De Niro Making A Sequel To Midnight Run

It’s often difficult not to wonder if Robert De Niro realises the slide in quality of his films over the last few years. When Meet the Parents is considered your best film in well over a decade, then frankly it’s time to up that quality control. The legendary actor has decided that he’s revisiting one of his mildly lesser known classics, Midnight Run.

Genuinely one of the best films of the 80’s, it paired De Niro with a sardonic Charles Grodin, and saw the pair play a bounty hunter and the man he’s tasked with finding and bringing back to the mobster he stole from. Classic lines like “I’ve got three words for ya, shut the f**k up” and a perfect balance of humour, action and brilliant performances made it instantly rewatchable. Well, being that it wasn’t a huge financial success on its initial release, De Niro is now moving ahead with a sequel. Role Models scripter Timothy Dowling will pen the first draft, while original director Martin Brest may still come back.

De Niro’s surly bounty hunter will be paired with a younger guy this time out, but hopefully they’ll find room for an appearance from Grodin – he’s excellent in the first one. I can see Justin Long being linked with the younger guy part already. Personally, I’d love to see someone like Ryan Gosling share buckets of screentime with him.