Summary
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.has become a hit on Netflix in the United States. The 2015 Guy Ritchie movie is an adaptation of the 1960s TV show of the same name and follows a CIA agent and a KGB agent who work together on an important mission during the Cold War. The star-studdedMan from U.N.C.L.E.castfeatured Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Jared Harris, and Hugh Grant. The movie had a lukewarm critical reception and flopped at the box office, earning $110 million against a $75 million budget.
Netflixhas now calculated their Top 10 most-watched movies in the United States for the week of July 29 through August 4.The Man from U.N.C.L.E.has landed on the chart at No. 8, marking its debut week in the Top 10. It is the second-oldest movie on the chart, behind onlyMinions, which premiered one month before it in 2015 and is trending on the platform because the new installment in the franchise,Despicable Me 4, is currently a hit in theaters.
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The Sequel Has Been Rumored Since 2017.
However, a sequel following up onThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.ending still seems somewhat unlikely.
If the movie continues to climb the U.S. chart and its popularity grows, this could reignite conversations about apossibleMan from U.N.C.L.E. 2. Initially, there was talk about a sequel potentially getting off the ground in 2017 when it was revealed that Ritchie’s co-writer Lionel Wigram was working on a draft and that Cavill had expressed interest in returning for the project. However, no further concrete announcements were made following that point, which islikely a result of the movie’s commercial failure.
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However, the movie performing well on Netflix could be a good sign for a continuation. Another benefit is thatGuy Ritchie already has a good relationship with the streaming platform, having created their popular crime dramaThe Gentlemen, a spinoff from his 2019 movie of the same name. If the streaming numbers can make up for some amount of the movie’s theatrical deficit, a sequel with a tighter budget could be considered a less risky prospect.
The Gentlemenis the first spinoff or sequel that has been made to a Guy Ritchie movie sinceSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadowsin 2011, though others have been planned or announced.
However, a sequel following up onThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.endingstill seems somewhat unlikely. Although Cavill has returned to the spy genre inArgylleand reunited with Ritchie inThe Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, his co-star has become a controversial figure in Hollywood. In recent years, Hammer has been accused of emotional and physical abuse, among other allegations, which led to him being dropped from various projects and choosing to leave others, so reuniting the core cast seems like an unlikely prospect for the sequel.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Cast
Based on the television series of the same name, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is directed by Guy Ritchie and stars Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer. Set during the height of the Cold War, the film follows a CIA operative and a KGB agent who are forced to work together to stop an international criminal conspiracy. Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, and Hugh Grant star alongside Cavill and Hammer.
