\n\tLords of War, the sequel to Andrew Niccol\u2019s 2005 crime thriller Lord of War, has been picked up by Vertical for the U.S. with a planned 2027 theatrical release. <\/p>\n
\n\tNiccol wrote and directed the film that will see Nicolas Cage<\/a> reprise his role as arms dealer Yuri Orlov. In the follow-up, Orlov finds out he has a son, Anton (Bill Skarsgard<\/a>), who is building a mercenary army that will rival his father\u2019s, setting up a father-son rivalry, all against the backdrop of America\u2019s wars in the Middle East.<\/p>\n \n\tVend\u00f4me Pictures produced and financed the movie, which also stars Laura Harrier, Sylvia Hoeks and Greg Tarzan Davis. The film recently wrapped production in Morocco. <\/p>\n \n\tVertical is set to screen footage at CinemaCon for exhibitors.<\/p>\n \n\tPhilippe Rousselet and Fabrice Gianfermi, who produced the original movie, produced Lords of War for Vend\u00f4me Pictures. Niccol also produced, along with Cage for Saturn Films. Skarsgard, Alice Dawson, Fifth Season\u2019s Graham Taylor and Christopher Slager, and Vertical\u2019s Rich Goldberg and Peter Jarowey served as executive producers.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAs a storyteller, I always felt there was so much more to explore with the \u2018merchant of death\u2019 that is Nicolas Cage\u2019s charming devil, Yuri Orlov. This latest chapter gave me the chance to introduce his ultimate rival: his illegitimate son, Anton \u2014 illegitimate in every sense of the word \u2014 played by the equally roguish Bill Skarsgard. Set against the largely unseen world of mercenaries, the film quickly reveals that Anton isn\u2019t out to right his father\u2019s wrongs; he\u2019s out to top them,\u201d said Niccol.<\/p>\n \n\tVend\u00f4me Pictures and CAA Media Finance negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers. International sales are being handled by FilmNation Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lords of War, the sequel to Andrew Niccol\u2019s 2005 crime thriller Lord of War, has been picked up…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":595945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[136074,49,48,75,29973],"class_list":{"0":"post-595944","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bill-skarsgard","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-nicolas-cage"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/595945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}