Research Shows 'Wall Street 2' is Coming, Desired
Wall Street 2, the once-rumored sequel that only deserves to exist inside maybe a Ben Stiller Show sketch, is now official. Oliver Stone has signed on to once again direct and Shia LaBeouf is negotiating to play the new Wall Streeter. From EW:
The much-discussed Wall Street sequel is getting closer to launch, EW has learned. Michael Douglas will return as corporate raider Gordon Gekko, the role for which he won the 1987 Best Actor Oscar, and Oliver Stone will be back as the director of the followup to the movie that put the phrase "Greed is good" into the popular lexicon.Shia LaBeouf is in talks to play a young trader in Wall Street 2, which is set 20 years after the first installment. The film's plot will revolve around Gekko's life after he gets out of jail during the current economic climate.
"I think it's time to take another hard look at trading and the economy and what went wrong in the last few years," said Douglas Monday night during the premiere of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. "Everybody's talking about the economy and people are scrutinizing it. Whenever I mention Wall Street 2, everybody goes, 'Yeah. Interesting. I'd see that.'"
Can't argue with Michael Douglas. It's apparent he's done the market research to know this will work. He's both aware of the current economic situation and he's casually asked some people about it!
"So, party-goer, say I, Michael Douglas, was going to make another Wall Street--calling it Wall Street 2, we'll say..."
"OK..."
"Pretty good, right?"
"Oh... yeah, yeah, definitely. Almost painfully relevant. I mean, it sounds... interesting."
"Right, exactly. So you'd see it then?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Fantastic. I'm going to get in touch with that new Indiana Jones kid. He's great at making lackluster sequels to 20-year-old franchises."
(Thanks, Nick.)