Armie Hammer convinced The Man From U.N.C.L.E. writer to work on a sequel
One of the writers behind The Man From U.N.C.L.E. has quite literally said “fuck it” and decided to work on a sequel to the critically appreciated, but financially unsuccessful Guy Ritchie film. That’s according to star Armie Hammer, who explained in an interview with /Film that he essentially goaded Lionel Wigram—who cowrote the adaptation of the classic TV series with Ritchie—into getting started on a follow-up. “I was like, ‘Dude, what’s the deal? I get asked about this shit all the time. Can you just write a sequel?’ He was like, ‘You know what? Yeah, fuck it, I’ll do it. Sure, I’ll write a sequel,’” Hammer explained. “I was like, ‘If you write one, I’m sure we can get one made,’ so who knows? Today is the first day I’ve actually told anyone that story. I only told one other person who asked. Apparently, the sequel is being written right now. No pressure, Lionel!”