Is The Mile 22 Sequel Still Happening?
A Mile 22 sequel has been in the works for multiple years, but it still hasn't moved forward yet. Peter Berg's 94-minute spy thriller was released in the summer of 2018 and was heavily criticized for being too messy. The director had previously collaborated with Mark Wahlberg for several hit films; however, the negative reviews for Mile 22 suggested the duo missed the mark and didn't create enough buzz to warrant a sequel.
Mile 22 follows an elite CIA squad called Overwatch. Led by James Silva (Wahlberg), the team kills several Russians who plan to distribute cesium, and he later comes face-to-face with an asset from Indocarr, Li Noor (Iko Uwais), who makes a deal to gain safe passage out of his country. Silva agrees to escort Noor on a 22-mile journey to a departing airplane, with the mutual understanding being that Overwatch will receive a disc with intel on a cesium operation. The CIA's plan goes horribly wrong, leaving Silva to think about his actions from past missions.
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Produced for between $35-60 million, Mile 22 barely outperformed its budget with a $66 million box office haul. Berg and Mile 22 star Mark Wahlberg had previously collaborated for relatively low-budget and well-received productions such as Lone Survivor and Patriots Day, but their spy film favors bravado over strong narrative structure. So it's possible that's why a Mile 22 sequel is taking so long.
Two months before Mile 22 was released in August 2018, STX Entertainment announced that Extraction writer Umair Aleem had been hired to write a sequel. THR described the move as «premature» but cited the studio's success with the Bad Moms movie franchise. The initial announcement shows that
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