There have been rumblings about a Nobody sequel for months now. The first movie, released in 2021, scored positive reviews and showed a whole different side to Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk. Most importantly, it made an impressive $57.5 million on a meagre $16 million budget.
Doing the rounds to promote Bullet Train, filmmaker David Leitch (who produced Nobody) confirmed that a follow-up is officially in development at Universal Pictures.
"Oh, I think everyone's really excited about it," the Deadpool 2 director said. "Everyone involved is like, 'Full steam ahead.' We are in the script process, and I think we had so much fun making that."
"Kelly [McCormick] and I had a blast, the actors had a blast, the studio loved the results, and it's happening. I mean, I think it's happening as fast as we can make it happen."
It's clearly still early days, but with Better Caul Saul wrapping up in a couple of weeks, Odenkirk's schedule has obviously been freed up for this Nobody sequel. We'd bet on Hutch Mansell's story continuing in a big way, and there's every chance this property has the same franchise potential as John Wick (especially as the follow-up is as fun as the first chapter).
Last year, writer Derek Kolstad - who we'd assume is working on the sequel - said, "With Nobody 2, 3, 4, or however they want to do, it's going to be Bob Odenkirk bringing a soul and levity to a character that oftentimes is just simply a faceless denizen of badass-dom."
"Dude, I want to do this one forever," The Falcon and The Winter Soldier scribe would later add. "I know we always say those in the press but, God damn it, this is true."
We're excited to see where the Nobody franchise is heading, and we'd like to think the wait for this sequel will be a short one. Leitch's update is a positive one, though, and you'll want to keep checking back here for the latest on the movie as we have it!