Wall Street II: Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone are Back

[Hunter Rider]

http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/785/785938p1.html

Douglas set for Wall Street sequel.
by Stax

US, May 4, 2007 - Lunch may be for wimps but sequels aren't. After a 20-year absence, wicked Wall Street biz whiz Gordon Gekko is coming back to the big-screen in 20th Century Fox's sequel Money Never Sleeps.

Michael Douglas, who won the Academy Award as Best Actor for Wall Street, confirmed his involvement with the sequel to The New York Times.

Edward R. Pressman, who produced the 1987 original, will produce the sequel as well. The screenplay is being penned by Stephen Schiff (True Crime, George Clooney's forthcoming Leatherheads), who is expected to turn in a draft later this year. Pressman and Fox closed a deal this week to develop the sequel.

Pressman and Schiff reportedly pressed Wall Street director Oliver Stone to helm Money Never Sleeps but he declined. Bud Fox, Gekko's young protégé who sold him out at the end of Wall Street, is not expected to figure into the new story so that means Charlie Sheen won't be back either.

So where's Gekko been all these years? Pressman informed the Times, "He went to jail." Douglas assured fans that Gekko has not mellowed with age. "I don't think he's much different," he said. "He's just had more time to think about what to do."

Story details were scarce but the Times claims that Gekko "will resume his machinations on a global scale in the hedge-fund era."

This came out of the blue

 

[Sava]

never saw the first one, might download it sometime

 

[patrickbateman]

wont be the same without Charlie

 

[Showtime]

I've heard rumors about this in past months, Wall Street is one of my favorite movies, I am not sure I like this idea.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

80s nostalgia continues!

I suppose as a collective in a confusing, unknown time like now, we yearn for the simpler time of the 80s.

 

[Galactus]

Pressman Talks "Wall Street" Sequel
By Garth Franklin
Thursday August 30th 2007 12:22am
"Wall Street" producer Edward R. Pressman has talked to The West Australian about plans for a sequel to the classic 1987 Oliver Stone film entitled "Money Never Sleeps".

"The new film will be based in New York, in London, in the United Arab Emirates and in an Asian country. We’ve pretty well worked out the inter-personal relationships between the characters. We’re now talking about the business events.”

Pressman and "Lolita" screenwriter Stephen Schiff have been meeting with stock market geniuses from around the world, notably billionaire Vincent Tchenguiz, to get the lay of the land about the current market.

As we know the character of Gordon Gekko returns, and Michael Douglas is confirmed to be returning. Now, it's been revealed that in the period between films Gekko has been to prison but has been a free man for the past eight years.

On the surface he will be a more outwardly altruistic figure though "“a leopard doesn’t change its spots, despite appearances."

 

[Dark Donnie]

LaBeouf Joining Douglas in Wall Street Sequel
Source: Variety April 28, 2009


Variety reports that 20th Century Fox has signed Oliver Stone to return as director of the sequel to his 1987 hit Wall Street.

Shia LaBeouf ("Transformers" films) is negotiating to join Michael Douglas, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in the original film. The sequel will once again involve a young Wall Street trader, and the recent economic meltdown spurred by rampant greed and corruption will fit prominently into the plot.

Allan Loeb wrote the script. Edward R. Pressman is back as producer.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=54944

 

[Prison Mike]

so I guess Shia will play the new Charlie Sheen character?

 

[dark_b]

look i am a LaBeouf fan when it comes to comedy. look i am a fan of the movie Wall Street.

but this is a bad idea. i dont care if LaBeouf needs a movie to show that he can do a serious role. i dont care for that. leave this movie alone.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

It would be interesting to see, it not just to have the "greed is good" guy in modern times.

 

[SentinelMind]

Wall Street II
The sequel to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JZp215Bgyk

is on track. It will take place during the context of current financial crisis.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i0dac803b1646d6af56ac6bb4d7de236c

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

In today's society, that would be an interesting plot to follow. Wall Street 2? Just come up with a new title, but follow the same characters. Wall Street II: Bailout! lol

 

[Figs]

I liked the first one, this could be interesting.

 

[TheComicbookKid]

Wow, a sequel that wouldn't be necessarily useless. Hope they get a good writer. Like the person behind State of Play.

And I agree, don't call it Wall Street II

 

[Sawyer]

Shia LaBeouf ("Transformers" films) is negotiating to join Michael Douglas, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in the original film. The sequel will once again involve a young Wall Street trader, and the recent economic meltdown spurred by rampant greed and corruption will fit prominently into the plot.

...the ****?!

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Yeah. Wall Street II would really be the death of this film. Basic Instinct II came out, and because it was soo long over due (and pointless) since the first one was released, nobody cared to go see it. It flopped. There's no interest in a sequal to a film year and years and year later after the original. Of course, there have been exceptions and will be exceptions, but Wall Street is NOT an exception. Why? The world is in no mood to remember or think about financial problems in the sense of remembering the Greed that was Wall Street. Now, the characters and plot/story involved for a sequal will be interesting and could grab people to go see it, it has potential to do that as people today would like to see some smuck on Wall Street go through hell and become some pathedic bum. They're in the mood to see that of course, but when it's associatied with Wall Street, and about Wall Street, people aren't interested in that title or what's in 'their mind' of what it would be about.

The solution would be to come up with a new name. Sequals don't have to carry the name for a film to be assocated with the previous film, but if this film is suppose to reflect the current times and where these guys went and what became of them, a new name all together would suit the film better in presenting that. Nothing's wrong with Wall Street II except for the fact that it's 20+ YEARS TOO LATE for today's audenience to make the connection.

The Market, Bailout, Greed and Corruption, Down Fall, something along the lines of reflecting what the film is about. Wall Street was made in the mid 80's when people in trade were greedying and had no reason to stop and everything to gain. Nothing was standing in their way of making money and running people down. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT ANYMORE (well, not until recently). Now, it's a crazy time when people are losing jobs, the market has crashed, it's very scary to even trade or sell, people are literally going crazy and becoming those bums they laughed at long ago and worse. The title Wall Street wouldn't make the connection to THAT! Understand?

But it's Oliver Stone.....so why am I mentioning this? He's just going to do whatever he wants without logic or reason. Good director, but horrible presentor.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

...the ****?!

Well, he's a hot ticket right now. He's the Charlie Sheen of today, but yeah... ...the****? is right. He doesn't fit in my mind either.

 

[Sawyer]

Yeah, there are really two ways this can go....

Basic Instinct 2: Goes to the big screen, critically panned, makes zero money.
or
War Games 2: Straight to DVD, looks like crap right off the bat, no one buys it, dies in obscurity.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

Yeah, there are really two ways this can go....

Basic Instinct 2: Goes to the big screen, critically panned, makes zero money.
or
War Games 2: Straight to DVD, looks like crap right off the bat, no one buys it, dies in obscurity.

Wait, there was a War Games 2???

 

[Sawyer]

Wait, there was a War Games 2???

See what i meant by the dying in obscurity part?

 

[K.B.]

As a fan of the original I'm not sure how to feel. I mean ..all the right ducks are lined up...but still

 

[That-Guy]

So is there any franchise that LaBeouf isn't a part of these days?

I never thought of Wall Street as a franchise btw, but if that kid is in it and it's a hit, well, get ready for Wall Street III: Die Gecko Die.

 

[ABleedingCorpse]

So is there any franchise that LaBeouf isn't a part of these days?

I never thought of Wall Street as a franchise btw, but if that kid is in it and it's a hit, well, get ready for Wall Street III: Die Gecko Die.

Love the Darkman refrence.

 

[That-Guy]

Haha, thanks.

 

[MaskedManJRK]

In today's society, that would be an interesting plot to follow. Wall Street 2? Just come up with a new title, but follow the same characters. Wall Street II: Bailout! lol

I remember seeing an old thread for this saying that there was a different title for this, "Money Never Sleeps." Kinda sounds like a Bond title, but loads better then Wall Street II.