Ryan McNeil
For a few years now, rumours have abounded that a sequel to WALL STREET is being kicked around Hollywood. “Why not?” right…if studios can try to remake BONNIE AND CLYDE, FOOTLOOSE, and DROP DEAD FRED (yes, really)…then a sequel to an 80’s classic isn’t that far fetched.
While director Oliver Stone was never attached to the project, the original setup for the idea centered around the fact that after 20 years in prison, Gordon Gekko would now have been released, and trying to get back into a game that might well have passed him by. As it happened, real life sped right past the fiction, and one can only imagine how last year’s financial meltdown could have been worked into the plot.
I must admit – part of me would be very curious to see this movie, to see how a character like Gekko is involved and reacts to the financial situation America now finds itself in. I’m already wondering, could a man like Gekko still get up in front of a board of investors and claim quite simply that “Greed is good”.
The film might never see the light of day, but I for one think it’s one worth persuing. Even if, as rumoured, Shia Lebeouf would also be cast.
Actually I just saw a clip of Michael Douglas being interviewed at a red carpet event and he said filming is to begin at the end of summer for the sequel.
Wonder if they plan to bring back Charlie sheen as well
I’m with you, this could be very, very interesting. Could be funny if Sheen jumps in as a grizzled broker 20 years later, too.