Inside Man 2 Gets the Green Light

Inside Man is definitely one of the better heist flicks in recent years, but it doesn’t seem to be one that needs a sequel. Never the less a follow up to the Spike Lee directed flick has been talked about before, and now it’s been officially confirmed.

The Hollywood Reporter says that the sequel is moving forward at Universal, with Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) in negotiations to write the screenplay and Lee coming back to direct the Brian Grazer-produced film.

Inside Man 2, as the project is tentatively being called, will pick up on the characters and dynamic but not the storyline of the original. The first flick centered on a standoff between a bank robber (Clive Owen) and a hostage negotiator (Denzel Washington) at a New York bank. The film also starred Jodie Foster, Willem Dafoe and Christopher Plummer.

Denzel Washington and Clive Owen are not yet signed on to star but are said to be interested in re-teaming for the project.

Inside Man scored Lee his biggest opening weekend, and went on to earn more than $175 million worldwide when it was released in the spring of 2006. The director, who is in Toronto screening his new film Miracle at St. Anna, says the sequel will continue the relationship between the two main characters but in a new high-tension situation.