Sylvester Stallone has confirmed that Demolition Man 2 is finally happening at Warner Bros. after being (cryogenically) frozen for years.
In a recent Q&A on Instagram, Stallone revealed that a sequel to 1993’s Demolition Man is on its way, as he responded to a fan who asked whether there would be a follow-up to the Marco Brambilla-helmed sci-fi actioner.
“I think it is coming,” Stallone said. “We’re working on it right now with Warner Brothers and it’s looking fantastic, so that should come out. That’s going to happen.”
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In the original movie, Stallone starred as Sergeant John Spartan, a fish-out-of-water cop thawed out of cryogenic prison in the year 2032 to pursue his former nemesis, Simon Phoenix, played by Wesley Snipes, who is running loose in Los Angeles, now a pacifist utopia known as San Angeles.
Over the years, Demolition Man has become a firm favourite among Stallone fans, thanks to its musclebound stars, clever script, and pulsating action, but this isn’t the only movie that looks set to make a comeback. In his Q&A, Stallone revealed that 1981’s Nighthawks is being remade into a streaming series.
“We’re remaking [Nighthawks] as a streaming series at Universal,” Stallone told his fans. “I’m really proud of all of these things that are coming back around because they’re holding up.”
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When asked to reveal a secret, Stallone let slip that his long-gestating Hunter adaptation, based on the 1999 sci-fi novel by James Byron Huggins, is also finally moving forward after being “in the works for like 20 years.”
According to Deadline, Stallone bought film rights to Hunter in 2009 reportedly with the idea to incorporate it into a Rambo storyline. Balboa Productions then placed the adaptation in its project lineup in 2018, with Stallone attached to star.
The book centres on “Nathaniel Hunter, whose hyper-tracking skills are employed to hunt down a raging beast, a half-human terror created by a renegade agency that is threatening to wreak havoc on civilization.”
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Source: IGN.com Demolition Man 2 in the Works at Warner Bros.