Over a decade after Tom Hardy’s Warrior earned acclaim from critics and audiences alike, director Gavin O’Connor still has dreams of a spin-off. The movie starred Joel Edgerton (Brandon), Tom Hardy (Tommy), Frank Grillo (Frank), and more major stars, and it managed to earn the respect of critics, having secured a 92% Popcornmeter score and an 84% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. It remains one of Tom Hardy’s best movies, but the movie has never had a sequel, as it failed to reach profitability at the box office.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, O’Connor explained exactly what has been behind the long delay between the movie and its spin-off. Though he described the show as “passionately alive in my bloodstream“, several streaming networks have turned away from the project, and O’Connor still cannot explain why. He is continuing to look for a network that can host his Warriors show, so he has no intentions of giving up on the series. Check out his quote below:
When we set it up, it was at Paramount+. We wrote a script, and then, for whatever reason, they decided they wanted to go in a different direction. What happened is all unexplainable to me. But I had a script at this point, and it’s very representative of what the series is going to be. It introduces all the characters except for one. HBO Max then said they wanted to do it, and so we pivoted to HBO Max. And then, for whatever reason, they decided they didn’t want to do it. They were going in a different direction. So I need to find a home, man. Excluding the movie Warrior, if there’s any project I’ve ever had that is so passionately alive in my bloodstream, it’s this TV series. So I’m hoping I find the right home for it.
The DNA of the movie Warrior was two brothers on a collision course to fight each other in the Sparta tournament. So the series is called Warriors because we took that idea for two men and two women. They’re all fighters, but I hook you into their life fights outside of the cage. We’re going to explore their stories as they’re on a collision course to fight each other at Sparta. So that’s the idea, and I hope we can find a home, because I so believe in this show and what it could be. There’s nothing like it on television, so hopefully someone can see what I have in my head.
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Source: THR
Warrior
- Release Date
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September 9, 2011
- Runtime
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140 Minutes
- Director
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Gavin O’Connor
- Writers
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Cliff Dorfman, Anthony Tambakis
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Joel Edgerton
Brendan Conlon
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