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It’s not only geek fare that gets the sequel love. In a fairly surprising twist, The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i313248bc657fce3c7c1b9f8abeb5a7b7?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thr%2Ffilm+(The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Film)&utm_content=Google+Reader) posts that Paramount is looking to develop a sequel to the 2005 thriller, Four Brothers](Four Brothers (2005) - Movie | Moviefone). Mark Wahlberg, who starred in the original alongside Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, and Garret Hedlund, is credited with scheming up this sequel idea with the first film’s writers – David Elliot and Paul Lovett. Now Lorenzo Di Bonaventura is back to produce, the pair are writing the script, and it will be called … Five Brothers, which makes no sense.
If you recall, the original saw these four adopted brothers coming together to avenge their mother’s death. *Spoiler alert – ***not all of them make it. So four brothers, partially depleted, and then sent into a sequel called Five Brothers? The plot is being kept hidden for the time being, and THR rightly notes that it’s not clear whether any of the actors would return. I mean, how could they and have the plot make sense? Most families don’t gain a few brothers after mom dies. Then again, this is Hollywood, so anything is possible.
The original cost $45 mil and made a decent gross of $92 mil worldwide. Will that translate into another success? Is this really a film that warrants a sequel? Me, I’d much prefer a new sequel that has Wahlberg reveling in nothingness while smashing balloons into his face. But what about you? Sound off below.