Joe Carnahan, while promoting his survival thriller THE GREY, has confirmed that a sequel to his dumb-but-fun A TEAM movie will not be happening. This is not surprising considering the film barely made it’s budget back at the box office. However, Carnahan stated his desire to re-team with Ray Liotta for a follow-up to his outstanding 2002 hit thriller NARC. The director, who also re-teams with A TEAM actor Liam Neeson for his latest, commented:-
As much fun as I had making that movie, I don’t want to get tied up in that whole world of sequels and franchises. There’s too many movies I want to make. There’s too many other stories I want to tell. The good thing that came out of A-Team not being successful is that I would never have made The Grey, I’d be working on A-Team 2 right now. And that would have been a bigger bummer to me.
I was talking to Ray Liotta the other night about a Narc sequel. I told him the opening…if I could do that movie for like ten million bucks and not be bothered and be left to do my thing I would do it in a second. Creative control means more to me than having my name on a big-budget thing.
Fans of Carnahan should get in line for THE GREY when the film is released 27th January 2012. The film co-stars Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo and James Badge Dale.
Source: Moviehole
