Filmmaker Edgar Wright has made a career out of unique and noteworthy films, which haven’t turned into anything beyond the singular film experience. His latest film could be the one to end the cycle, however, as Wright tells the Empire Podcast that he’s mulled over a Baby Driver sequel.
“The studio have asked me to think about writing a sequel and it is funny that it is one of the ones that I might do a sequel to, because I think there’s somewhere more to go with it in terms of the characters. Especially, Baby has got to a new place.”
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Wright elaborated on why there hasn’t been a follow-up to the likes of Shaun of the Dead, The World’s End, and Hot Fuzz (though admitting there could be a sequel there), and said:
“Most sequels you have to contrive something so they go back to square one, unless there’s somewhere deeper for them to go… I think with Baby Driver there’s more that you can do in that realm, and I sort of have an idea that if you did another one you would subvert his involvement in the crime in a different way so he’s not kind of like the apprentice anymore.”
In Baby Driver, a talented, young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) relies 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 (Two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey), he must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love and freedom.
Baby Driver also stars Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Eiza Gonzalez (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series), Jon Bernthal (Marvel’s The Punisher) and Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx (Ray). The film arrived June 28 and has brought in $41.9 million at the domestic box office so far.
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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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Eddie (FLEA BALZARY) meets Baby in 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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Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) from 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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