Anna Daniels
After the sequel news cropped up in 2011, there wasn’t a peep about the second Salt film until 2012, when it was reported that a script had been finalized. But the film was now facing a major hurdle. In March of that year, it was reported that Angelina Jolie had allegedly rejected the script upon reading it. Given how integral Jolie was to the success of the first film, this development was a big issue for the sequel.
Later in the year, Vulture reported that Becky Johnston, a screenwriter who had previously written Seven Years In Tibet and Arthur Newman, had been brought on to do a rewrite of Kurt Wimmer’s script. However, even with a new screenwriter, Salt 2 seemed to have stalled. It wasn’t until 2014 that the public got another update on the potential sequel.
At the U.K. premiere of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit in January 2014, one of Salt‘s producers, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, provided a few kernels of information about the waylaid sequel. He shared, “I just read the Salt 2 script last week and we’ll be going into the studio soon… It’s an exciting script and has a very daring idea.”
Contrary to di Bonaventura’s assertion, Salt 2 didn’t begin production soon after his statement. In fact, that was the last anybody heard of the project. Well, the last anybody heard of it as a straight film sequel. The next time a follow-up to Salt poked its head above ground, the project had taken on a very different shape.
Written by: Looper
