Anna Daniels
The primary use for mid- and post-credits scenes is to set up a sequel (regardless if it’s officially in the works or not). Marvel has done post-credits scenes for years, and the formula works swimmingly: tack on a sequence or two to the end of one movie to pique audiences’ interests for a totally new one. It’s an especially keen tactic for use within the Marvel Cinematic Universe considering that franchise is massive, ever-growing, and tied together with strings that have formed a rather intricate net.
So when a film — especially one like Bloodshot, a comic book movie that would feasibly have little trouble expanding into new territory for a second movie given all the written material that’s available to source — skips out on a post-credits scene, the question of whether or not a sequel is in the cards naturally arises.
In April 2015, it was announced that Valiant Entertainment had inked a five-movie deal with Sony Pictures to create a series of films based on two Valiant Comics collections, Bloodshot and Harbringer. At the time, it was Sony’s aim to have Bloodshot be the first of the five films, and to create a sequel to that movie. The studio also planned to give Harbringer, a comic book series about teen outcasts with superpowers, two movies before rolling out Harbinger Wars, a crossover that would bring the two Valiant properties together.
However, those plans didn’t pan out, and Paramount eventually picked up the rights to a Harbringer movie. It’s unclear whether Sony plans to make a second Bloodshot movie – and what’s perhaps the biggest reason why that probably won’t happen isn’t the film’s lack of a post-credits scene but its terrible critical performance. Critics loathe Bloodshot, and that will probably dissuade Sony from ever greenlighting a sequel.
Written by: Looper
