Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 drug war thriller Sicario helped catapult his career, and that of screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. Three years later, Stefano Sollima directed the less critically-acclaimed sequel, Day of the Soldado, which saw Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro reprise their roles as CIA officer Matt Graver and deadly assassin Alejandro Gillick, respectively. The sequel’s lack of success led to a lack of interest in a third Sicario, but producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee say one is indeed coming, and it seems Del Toro is coming back.
“Oh yeah,” Iwanyk told The Messenger about doing Sicario 3.
Lee added, “When we can continue writing it. It was pencils down, but the idea is awesome.”
“I can’t wait for “Sicario 3,”” Iwanyk continued before teasing Del Toro’s return. “I could watch Benicio play that guy forever. I mean, I can watch Benicio in anything, but with that character, it doesn’t get old.”
Of course, any progress on a script had to be halted due to the WGA strike, so who knows when we’ll hear more. The first Sicario starred Emily Blunt as a novice FBI agent dragged into a CIA mission to stop a powerful drug cartel. The sequel followed Graver and Alejandro as they teamed up to start a war between rival cartels, with predictably bloody results. Who knows where the third film would go, but it would be a shame if only Del Toro returned and no Brolin. Hopefully, that changes because I see a definite conclusion to their arc if we can get one more movie with them.
