Lucy 2 in Development; Luc Besson Has Already Written Script

Lucy

A sequel to Luc Besson ’s 2014 science fabrication movieLucyis moving onward . The movie starred Scarlett Johansson as the eponymous theatrical role , who was an unwilling drug scuff for the Korean mob and , due to unfortunate fate , the handbag of drug she was transport ( inside her belly ) had broken and contaminated her system . The drugs allowed her to supposedly use 100 percentage of her brain ( follow the 10 percent mind myth ) , thus giving her the ability to traverse through space and time and , finally , transform herself into a supercomputer .

Lucyhad released in July 2014 diametrical Brett Ratner’sHercules , star Dwayne Johnson , and one hebdomad before James Gunn’sGuardians of the Galaxy . Although it performed modestly well domestically , it earned most of its revenue from overseas markets , raking in over $ 463 million at the worldwide box place against an approximate production budget of $ 40 million . Adding to the fact that it garner more often than not positive reviews from critic , it made sense that Besson would see make a sequel , despite having once tell that the film did n’t need one . And now , three years later , Lucy 2appears to be actuate forward .

EuropaCorp CEO Marc Shmuger toldVarietyat a late shareholder group meeting in Paris that they are readjusting their lineup travel along the commercial failure of Besson’sValerian and the City of a Thousand Planetsthis past summer . Part of that allowance includes pushing forrard withLucy 2 , which Shmuger says Besson has already written a script for . It ’s unclear , however , if they contrive on getting Johansson back for the sequel . Consideringwhat bump to her characterat the final stage of the first picture show , it would be interesting to see what Besson comes up with forLucy 2 .

Besson co - founded EuropaCorp at the play of the 100 , which employsa unique financing modelthat grant them to take high risk with dimension , such asValerian , and still possibly fall out in the greenness , despite the picture potentially flop at the worldwide box office . However , followingValerian ’s release , EuropaCorp plans on scaling back their push into more cosmopolitan productions and put their focus back into action thriller and sci - fi films . Furthermore , pop off forward , they will put out two or three English - language films per yr alongside two Gallic picture with lower budget than common .

Considering thatLucyhas been one of their most successful films in recent eld , it makes sense that its continuation is one of the projects that they have in active development . However , with Besson about to enter production on another action thriller , it might be some prison term beforeLucy 2hits theatre of operations .