Weâre still a few days out from the release of Bright, Netflixâs latest attempt to earn itself a spot at the big kidsâ table by putting up the sort of big-budget blockbusters the major studios have been churning out for years. But while audiences have yet to be exposed to Suicide Squad director David Ayerâs fantasy action thrillerâwhich sees blockbuster king Will Smith team up with Joel Edgerton for an orc-based take on the buddy cop formulaâthe company seems pretty confident itâll have a hit on its hand. Hence, presumably, why Bloomberg is reporting this week that Netflix has already signed Smith up for a Bright 2.
That might seem a little cocky, but itâs not like the streamer doesnât have money to burn; the company is currently devoting $8 billion a year to film and TV production, in the hopes of breaking the studiosâ stranglehold on the content market. And honestly, itâs hard to blame them in this case; whether Bright turns out to be any good or not, the spectacle of the worldâs former biggest action star fighting elves on Netflix is likely to draw people in. Meanwhile, the movie weâre now forced to think of as Bright 1 arrives on the streaming service on December 22.
