Warning: Spoilers for Amazon’s Brothers below!ABrotherssequel could fulfill the failed franchise potential of a cult Adam Driver comedy. Although not officially a remake, Amazon’sBrothersfeels very much like an update ofTwins. This hit 1988 comedy was essentially sold on the poster, where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito were billed as identical twin brothers; hilarity ensued.The casting ofBrothersis pulling a similar move, with Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage as mismatched criminal twins setting out to pull one last score. Along the way, they also reunite with their estranged, untrustworthy mother, played by Glenn Close.
Brothershas attracted lukewarm reviewsthus far, but it can’t be denied that Dinklage and Brolin share great chemistry. Even when the material is shaky, the two leads invest audiences in the relationship between the siblings, andthe ending ofBrothersleaves them on a hopeful note. They both appear to have put their criminal pasts behind them when the credits roll - though it wouldn’t take much for Dinklage’s Jady or Brolin’s Moke to get back in business either.
Brothers 2 Gets Enthusiastic Response From Director Who Teases An “Ocean’s 11 Style” Heist
Exclusive: Brothers 2 receives an enthusiastic response from director Max Barbakow, who teases an “Ocean’s 11-style” heist for the sequel.
Brothers is a heist franchise waiting to happen
Time will tell howBrothersperforms for Amazon, but with such a great cast - which includes Brendan Fraser as the villain - the odds of attracting some eyeballs are strong. While it doesn’t set up a sequel, it wouldn’t take much work to set one up and it would be nice to have a new entry with Brolin and Dinklage every few years.Brotherscan also fill in for the heist franchise gap thatLogan Luckyfailed toback in 2017.
Logan Luckyfollowed two brothers who team up to stage a heist during a NASCAR race, with an impressive ensemble that included Adam Driver, Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig. The film was helmed by Steven Soderbergh, director ofOcean’s Eleven,TwelveandThirteen, who obviously knows his way around a heist thriller.Logan Luckyalso received an impressive 92% onRotten Tomatoes, but only earned a disappointing $48 million worldwide(viaBox Office Mojo).
Regardless, the movie seems to earn more fans with each passing year. Had it been a bigger hit, there’s a universe where Soderbergh could have found hisOcean’sfranchise replacement, and reunited with hisLogan Luckycast every few years for a new entry.
Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage previously co-starred in 2018’sAvengers: Infinity War, though their characters shared no screentime.
Josh Brolin & Peter Dinklage’s Brothers 2 Movie Can Be The New Family-Centered Ocean’s 11 Replacement
A Brothers sequel could also fix the flaws of the original
Brothersis largely held together by its cast, who prop up the film whenever a gag falls flat or a new story contrivance arrives. If the comedy is a success, a sequel could learn from the errors of the original and have a more successful blending of emotion and bad taste gags.An elaborateOcean’s-inspired heist would be a fun addition toBrothers 2as well - and this is an angle director Max Barbakow has already suggested a follow-up would take. There’s also room for a sequel to add more members to the crew.
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Reuniting formerGame of Thronesco-stars (and real-life besties) Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey for a follow-up could be fun, for instance, especially if the latter plays his character’s long-lost sister. While there is anOcean’sprequel and sequel lingering in development,Brotherscould become the scuzzy flipside to that franchise. All that’s needed is the right hook..
What Brothers 2’s Story Could Be After The 2024 Movie’s Ending
There are plenty of directions a Brothers sequel could take
Brothersends with Jady and Moke having put the past behind them, with the latter having a baby girl with wife Abby (Taylour Paige). Their mother Cath also goes to prison but managed to smuggle a couple of valuable emeralds to Jady during a visit. It sounds like the bros are ready to leave the criminal world behind - but a sequel could see them in desperate need of cash and having to pull another “one last job” kind of job.
Considering Jady and Moke hadn’t seen their mother Cath for over 30 years, there’s even a chance she started another family and they have half-siblings who come around to cause trouble…
Cath could get out of jail and rope them into another of her plots, or maybe somebody from their past comes for revenge. Considering Jady and Moke hadn’t seen Cath for over 30 years, there’s even a chance she started another family and they have half-siblings who come around to cause trouble. It would be nice to see Abby getting more to do next time also, since Paige is wildly underused inBrothers.
A sequel could even pull anOcean’s-style twist, and force the brothers to work alongside former enemy Farful (Fraser). Again, coming up with a premise for a sequel wouldn’t be hard, though conceiving one that reunites the entire cast is another question.Even ifBrothers 2doesn’t happen, hopefully Dinklage and Brolin will still find something else to work on, because their chemistry is too good to waste.
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Brothers (2024) is a film centered around the complex dynamic between two siblings navigating personal and familial challenges. Directed by nan, the movie explores themes of brotherhood, loyalty, and redemption as the characters confront their past and seek reconciliation.
