Nicolas Cage Addresses Whether He'll Return In Face/Off 2

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Nicolas Cage recently addressed whether or not he'd return for the long-in-development Face/Off 2. The original 1997 action opus was one of director John Woo's most successful forays into Hollywood filmmaking and a major hit, grossing over $241 million worldwide. The film follows John Travolta as FBI agent Sean Archer and his game of cat-and-mouse with Cage's bomb-prone terrorist Castor Troy. With the help of some advanced (bordering on science fiction) technology, the two swap faces and assume each other's identities.

While talks for a potential sequel to the high-concept, high-octane original have been circulating for a while, it was just last year that Godzilla vs. Kong director Adam Wingard was tapped to direct and co-write the project. He's joined by his longtime collaborator Simon Barrett, who's tackling writing duties with him for Paramount Studios. Original The Fast and the Furious producer Neal H. Moritz is attached as well. Wingard promises an even more over-the-top action spectacle than the original and set pieces that top its predecessor.

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This heightening could explain why the production has taken some time getting off the ground. The producers have struggled to figure out exactly how complicated Face/Off 2's story can get while remaining decipherable to viewers. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Nicolas Cage raises even more questions as to where the sequel stands. When asked about whether that's a story he'd like to revisit, he states:

«I have not heard hide nor hair about it. So often these things we read about are just conjecture without any base or foundation to it. I feel the same about National Treasure 3. It’s been 14