Prepare to be plunged back into the sci-fi, punk rock wasteland of the 1984s. repo man – a sequel, titled Repo Man 2: Beer Wageshas been announced, and original writer and director Alex Cox will return.
The story was first reported by Varietywho confirmed that Cox would fill the director's chair, with Kiowa Gordon (Twilight) playing punk-turned-repo-man Otto, played by Emilio Estevez in the original. Plot-wise, the new film will pick up right where the original left off, following Otto after a brief journey “through the infinities of time and space,” which has only aged him “exactly 90 minutes.”
According to the filmmakers, Repository man 2 “will offer a fascinating mix of punk energy, existential comedy and offbeat storytelling, navigating the absurd and chaotic world of repo men into a new era of nuclear brinkmanship and self-driving cars.”
Repo Man 2: Beer Wages will be produced by Lorenzo O'Brien (narcos) with Adam Harris Engelhard, Matthew Helderman and Luke Taylor of Buffalo 8 Productions. GM Management's Michael Mortensen and Ram Getz will executive produce. Engelhard said in a statement: “As I grew up, repo man “It was one of my favorite movies, so having the opportunity to work on the sequel with everyone involved is incredibly exciting.”
The sequel was announced this week at the Berlin Film Festival. In the '90s, Cox attempted to make a sequel with Willem Dafoe and Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton to the original, but the story never materialized as a film and was instead eventually used for the graphic novel. Waldo's Hawaiian Vacation. In 2009, Cox wrote and directed another entry in the repo man universe, repository chick.
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