September 16, 2009

Steven Soderbergh's Limey Sequel



Steven Soderbergh is a workaholic having Che, The Girlfriend Experience and The Informant releasing this year. He also has plans for Cleo, a musical based on the story of Cleopatra (Catherine-Zeta Jones) and Mark Anthony, set in the 1920s. Liberace, based on the life of the closeted flamboyant musician, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. Then, Knockout a spy thriller which will star first time actress and MMA fighter Gina Carano. Along with a Spalding Grey documentary which he's already completed. There has been talk about a sequel to his early film The Limey. Soderbergh commented on the early plans for the project. It doesn't seem like it's high on his priorities but still could be something we'll see in the future.


"You know, I've talked to [screenwriter] Lem [Dobbs] about it, and I've talked to Terrence [Stamp] about it, but it feels, I don't know… It's one of those things again like — we all would sort of like to do it, but it feels like we're having to force it a little. But I'll be working with Lem on Knockout, so maybe we'll talk about it during that."

"Well we've also talked about doing a sequel, it's sort of a philosophical sequel, not even the same characters, but a similar approach, with a different set of characters. A different character coming to a town to deal with something, but it's not Terrence, but its got the same attitude. So, I don't know…"



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