In a more recent interview, a year later, with The Fourth Wall Podcast, Wingard seemingly teased that he would only make the film if the original cast returned:
Look, I mean, like, the only way that we’re going to do this really is if we get, you know, the original cast.’ I’m not going to say how it works or anything, but like, it’s got to be 100% the real follow up not just like some fan service movie, not just some like ca-ching thing, this has to feel like the ultimate follow up to the original film.
Okay, I’m now interested in this sequel. The only way it was going to work was if the characters from the original returned. Much of the fun in the 1997 film came from the bonkers alchemy that was created between Cage and Travolta. You can’t replicate that with any other actors.
No production date has been announced, but between Travolta mostly starring in C-movies and Cage’s schedule being, surprisingly, light this year, we could maybe expect it to shoot very soon?
You’re also probably wondering how Cage could possibly be returning for the sequel if his character was shot by a harpoon and killed at the end of the original. Well, it’s quite simple, really — Barrett, who is writing the sequel, has stated that he doesn’t believe Castor Troy — played by Cage — actually died.
The funny thing is, I never personally thought Castor Troy died at the end of Face/Off. When you watch it now, it’s kind of clear that what they were actually probably doing was trying to have it both ways where he looks pretty damn dead when he gets shot with the fishing spear. But, they don’t cover him up and the back of it is him getting loaded on an ambulance.
To me, don’t load a person on an ambulance next to a living person without putting a sheet over them in a movie unless they’re alive.
I truly hoped for John Woo to be back for the sequel, but we’ll have to settle with Wingard and Barrett. It’s a real shame that Wingard, whom I’ve interviewed, a few times, has recently been expending all of his creative energy on those ultra popular ‘Godzilla x Kong’ movies.
This is the same guy who showed great potential with 2011’s “You’re Next” and 2014’s “The Guest.” Hopefully, he does a good job on the ‘Face/Off’ sequel.
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