And again last year, the actor earned another Best Actor nomination for his work in Dan Gilroy's quirky, but largely effective Roman J. Since The Equalizer Washington has already paired with director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) again prior to this latest entry with their remake of The Magnificent Seven which I found to be immensely entertaining as well as having adapted, starred in, and directed August Wilson's seminal piece of work in Fences for which he was shrouded in awards love. Washington has still shown no signs of slowing down. In the interim between that 2014 film and what is the first sequel one of the world's most charismatic actors has agreed to be a part of, Mr. I can recall taking note of this fact when writing about the first Equalizer film when Washington was about to turn sixty and how impressive it seemed that the guy had no intentions of slowing down. Rating: R (Language|Brutal Violence Throughout|Some Drug Content)ĭenzel Washington is sixty-three years-old and will be sixty-four this coming December. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who'll stop at nothing to destroy him. This time, however, McCall's past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer - his best friend and former colleague. While Washington’s quote above says the script has been written already, it is unconfirmed who wrote it or if Wenk was involved.If you have a problem and there is nowhere else to turn, the mysterious and elusive Robert McCall will deliver the vigilante justice you seek. Whether Fuqua will be returning to direct the third film has yet to be announced.Īdditionally, both the previous films were written by Richard Wenk, who is also known for writing such action films as Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, The Magnificent Seven, and The Protégé, and wrote the upcoming films Fast Charlie and Kraven the Hunter. Fuqua is also known for directing films like Olympus Has Fallen, Shooter, The Magnificent Seven, and he directed Washington to his second Academy Award in Training Day. The plot and returning cast of The Equalizer 3 are being kept under wraps.īoth the previous films in Washington’s series were directed by Antoine Fuqua. The 2018 sequel as Washington, Leo, and Pullman all return and are joined by Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, and Orson Bean as Washington’s McCall set out on a mission of revenge after one of his friends is murdered. The first film, from 2014, saw Washington starring alongside Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Melissa Leo, and Bill Pullman as he faced off against the Russian Mafia to protect a young girl. RELATED: 'The Equalizer': Season 2 Trailer Has Queen Latifah Going Jessica Jones on Bad Guys There is also currently a reboot of the series running on CBS in its second season starring Queen Latifah as Robyn McCall. The film series sees Washington taking up the role of Robert McCall. The series followed Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a retired intelligence agent who becomes a private detective. The Equalizer series is a reboot of the classic 80s television series of the same name created by Richard Lindheim and Michael Sloan. The tragedy of Macbeth and then going and beating some people up. So I gotta get in shape and start beating people up again. "They have written the third Equalizer, so I’m scheduled to do that. The most fans had to grab onto was back in January when during promotion for The Tragedy of Macbeth, Washington said in an interview: The film hasn’t even been officially confirmed until now. The Equalizer 2 came out back in 2018 and there has not been much word on the third film since. The film is currently scheduled to come out on September 1, 2023, and will be screened in premium large formats and IMAX.įans of the series were beginning to wonder if they would ever get to see the trilogy completed. Today it has been officially announced that The Equalizer 3 will be heading to theaters with star Denzel Washington set to return.
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