Netflix may have altered its metrics slightly and allowed several forgotten movies to creep back onto the all-time Top 10 list, but Red Notice couldn’t be dislodged as the platform’s number one most-watched original feature of all-time.
In terms of both cumulative hours and total view count, the A-list blockbuster is at the head of the pack, so it was inevitable that a franchise would be born. That being said, it’s been a while since reports emerged offering that the streaming service was planning on shooting the second and third installments back-to-back, but it sounds as though momentum is being gathered at last.
Speaking to Collider, Gal Gadot revealed that she recently clapped eyes on the screenplay, even if she was about as secretive as you’d expect when discussing the follow-ups to a $200 million globetrotting epic packed with star power.
“We’re all talking about it. I don’t know if I can say anything! I already read the second script and it’s… whoo! We’re all very excited about it!”
Presumably, the biggest sticking point is trying to arrange the schedules of Gadot, Dwayne Johnson, and Ryan Reynolds so they’re all free at the same time, but let’s also cross our fingers that the script is being fine-tuned to turn out a damn sight better than its predecessor.
Red Notice may have ticked all the boxes subscribers wanted, but the storyline itself was entirely forgettable, to the point it’s not unfair to say that a lot of people may not be able to provide an answer if you were to ask them what it was actually about.