ESCAPE PLAN 2 Is A Go; Stallone, Producers Returning
It was last reported back in July that Lionsgate was up for advancing a sequel to the 2013 hit action film, Mikael Håfström’s Escape Plan. That film was led in a two-hander between cinematic action movie legends Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger which grossed $137 million globally, and the update at the time also gave mention to the possibility of it being a Chinese co-production. That detail still appears correct according to the latest update at Deadline which officially confirms the sequel now greenlit for production next year from Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films with Lionsgate Premiere handling its release. Stallone will reprise his role in a supporting capacity this time around while Escape Plan scribe Miles Chapman’s new screenplay will oversee an updated cast and story; The original film saw the legendary action star as a prison security expert fight his way out of an off-the-books prison facility headed by a courrupt […]
