Gavin O’Connor has talked to Ben Affleck a couple of potential The Accountant 3.
Affleck performed Christian Wolff in 2016’s The Accountant, which was directed by O’Connor. Each O’Connor and Affleck returned for The Accountant 2, which can premiere at South by Southwest in March 2025 earlier than it hits theaters nationwide the next month.
Whereas there hasn’t been any official affirmation right now about The Accountant 3, O’Connor already has some concepts.
What did Gavin O’Connor say about The Accountant 3?
Talking with Vanity Fair, O’Connor stated he all the time wished The Accountant to change into a trilogy.
“I’ve numerous ideas about what to do with the third. I’ve been desirous about it for lots of years,” he commented.
Whereas O’Connor has talked to Affleck about the place the story may go subsequent, Affleck says that he’s strictly centered on The Accountant 2’s launch right now.
“I’m keenly conscious of the truth that you sort of need to earn one other film,” Affleck defined. “The worst pitfall is to retailer a bunch of your good concepts for the following installment. In case you don’t create an curiosity demand the primary time on the market, you’re simply going to be enjoying that to an empty home.”
Together with Affleck, The Accountant 2 will see Jon Bernthal, J. Okay. Simmons, and Cynthia Addai-Robinson reprise their respective roles as Brax, Ray King, and Marybeth Medina. Anna Kendrick, who performed Dana Cummings within the first film, shouldn’t be returning for the sequel.
“Christian Wolff is introduced out of hiding by Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina after somebody near them is killed by unknown assassins,” the synopsis for The Accoutant 2 reads. “To resolve the homicide, Wolff should recruit the assistance of his estranged however extremely deadly brother Brax.”
The Accountant 2 will probably be launched in United States theaters on April 25, 2025, by Amazon MGM Studios by way of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
