“Wall Street” Sequel Coming, LaBeouf in Talks

A sequel to the hugely successful movie, Wall Street (1987), is scheduled to hit theaters sometime in 2010 and it already sounds like it’s going to be great.  The original flick was directed by Oliver Stone and starred Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen and Daryl Hannah.

Stone and Douglas (who won an Oscar for his portrayal of the film’s main charachter, Gordon Gecko) will return in the follow-up.  Shia LaBeouf (Transformers, Disturbia) is in talks to portray Douglas’ protégé (as was originally played by Sheen).

As you can probably guess from the title, Wall Street was about the sometimes shady dealings and corruption among financial traders but the sequel will also take the current economic crisis into consideration.  I’m glad because it not only is sensitive to what the world is experiencing right now but it also gives the movie a “fresh” perspective on the industry and sets it apart from the first film.

Douglas was recently on Ellen and he dished a bit about the film.  “It will be really fun and, it’s a perfect time,” he said on Wednesday’s Ellen DeGeneres Show.  “They had another title, Money Never Sleeps, and then Oliver Stone, who directed the first one, read the new script and said I want to do it and we’re going to call it Wall Street 2.”

“It starts up a couple years ago. Gordon Gekko has just got out of jail, and we kind of deal with all the issues that are going on now,” said Douglas. “It’s an excellent script. I’m really excited about it.”

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