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On the heels of The Wrap announcing that David Ayer would be shooting a sequel to Suicide Squad in 2017 following an autumn shoot for his next movie Bright, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the fantasy movie could be picked up as a Netflix exclusive.
According to the outlet, Netflix are coming out on top in a fierce bidding war to earn the rights to the movie, which stars Will Smith as a human cop who lives in a modern fantasy world where magic meets reality. Smith’s cop is teamed up with and orc cop, played by fellow Suicide Squad co-star Joel Edgerton, find some nasty people who are after a magical wand.
Bright has been written by Max Landis (Chronicle, Victor Frankenstein).
No deal is done yet, and Bright is commanding a production budget of $80-$100 million and requires a production commitment which is putting some studios off. »
- Luke Owen
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