Released in 2019 on Netflix, the version of Triple Frontier that we ultimately got was a far cry from where it had started. Originally a film reuniting The Hurt Locker duo of director Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal, it languished for years before being taken over by JC Chandor, while the cast also saw major fluctuations. While Tom Hanks, Channing Tatum, Johnny Depp, and Will Smith eyed the drug war thriller at different points, the final version was led by Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal. Despite that, it was clear Netflix didn’t get a ton of viewership because it just sorta came and disappeared.
However, that could be about to change. Speaking with The Mary Sue, Hunnam says he’s working with Netflix on a sequel to Triple Frontier. The original movie centered on a team of ex-Special Forces soldiers who plan a heist of a drug kingpin in the dangerous “triple frontier” region of South America.
“Nothing guaranteed, but I just set up recently as the main producer on a potential sequel to ‘Triple Frontier’ at Netflix,” Hunnam said. “So we’re working on that. It’s in its absolute infancy, but I feel like I’ve got a lot more to say about the sort of after life of military personnel. I’m really hopeful.”
This is news I never would’ve expected to hear. Triple Frontier was my most anticipated movie for so long, that when it finally showed up and it wasn’t all I expected, it was a huge disappointment. Not a bad movie, it just could’ve been so much more. John liked it more than I did.
That said, it’s highly unlikely that Netflix will actually go through with this. Sure, they might want to keep Hunnam happy, he’s one of the stars of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, but Netflix also seems to be pulling back on the number or projects they greenlight. We’ll see how this shakes out, but I’m curious enough that I kinda want to see how this Triple Frontier sequel could work. That cast would definitely be tough to pull together again.
