Louis Leterrier In Talks to Direct Bright Sequel, Will Smith & Joel Edgerton to Return

Netflix has found a director for their sequel to Bright, tapping How You See Me director Louis Leterrier. Deadline reports that Leterrier is in talks to direct the sequel to the 2017 Netflix film, which was set in an alternate Los Angeles where magic and fantasy races mixed with modern life.

David Ayer was attached originally to direct the sequel, but he is busy with rewriting the Dirty Dozen remake he’ll be directing and has other Netflix projects in the works. The sequel will reportedly go to an “international stage” and was written by Ayer and Evan Spiliotopoulos, with T.S. Nowlin working on a rewrite for the film.

Set in an alternate present-day, Bright followed two cops from very different backgrounds (Ward, a human and Jakoby, an orc) in Los Angeles who find themselves embroiled in investigating a plot to use a magic wand to cause mayhem. While critical reaction was not strong, the film was a hit for Netflix and is one of its most streamed original movies.