Comments on: “Greed is Good.” Director Oliver Stone Set To Make Wall Street 2

By: First Glance: New Pics of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps :: THE MOVIE MASH

First Glance: New Pics of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps :: THE MOVIE MASH — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:14:31 +0000

[...] We reported way back in April on the announcement and casting of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. USA Today has now released the first hi-res still images of the film, which is currently in post-production. The sequel takes place 20 years after the original with Michael Douglas returning to his iconic role as the then villainous Gordon Gekko, who famously coined the phrase, “Greed is good.” Stone, who wrote and directed the original, passed on the script for WS2 several times, but inevitably changed his mind after the economic collapse of 2008. “I guess the crash, which happened in the meantime, made it more interesting,” Stone said.Starring along Douglas is Shia LaBeouf as a hot-shot/up-and-coming broker who obviously has a lot to learn. The adorable and brilliant Carey Mulligan, fresh off her Golden Globe nom and inevitable Oscar nom, will play Shia’s love interest. Javier Bardem was originally chosen by Stone to play the villain, but due to scheduling conflicts was replaced by his No Country co-star Josh Brolin; which is totally fine by me. Brolin’s character is being described as a “new breed of ruthless investor/banking kingpin.” Check out these new photos from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. [...]

By: Matt I

Matt I — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:50:39 +0000

Normally i decry sequels of this nature that just get made because Hollywood is running out of original ideas but i'm actually excited about this one. As long as they don't call it "Step up 2 the Wall Street" or some dumb shit like that, this could be a phenomenal movie that looks into the high stakes trading game going on between a select few power brokers using Americas money.

By: Shawshank

Shawshank — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:55:37 +0000

Hmm considering how good the first Wall Street was I'm actually excited for this.

By: Matt_Damon

Matt_Damon — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:40:05 +0000

Yea perfect timing for this re-make considering everyone is pointing their fingers at wall street for the mess were currently in. I hope Stone doesn't play this PC and make's a wicked gritty film about the what it's really like to be a trader.

By: MovieMike

MovieMike — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:55:36 +0000

Awesome!!! i just saw wall street for the first time 2 days ago actually. It was a great movie. I love how this is working out, i see all of these classic movies now and sequels are in the works when other people had to wait forever. for Boondocks Saints now Wall Street!