Filmmaker Edgar Wright has been floating the idea to make a sequel to his 2017 action romp Baby Driver since it first hit theaters that summer. Now, in an interview with MTV News, actor Ansel Elgort, who played the titular Baby, has said that he’s seen the script for Baby Driver 2, and says that “I think it’s gonna happen.” However, the moniker for the sequel won’t simply add a “2” at the end, it will apparently be something different.
There’s currently no timetable for the sequel, or at least, not one Elgort is aware of, as Wright is currently making Last Night in SoHo. Nonetheless, the young actor seems confident he’ll get to step into the role of Baby once again. Given how the first film ended, however, it will likely be set a few years down the road, after Baby’s granted parole.
Wright, whose previous credits include Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The World’s End, brought together a cast that included Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars, Divergent), Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) as Doc, Jon Hamm (Mad Men, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) as Buddy, Lily James (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Cinderella) as Deborah, Eiza Gonzalez (Jem and the Holograms, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) as Darling, Jon Bernthal (Marvel’s Daredevil, The Walking Dead) as Griff, and Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained, The Amazing Spider-Man 2) as Bats.
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The film followed Baby, a prodigy getaway driver who relied on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and make a clean getaway. But after being coerced into working for a crime boss (Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
Baby Driver grossed over $100 million in the US, and close to $120 million overseas, bringing its grand total to more than $226 million. Considering it was made for a $34 million budget, it would make fiscal sense to ride drive that success into another sequel. Elgort, meanwhile, will star in Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story.
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Car chase from TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) charms Debora as she works in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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BTS/ Director EDGAR WRIGHT with Lily James and Ansel Elgort (center) on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Debora (LILY JAMES) and Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) meet up at the diner, but Buddy (JON HAMM) is waiting for them in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Buddy (JON HAMM) waits for Baby in the diner in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Doc (KEVIN SPACEY) tells Baby he will do the driving for his next job in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Doc (KEVIN SPACEY) tells Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) he will do the next job, and he will make a lot of money in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Ansel Elgort and director Edgar Wright in "Doc's loft" on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Director Edgar Wright, Ansel Elgort and Jon Bernthal on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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BTS/ Director of Photography BILL POPE, Director EDGAR WRIGHT; and Ansel Elgort on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Bats (JAMIE FOXX) listens to the plan in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Bats (JAMIE FOXX) checks Baby's (ANSEL ELGORT) earphones as he's told by Doc why he always listens to music in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Director Edgar Wright on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Bats (JAMIE FOXX) says he can't trust Baby in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Doc (KEVIN SPACEY) lays out the heist plan to Buddy (JON HAMM), Bats (JAMIE FOXX), Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) and Baby in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Doc (KEVIN SPACEY) has a word with Bats (JAMIE FOXX) in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Doc (KEVIN SPACEY, right) tells Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) he has another job for him in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) gets square with Doc (KEVIN SPACEY) in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Director Edgar Wright and Jon Hamm on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) listens as Doc explains why Baby always listens to music in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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(l to r) Lily James, Director Edgar Wright and Ansel Elgort on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) gets in a firefight when the deal goes wrong in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Bats (JAMIE FOXX) gets in a firefight within an abandoned rail yard as the crews gun deal goes bad in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Bats (JAMIE FOXX) prepares for the gun deal in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) gets in a gun fight in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Director Edgar Wright on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) helps Debora (LILY JAMES) do her laundry as they dance around each other and kiss in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) and Debora (LILY JAMES) jack a car to get away in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) is chased by the cops in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) and Buddy (JON HAMM) are on the chase in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) leaves Joseph (CJ JONES) at the retirement home as the cops close in on him in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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(l to r) Baby (ANSEL ELGORT), Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ), Buddy (JON HAMM) and Griff (JON BERNTHAL) are dropped off at the bank in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Ansel Elgort and director Edgar Wright on the set of TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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(l to r) Baby (ANSEL ELGORT), Bats (JAMIE FOXX), Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) and Buddy (JON HAMM) decide on doing the heist in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) and Bats (JAMIE FOXX) on the way to the post office job with Buddy (JON HAMM) and Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) as cops pull up next to them in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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(l to r) Baby (ANSEL ELGORT), Bats (JAMIE FOXX), Darling (EIZA GONZALEZ) and Buddy (JON HAMM) in the abandoned rail yard to negotiate a deal in TriStar Pictures' BABY DRIVER.
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