And now Brett Ratner will probably direct that Midnight Run sequel
Brett Ratner may have seen his proposed Beverly Hills Cop sequel slip through his hands like so much jumbo shrimp, but he may get the chance to work on another, many-years-after-the-fact sequel to one of those ’80s buddy action-comedies that have for so long served as his filmmaking blueprint, in the sense that Brett Ratner movies have structure. That’s because Deadline reports that Universal is negotiating with Ratner to direct the long-in-the-making Midnight Run 2, which will find Robert De Niro reprising his role as the bounty hunter last seen in 1988 freeing Charles Grodin’s mob accountant, then walking away to live the rest of his days in the viewer’s imagination. Said imagination, of course, is not as good as seeing Brett Ratner make an old Robert De Niro do the same thing all over again, only faster and louder.