Fans of Nicolas Cage, who are not hard to find, may be over the moon to hear that he will be back for the Lord of War 2.
Vendôme Pictures did the unthinkable by reuniting the actor and the original film’s director, Andrew Niccol, for the sequel to Niccol’s 2005 crime thriller. Niccol will be back in charge of writing and directing, and Cage will play the famous arms dealer Yuri Orlov again. This time, though, Bill Skarsgrd will join them. He will play Orlov’s son in the movie, which will start filming this fall.
The movie was a critical and commercial hit when it came out in the middle of the 2000s. Nicolas Cage is known for being able to play quirky and unusual roles. In The Lord of War, he gave one of the best performances of his career. The movie gave him a chance to show many different feelings and acting skills. His role as the eager and cynical Yuri was one of the best parts of the movie.
With the news that Cage will be back for the sequel, fans can once again look forward to seeing his talent and skill at its best, hoping, of course, that the sequel will have more action, drama, and thrills than the first one.
What is the Lord of War 2 about?
Lord of War, also called El Seor de la Guerra 2, follows in the path of Yuri Orlov, a Ukrainian arms dealer who travels through countries at war while trying to avoid an Interpol agent who is after him.
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Based on real events and taking place in the globalized world of arms trafficking, the movie looks at a little-known effect of the end of the Cold War: the huge amount of weapons that became available in the former Soviet states to be sold to developing countries, the business it meant for developed countries like the United States, China, or the European Union, and the huge amounts of money that arms dealers made by selling weapons to participants in different conflicts.
Lord of War (Los Seores de la Guerra in Spanish) is the name of the sequel. It will show Orlov meeting his son Anton (Bill Skarsgrd), who is eager to get revenge for his father’s crimes. The young man is interested not only in selling guns, but also in the people who do it. Anton and Yuri will go to war while Anton hires soldiers to fight for him. In their race to the top, they will fight over anything, even the same woman.
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Niccol thought it was the right time to come back to this story because there were still a lot of stories to tell about Yuri. The fact that he now has a son only makes his adventures more exciting.
Niccol said in a statement:
What is cast of the Lord of War 2?
The people who made The Lord of War 2 are amazing. Nicolas Cage, who just finished playing Dracula in the great movie Renfield, will be back to play the main character.
He will be joined by Bill Skarsgrd, who just finished playing the bad guy Marquis in John Wick 4, which was one of the biggest movies of the year.
At the time, we don’t know if any other original cast members will join this new Odyssey.
When is the Lord of War 2 released ?
At the time, we don’t know when the Lord of War 2 will come out, but since it will be shot this year, we might be able to see it in theaters by the end of 2024 if we’re lucky. We hope the wait will be worth it.
