Director S.S. Rajamouli Reveals RRR Sequel within the Works

The Tollywood cinematic spectacle RRR has turn into a world phenomenon and an awards-season hopeful—and now it’s getting a sequel.

The movie was initially supposed as a standalone, as director S.S. Rajamouli informed Variety. “When we were making it, we didn’t have an idea about [a sequel],” he mentioned. “With the initial success of it, we discussed a little bit and threw out some good ideas, but we didn’t feel there was a great idea that was worth pursuing, so we left it at that.” The chance of a sequel was teased by Rajamouli to a Beyond Fest viewers just a few months in the past (io9 was there!); he mentioned that concepts have been starting to percolate between himself and his father, who wrote the story for the primary movie, together with screenwriter Vijayendra Prasad.

The Rajamoulis took some artistic liberties in bringing the movie’s revolutionary heroes collectively for the action-packed and mythological crossover movie—and the method they selected clearly labored, since audiences have been wanting extra of NTR Jr. and Ram Charan Teja as Bheem and Ram on display screen. The director disclosed that Prasad and his father are “seriously working on the story” which can heart on the heroes returning, maybe with the assistance of different revolutionary heroes (one thing we glimpse within the RRR finish credit) to struggle colonialism. They hit on the concept when one other member of the household landed on the idea, Rajamouli defined. “After the international success, when the topic came up again, my cousin [M. M. Keeravani]—who is also a part of my core team—gave an idea which we felt like, ‘Oh my God, this is a great idea. This is the idea that is worth pursuing.’”

With the movie’s smash success on Netflix (although the streamer nonetheless doesn’t supply the unique Telegu model) inspiring theatrical screenings, together with Beyond Fest’s sold-out IMAX presentation on the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, we hope the sequel will open up extra alternatives to see the movie in additional superb displays. “Once this script is done is when we really look into how to make it, when to make it, and how to bring it onto the screen,” Rajamouli mentioned.

We can all agree we wish it on all visible codecs. I imply, come on, James Cameron is resurrecting the 3D expertise with Avatar: The Way of Water, and Rajamouli, who’s been in comparison with the legendary director, did launch a 3D reduce of RRR abroad—so the time is now. Watch RRR in theaters or check it out on Netflix.

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