Baby could be back behind the wheel sooner rather than later. Last year’s phenomenal crime musicalBaby Driverwas undoubtedly the biggest hit of filmmakerEdgar Wright’s career, scoring $226.9 million worldwide against a budget of just $34 million. It had been a long time coming, as Wright has yet to make a bad movie and had been angling to doBaby Driver—a film entirely constructed around the conceit of diegetic music—for a long while. The wait was worth it, as the R-rated thriller turned out to be one of 2017’s best films and even scored a trio of Oscar nominations.
Soon after the successful opening ofBaby Driver, Wright revealed that Sony Pictures had asked himto think about writing a sequel. While Wright constructed the loosely connected “Cornetto Trilogy” that consists ofShaun of the Dead,Hot Fuzz, andThe World’s End, he’s never made an actual sequel despite fans asking to see more of those characters. WithBaby Driver 2, however, Wright said he was considering it, saying there’s more to do with the characters he introduced in the first film.
Today, on the one year anniversary ofBaby Driver, Wright took to Twitter to mark the occasion, and to tease thatBaby Driver 2could actually happen “soon”:
Last August Wrightreiterated his interestin doing aBaby Driversequel, saying he had some cool ideas, so it’s not a stretch to think that Wright went ahead and at least started outlining what aBaby Driver 2could be, if not actually scripting the sequel. Word has been mum on Wright’s next narrative project, although he’s been busy craftinga documentary about the cult bandSparks. He’s attached to write and direct an adaptation ofGrasshopper Jungle, but so far we haven’t heard any active movement on that project.
It sounds like Wright may have been spending the last year or so quietly working out some ideas and writing a script or two to keep his options open, and judging by this tweet, one of those options is certainlyBaby Driver 2. As a huge fan of Wright’s work andBaby Driver, I am very much hoping that happens. PagingAnsel ElgortandLily James.
