After quite a few delays, Wind River: The Next Chapter receives an replace from star Scott Eastwood. It’s a follow-up to Taylor Sheridan’s 2017 Western movie, Wind River, whose solid was led by Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, and Graham Greene.
Gil Birmingham reprises his position of Martin Hanson from the primary movie, and this time is joined by Eastwood, Martin Sensmeir, Jason Clarke, Chaske Spencer, and Alan Ruck. The story revolves round tracker Chip Hanson (Sensmeir) investigating a collection of murders on the reservation the place he lives.
The sequel was filmed in 2023, however there have been minimal updates about Wind River: The Next Chapter‘s release, till Clarke shared with ScreenRant that it’s “about to return out quickly.” A extra particular launch window or date has not been confirmed but.
Throughout ScreenRant‘s Regretting You interview with Scott Eastwood, Joe Deckelmeier requested the actor concerning the new Wind River film’s story. Eastwood teased that it’s much like the earlier movie whereas additionally increasing on the fictional world that Sheridan first created. He additionally emphasised that the sequel explores extra about what is occurring on Indigenous reservations. Take a look at his feedback beneath:
It is cool. It is thrilling. It is undoubtedly in the identical vein as the primary, but it surely expands the world. It dives slightly deeper into what is going on on on these reservations.
The primary film was set in Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation, the place Renner’s tracker and Olsen’s FBI agent characters examine a homicide. Wind River helped carry extra consideration to violence dedicated in opposition to Indigenous girls, and based mostly on Eastwood’s feedback, the sequel will elevate consciousness for different necessary points associated to Indigenous communities and reservations.
The differences between the Wind River movies that Eastwood alluded to are seemingly linked to earlier feedback made by Birmingham, who describes the sequel as “extra of a thriller.” Different key variations embody Sheridan not being concerned with the sequel, together with Renner and Olsen not returning to reprise their roles. The Subsequent Chapter is directed by Kari Skogland, who beforehand labored on The Handmaid’s Story and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
There may be the continuation of Birmingham’s character, the identical world, and related themes. Nevertheless, Eastwood’s feedback assist emphasize that the upcoming movie will largely be extra of a standalone story than a sequel.
Regardless that Wind River: The Subsequent Chapter is just not a conventional sequel in most senses, it’s nonetheless poised to profit from the primary film’s success and the way it builds on these acquainted components. After Clarke and Eastwood’s updates, the following replace could also be a confirmed launch window or date for when followers can count on to observe the brand new story for themselves.
- Director
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Kari Skogland
- Writers
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Patrick Massett, John Zinman
