We’re hearing that a sequel to action film Law Abiding Citizen is on the way. The first movie, which was led by Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx, was released back in 2009 and grossed a touch under $130 million at the global box-office. However, it became a huge hit at home and more recently on streaming platform Netflix where it was in the top three streaming titles in December of last year.
Butler, Alan Siegel and Lucas Foster will return to produce the new movie, which is set up at Village Roadshow and Rivulet Films, so reports Deadline. Kurt Wimmer will write the screenplay for the follow-up.
The first movie was directed by F. Gary Gray and revolved around Butler’s character whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion.
The full synopsis is below:
When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system that failed his family, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented. Philadelphia is gripped with fear as Sheltons high-profile targets are slain one after another and the authorities are powerless to halt his reign of terror. Only Nick can stop the killing, and to do so he must outwit this brilliant sociopath in a harrowing contest of wills in which even the smallest misstep means death. With his own family now in Sheltons crosshairs, Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who seems always to be one step ahead.
No word on when the movie will cast or indeed get a director, but we’ll keep you posted.
