an antagonist isSharon Stone, who will play the stone-cold villainess of the film. The original film was a sleeper hit, making $57.5 million USD on a $16 million budget, and earning rave reviews from critics with an 83% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.In his review, Collider’sMatt Goldbergcalled it an “incredibly well-made action B-movie that delivers on its promise of a mild-mannered guy showing that he’s a killing machine, and then murdering folks in fun and inventive ways.”
What Happened in ‘Nobody’?
InNobody,Odenkirkmade an unlikely turn as an action star, playing mild-mannered family man Hutch Mansell, whose everyman demeanor hides a dark secret from his past. In his younger days, he was known as “Nobody”, a deadly government assassin. He thought he’d left that life behind until he intervenes to stop a gang of criminals from harassing a woman on a bus, deploying his long-suppressed skills to put them down. Unfortunately, the gang were high-ranking members of the Russian mob, and they want revenge - but now that Hutch has had a fresh taste of violence, he’s going to make them regret coming after him. The film was directed byIlya Naishuller(Hardcore Henry), and also starredAleksei Serebryakov,RZA, andMichael Ironside.
Hanks recently starred in the TV miniseriesThe OfferandA Friend of the Family, and lent his voice to the Netflix animated filmOrion and the Dark. He is next set to star alongsideAisling Beain the romantic comedyAnd Mrs, and as psychiatristGustave Gilbertin the star-studded cast ofNuremberg,James Vanderbilt’s upcoming drama about the trials of German war criminals following World War II.
Nobody 2will begin filming this month;no release date has yet been announced. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.
