I really liked Andrew Niccol’s “Lord of War” which featured one of Nic Cage’s best performances.
Cage played a fictional illegal arms dealer, inspired by the stories of several real-life arms dealers and smugglers, but, primarily, Viktor Bout. The film dealt head-on with the issue of illicit arms trafficking by the international arms industry.
Well, it turns out we’re getting a sequel. Cage and Bill Skarsgård are set to star in “Lords of War”, the continuation to “Lord of War” and Niccol will be back to write and direct the crime thriller.
In Lords of War, Orlov discovers he has a son, Anton, who is trying to top his father’s wrongs rather than stop them as he launches a mercenary army to fight America’s Middle East conflicts.
The sequel is set to shoot in the fall.
We haven’t seen much of Niccol lately. He‘s best known for writing “The Truman Show” screenplay and directing the great “Gattaca.”
These last ten years, Niccol has been struggling to find a good movie, his last few have been pretty bad: “In Time,” “The Host,” “Good Kill” and “Anon” all came and went without much buzz. Here’s hoping “Lords of War” puts him back on track.
Expect it to be released in 2024.