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In June 1971, President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs. Over 50 years later, the general consensus is that it is a very expensive conflict that the United States is losing. Measuring the true efficiency of such a far-ranging and complex policy is difficult, but what we do know is that over a trillion dollars has been spent while drug use in the United States has continued to rise and deaths related to opioid overdose have skyrocketed, just to mention three quantifiable measures. A Gallup poll conducted in 2021 revealed that 64% of Americans believed that the nation's drug problem was very serious at best.

The War on Drugs is a huge topic, and movies about narcotics and smuggling have become a kind of sub-genre of their own over the decades. Trafficking was lurking in the background of Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil," set in a U.S.-Mexico border town, and Cheech and...

Sicario has been, and perhaps will continue to be, one of the finest additions to the action-crime genre, and it’s primarily because of Emily Blunt’s spectacularly leading the flick as its female protagonist. Tamed by Taylor Sheridan, it not only earned tremendous critical acclaim but even received numerous nods and wins for major awards.

But having an actress lead an action crime piece is still not as prevalent as male leads, and the situation was much more backward when this masterpiece was in the works back in the early 2010s. And yet, as much as others, including even the studios, protested against it, Sheridan had his way by using “a couple of strong adjectives” to get Blunt cast!

Taylor Sheridan had Emily Blunt cast in Sicario against the studios’ wish Emily Blunt as Kate Macer. | Credits: Sicario / Lionsgate Films.

As impeccable of an experience as Emily Blunt gave...

"Sicario" isn't just the best Taylor Sheridan movie, it's the movie that put him on the map. The film, which was written by Sheridan, follows ambitious and dedicated FBI special agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), who finds herself caught in the murky dealings of shadowy government officials. Its gritty tone combined with standout performances from Blunt and co-stars Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro made "Sicario" an unforgettable thriller that immediately established Sheridan as a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood.

It took some time for Sheridan to get to that point, however. He had been working as an actor prior to penning "Sicario," landing small roles on several shows before he secured a recurring role on "Sons of Anarchy." As good a performer as he was, "Sicario" proved Sheridan's real talents lay behind the camera, and since the film's debut he has gone on to establish nothing short of a TV empire,...

Taylor Sheridan's partnership with Paramount+ led to many projects following the success of Yellowstone. However, Sheridan made his screenwriting debut with 2015's Sicario.

The action film Sicario is widely regarded as one of the best movies in the genre. However, three years later, the sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, failed to live up to the original's legacy. Despite the poor reception and an underwhelming theatrical run, Sicario: Day of the Soldado continues to be a hit on Netflix, per Tudum.

2015's Sicario premiered on Netflix on Mar. 2. Shortly after, the action film, which had Dune director Denis Villeneuve at the helm, became a hit on streaming. The movie starred Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro, following the FBI's initiation to destabilize a Mexican drug cartel.

The first installment was a major hit, as it competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and boasts...

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is on a hot streak of late, with his neo-Western drama hit having helped the writer, director, and producer carve out a genre all his own. However, despite his recent smash hits, not everything Sheridan has crafted has been as successful, as this divisive action crime thriller, which is headed to Netflix, proves.

Released back in 2018, Sicario: Day Of The Soldado sees Stefano Sollima take over directing duties from the first movie’s Denis Villeneuve and picks up following the events of 2015’s Academy Award-nominated Sicario. Starring Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Donovan, and Raoul Trujillo, all of whom reprise their roles from the first outing, with Isabela Moner, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Catherine Keener joining the cast, Sicario: Day of the Soldado will be available to stream on Netflix from April 1. You can check out the official synopsis below.

“FBI agent Matt Graver calls on...

A gripping crime thriller is making its way to Netflix, bringing back the brutal world of covert operations, drug cartels, and moral ambiguity.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado is set to arrive for streaming on Netflixon April 1, offering subscribers a chance to experience the intense sequel to the 2015 crime thriller Sicario. The film continues to explore the dark and complex world of drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexico border, focusing on the escalating tactics employed in the war on drugs. Released in 2018, Sicario: Day of the Soldado shifts its narrative to follow federal agent Matt Graver, played by Avengers: Endgame's Josh Brolin, and the enigmatic operative Alejandro Gillick, played by Star Wars: The Last Jedi's Benicio del Toro, as they aim to incite a war among rival Mexican drug cartels.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado the film delves deeper into the moral ambiguities and brutal realities of their mission.

Following the success of Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone franchise, a wave of neo-Western shows has swept TV, with Landman being only the latest example. Telling the stories of different men and women involved in the oil industry, the series deals with issues of dangerous working conditions, family drama, corruption and politics. For some movies, it's as much a question of tone and style as it is subject matter, with plenty of fellow neo-Western dramas to watch.

Landman belongs firmly in the realm of contemporary Western, but its exploration of the oil industry puts it alongside other projects too. Ranging from political thrillers to epic classics from the '50s, audiences have no shortage of excellent follow-up movies and shows to enjoy. Considering his footprint in modern cinema and TV, Sheridan's own career is packed full of brilliant films that deserve to be watched after Landman.

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Taylor Sheridan's name is now synonymous with the hit Paramount+ Western franchise Yellowstone. However, a decade ago, years before Yellowstone began, he wrote the script for 2015's Sicario.

Sicario, which comes from Dune director Denis Villeneuve, is now available to stream on Netflix. The film follows a principled FBI agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), who is assigned to a task force to destabilize the Mexican drug cartels, working alongside a shady CIA agent, Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), and CIA-trained assassin Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro). The movie was a major hit that led to a film series which, so far, consists of two installments.

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Sicario further delved into the war on drug cartels, as well as highlighted the CIA's involvement,...

Denis Villeneuve's Sicario had among the most rousing finales the crime-thriller genre has seen, as it presented the crusade of hitman Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) against the Mexican drug cartels. Partnered with the U.S. government and guided by Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), he exacted revenge against the crime lord who killed his loved ones by executing Fausto Alarcón and his entire family.

It was a harsh but ultimately satisfying ending, as the audience came to understand the pain Alejandro carried with him throughout the 2015 film. But it also set a high bar for Italian director Stefano Sollima, who, three years later, paints another bloody mission for Alejandro and Matt in Sicario: Day of the Soldado. In the sequel, the duo's new grisly mission is to turn rival cartels against each other.

Updated by Jordan Iacobucci on February 27, 2025: Sicario: Day of the Soldado was a mostly satisfying sequel to Denis Villeneuve's original Sicario.

Just after he finished the first season of the Dutton family saga in Yellowstone, its creator Taylor Sheridan headed back to Mexico as the writer of Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s critically acclaimed Sicario. The 2018 sequel, which is leaving Prime Video in December, is a must-watch for fans of Sheridan’s work. It tells the story of two familiar faces: Josh Brolin’s CIA operative Matt Graver and Benicio del Toro’s enigmatic assassin Alejandro Gillick. The duo is drawn into a shadowy mission along the U.S.-Mexico border, where the rules of engagement are thrown out the window. As the war on drugs escalates, their mission takes a dark turn.

Movies don't get much better than Denis Villeneuve's "Sicario," an Oscar-winning 2015 drama that takes a hard look at the war on drugs as seen through the eyes of a naive FBI agent (Emily Blunt). Written by "Yellowstone" creator Taylor Sheridan, "Sicario" doesn't play by traditional rules. There are no heroes or villains or easy solutions to complicated problems. Instead, this world is littered with characters like Benicio del Toro's haunted assassin Alejandro Gillick and Josh Brolin's ruthless and curiously detached CIA operative, two men who willfully execute their ethically compromised missions because it's the only path that leads to something resembling success.

Dark, atmospheric, well written and acted, and boasting some of legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins' best work, "Sicario" is an experience you won't soon forget. There aren't many films like it.

That said, there are films we wholeheartedly recommend that at least come close. We've compiled...

No Country for Old Men is the 2007 award-winning neo-Western by the Coen Brothers, based on the hit book by Cormac McCarthy, and both the movie and novel are populated with memorable characters. The movie follows a man named Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), who stumbles upon a cartel's suitcase full of money and decides to run with it. That decision kicks off a chase through the American Southwest between him, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), and the terrifying Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem). All three men are tied by fate yet rarely meet throughout the film.

The movie was a major success, earning $171.6 million at the box office (via Box Office Mojo). No Country for Old Men is one of the Coens' best movies, nominated for eight Oscars, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Bardem. Bardem is often considered the best thing to come out of the film,...

Sicario: Day of the Soldado is the next chapter in the dark and intense franchise with Sicario 2's ending providing big twists, interesting developments, and a setup for more. Following a domestic attack, the US government decrees the drug cartels as a terrorist threat. Josh Brolin's Matt Graver and Benicio del Toro's Alejandro Gillick kidnap the daughter of Carlos Reyes, leader of one of the cartels, intending to frame it as an act from a rival gang only for the plan to go awry, leading to Sicario 2's ending.

Like the first Sicario movie, Sicario 2 is a complex look at the war on drugs, its failings, and the ambiguity of the good and evil within it. While it is a tense and brutal thriller for most of the runtime, the ending sets up some more compelling questions while also throwing in moments that will likely catch the audience off guard.

Emilia Prez is one of the most unique and critically acclaimed movies of 2024, and here are 10 other films to watch if you're looking for something else like Netflix's new crime musical. Emilia Prez is a strange film that combines a lot of seemingly juxtaposed elements, with it creating a wholly original experience that can't be found anywhere else. While no other film encapsulates everything that makes up Emilia Prez's DNA, there are tons of films that share at least one trait, with these 10 being the best options for fans of Emilia Prez.

Emilia Prez is director Jacques Audiard's 2024 Netflix film, with it starring Zoe Saldaa, Selena Gomez, and Karla Sofa Gascn as the titular character. The film follows a lawyer named Rita who is asked to help the leader of a Mexican cartel on a secretive mission. Rita's task is to help the kingpin transition into living as a woman,...

An acclaimed thriller franchise that was written by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is coming to Tubi. The Sicario film series, which so far consists of two installments, will debut on the platform in December.

Beginning Dec. 1, Tubi subscribers will be able to stream 2015's Sicario and its 2018 sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, on the platform. The first movie, directed by Denis Villeneuve, follows a principled FBI special agent (Emily Blunt) who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel. Day of the Soldado, which was made without the involvement of Villeneuve or Blunt, brings back Benicio del Toro's CIA-trained assassin Alejandro Gillick and Josh Brolin's CIA Sac/Sog officer Matt Graver for a story involving human trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico border and an attempt by the United States government to incite increased conflict among the cartels.

Hulu subscribers are now able to stream one of director Denis Villeneuve's most acclaimed action movies. Sicario, starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin, has recently been added to the streaming service.

Written by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, Sicario is an action thriller that follows a principled FBI special agent (Blunt) who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel. The movie received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, holding a 92 percent score on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. Sicario was also an awards darling, receiving multiple nominations at the Academy Awards and BAFTAs. In addition to its critical acclaim, Sicario was a modest box-office success, grossing $85 million worldwide on a $30 million budget.

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For the past six years, the career of Taylor Sheridan has been experiencing quite a renaissance, especially on television, with such acclaimed series as Yellowstone (as well as its prequels) and Mayor of Kingstown. While the popularity of his TV works continues to increase, many have overlooked the fact that he has also contributed to some rather successful films, some of which were even before Yellowstone's inception. Since 2015, he's written screenplays for films like the hit 2017 thriller Wind River, and he even received a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination for 2016's Hell or High Water. Despite the success of these films, none of them have been quite as big...

Thanks to his widely beloved Neo-Western series Yellowstone, Taylor Sheridan has become one of Hollywood's most successful and influential writers of the decade. Focusing on the struggle of the Dutton family to maintain control of their ranch, the series captures many of the best tropes of its genre. However, Sheridan's first foray into modern Westerns actually came in the 2010s, when he penned a brilliant trilogy of unconnected crime films.

Taylor Sheridan has steadily resurrected the Neo-Western genre since the beginning of his New American Frontier trilogy. This series of loosely-connected thrillers follows three distinct crime stories set in the modern American West, namely Wyoming and Texas. Although Sheridan has since become more associated with his Yellowstone franchise, his take on the modern Wild West was much better executed in his trilogy of crime films. Ranging from the US' war with Mexican drug cartels to a murder mystery on a Native American reservation,...

Quick Links Most Recent Sicario 3 News Sicario 3 Is Confirmed Sicario 3 Cast Sicario 3 Story Sicario 3: Further News & Info Despite years of waiting, Sicario 3 still hasn't materialized, but it is in development, leaving fans anxious for its release. While the sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, didn't receive the same critical acclaim as the original, it still had a compelling narrative, leading to demand for Sicario 3 to complete a trilogy. The cast for Sicario 3 is expected to include Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, with the possibility of Emily Blunt's return, adding to the excitement surrounding the film's potential story.

Sicario is one of the most influential action dramas of the 2010s, as was the sequel, but despite years of Sicario 3 news, Sicario: Capos hasn't materialized. 2015's Sicario is about a task force attempting to take on the Mexican drug cartel...

Josh Brolin says that Sicario 3 is getting "closer." Mission: Impossible director Christopher McQuarrie is no longer involved in the story's development, and it's not clear if original writer Taylor Sheridan is returning. As shown by Sicario: Day of the Soldado, a third movie could have trouble recapturing the magic of the original without director Denis Villeneuve.

Sicario 3 gets a mixed new update, with Josh Brolin commenting on the status of the anticipated threequel. Released in 2015, Sicario is directed by Denis Villeneuve from a script by Taylor Sheridan, following FBI Agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) as she joins a government task force operating outside the law at the U.S./ Mexico border. The critically acclaimed film got a sequel in 2018 called Sicario: Day of the Soldado, and talk of a third film has persisted ever since, though one has yet to come to fruition.

In a recent interview with The Playlist,...

It's a good thing that "Sicario" is often cited as the best Denis Villeneuve movies, seeing as the director, cast, and crew apparently risked their lives to make it. Imagine putting yourself through life-threatening situations just to witness the poor reviews roll in and the almighty Tomatometer bestow an abject splat upon your film. Thankfully, "Sicario" currently stands at a muscular 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it the third highest-rated of Villeneuve's films on the website, behind "Arrival" and "Dune: Part Two."

But without "Sicario," those other two blockbusters arguably wouldn't exist. This was the movie that established Villeneuve as a director capable of balancing human drama with large-scale action and set him on a course to shepherd the big-budget movies he's now known for. As "Dune: Part Two" crosses box office milestone after box office milestone, "Sicario" still stands as the movie that made it all possible.

As such,...

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Denis Villeneauve’s Dune: Part Two is about to hit the screens in just a few days, and this month, the first part was re-released in the theatres. The film has done well again, adding a few more million to its global collections. But besides the Dune franchise, Villeneuve has done other films as well, and today, we have brought to you a least to the best-ranked list of his movies, per their global collections.

The French-Canadian filmmaker is known for his sci-fi movies like Blade Runner 2049, Arrival, and more. He received an Oscar nomination as a director for his film Arrival. In 2021, his movie Dune came out with Timothee Chalamet in the lead role, winning six Academy Awards, including Best Sound and Visual Effects. The sequel’s early reviews have been positive, and the critics only praise it.

Isabela Merced is open to reprising her role as Isabel Reyes in Sicario 3 due to her positive experience making Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Sicario 3 has long been stuck in development, but updates late last year suggest the script is being worked on with Emily Blunt eyed to reprise her role from the first film. Sicario: Day of the Soldado earned somewhat mixed reviews and performed worse than the first movie at the box office, which is part of why a third movie has struggled to get off the ground.

Sicario: Day of the Soldado star Isabela Merced comments on her return in the long-awaited Sicario 3. After the success of Denis Villeneuve's first film in 2015, Benecio Del Toro's Alejandro returned for a sequel in 2018 alongside Josh Brolin's Matt Graver. Sicario: Day of the Soldado introduces Merced as Isabel Reyes, the daughter of a powerful cartel leader.

Isabela Merced was already one of the industry’s most sought-after young actors, and then she went on an unparalleled casting streak that includes the likes of Madame Web, Alien: Romulus, Superman: Legacy and The Last of Us season two. She also has her second John Green adaptation, Turtles All the Way Down, releasing this spring, and it happens to be the performance she’s most proud of to date.

On Feb. 14, Merced returns to the big screen in Sj Clarkson’s Madame Web, as her character, Anya Corazon, is one of three future Spider-Women that Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson) must protect from baddie Ezekiel Sims (Tahar Rahim) and his premonition that they’re all responsible for his eventual death. Anya’s Spider-Woman alter ego is named Araña, and due to Cassie’s clairvoyant visions, Merced, along with Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Celeste O’Connor, had to perform multiple different versions...

Sicario 3's development is still ongoing, with no official word on a specific release date. Following the conclusion of the strikes in Hollywood, production on Sicario 3 has officially resumed, with the final script nearing its completion. Though the script is nearly complete, no director has been officially tied to the film's production, nor have any returning cast members.

Denis Villeneuve's hit drama Sicario seemed to come out of nowhere, and it surprisingly launched a franchise. The original film from 2015 follows an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The film's hard-hitting 2018 sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, continues to follow the drug war on the border, which has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the U.S. border. To fight the war, federal...

Denis Villeneuve's hit drama Sicario seemed to come out of nowhere, and it surprisingly launched a franchise. The original film from 2015 follows an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The film's hard-hitting 2018 sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, continues to follow the drug war on the border, which has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the U.S. border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) re-teams with the secretive Alejandro (Benicio del Toro). Will they reunite again for the third installment?

The first film enjoyed both favorable reviews and success at the box office while landing three Academy Award nominations. The second installment was generally less favored among critics, though it certainly wasn't a commercial flop. The third project, which...

You might recognize Taylor Sheridan from his role as David Hale on "Sons of Anarchy" or Travis Wheatley in Paramount+'s "Yellowstone," but the actor's work on screen is arguably not as impressive as the stacked résumé of films and television shows that he has written.

Sheridan began acting in the 1990s and took on a number of small roles in various TV shows and movies throughout the remainder of the decade into the 2000s. But his career as an actor never quite took off, which is when he discovered his talent and passion for screenwriting. After writing the pilot for "Mayor of Kingstown" in 2011, he knew that's exactly what he was meant to do. "I was a fair actor, but that's all I was ever going to be," Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter in a June 2023 interview. "Hollywood will tell you what you're supposed to do if you listen.

Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin are keen to return for 'Sicario 3'.Producers Molly Smith and Thad Luckinbill have revealed that they are planning to bring the trio back for the third movie in the action franchise, even though Blunt's FBI Special Agent Kate Macer did not feature in the 2018 sequel 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado'.Speaking to Collider, Molly said: "Our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio, Emily, and Josh, and we've got a great story to tell... Benicio, by nature of just working with us most recently, has been probably the closest to it at the moment."But we're keeping all the talent informed. They've stayed close to it. Like Trent said, the strike has just slowed us down a bit on this last draft, but I think everybody is very excited. Everyone sort of knows the framework of the...

Producers of the Sicario film series are excited about the potential third installment and plan to bring back the original cast. Despite the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, the team remains optimistic about the actors' involvement and the progress of the script. Benicio del Toro's character will continue to be the focus of Sicario 3, and the producers and actors are determined to make the film according to their vision, even if it means waiting for an extended period due to the strike.

Producers of the Sicario film series are contemplating a third installment that could potentially see the return of the original cast, which includes Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio del Toro. The first film, released in 2015, introduced audiences to the drug war at the U.S.-Mexico border. It centered on an FBI agent, Blunt's character, who is enlisted by a government task force to combat the drug trade.

Now that we know that Sicario 3 is as close as ever to happening, producers Molly Smith and Trent Luckinbill are hoping – just as much as fans – to bring back the original three stars from the 2015 original, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin and Emily Blunt.

Speaking with Collider, Smith stated that a primary goal for Sicario 3 is to bring back the trio, although only one of whom is considered close to the project at this point. “Our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio, Emily, and Josh, and we’ve got a great story to tell…Benicio, by nature of just working with us most recently, has been probably the closest to it at the moment.”

Still, those behind Sicario 3 are keeping the aforementioned stars abreast, despite the roadblocks that the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike and the recently settled WGA strike set in place. “But we’re keeping all the talent informed.

A third "Sicario" movie still seems to be in the works, and according to an interview producers recently gave Collider, there's a good chance it'll get the original band back together. Producers Trent Luckinbill and Molly Smith spoke to the outlet about the potential third film, revealing that their idea for it involves not just Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin's characters (who both appeared in the less fully embraced sequel "Sicario: Day of the Soldado" in 2018), but also Emily Blunt's, who hasn't been seen since the 2015 original.

"Our idea is to get the cast back together with Benicio, Emily, and Josh, and we've got a great story to tell," Smith told Collider. The last time audiences saw Blunt's FBI special agent Kate Macer, she was mulling over the idea of killing Del Toro's Alejandro, a CIA-trained assassin who oversaw the team's cartel-catching mission and went...

The original trio from Sicario may be returning for Sicario 3, including Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. Producers Molly Smith and Trent Luckinbill hope that every major actor from the original trio will be able to return for the film. The ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike has caused some delays in casting, but the producers are optimistic about the project and the actors are excited to get started.

The original cast of Sicario may be returning for Sicario 3. With a small group dedicated to stopping a Mexican cartel, the franchise focuses on a desperate attempt to slow the flow of drugs into the United States. The first movie was released in 2015 and featured Emily Blunt as FBI agent Kate Macer, Benicio del Toro as the assassin Alejandro Gillick, and Josh Brolin as CIA agent Matt Graver. The sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, came in 2018 and featured del Toro and Brolin,...

It’s been five years since the release of Sicario: Day of the Soldado, but fans are still waiting for Sicario 3 to come around and complete the trilogy. While some haven’t been optimistic that it will happen, including franchise star Josh Brolin, others are more hopeful.

In fact, Sicario producers Molly Smith and Trent Luckinbill recently told THR that Sicario 3 is “very close” to happening.

“We’re very close,” Smith said. “As Trent just mentioned, it’s one of the projects where we’re ready to put the train on the tracks as soon as the strike ends and our path is cleared. So we’re very excited to get that whole band back together. Taylor [Sheridan] always envisioned it as a trilogy, so we have to close it out right. There’s no point in making it unless we can do justice to the true fans of Sicario.

Sicario 3 is confirmed and will be made once the Hollywood strike ends, with the producers describing the idea for the sequel as "awesome." The third movie will center on Benicio del Toro's character, Alejandro Gillick, who audiences love and find endlessly captivating. Despite the mixed reception of the sequel, many are eagerly anticipating Sicario 3 and the return to the intense world of drug cartels and revenge.

A third movie in the acclaimed action thriller series, Sicario, is happening. According to a new report courtesy of The Messenger, Sicario 3 will happen once all the Hollywood strike action officially comes to an end, with producer Erica Lee describing the idea for the sequel as “awesome.”

"When we can continue writing it. It was pencils down, but the idea is awesome.”

Lee’s fellow producer Basil Iwanyk continued to add to the positivity, revealing that the third outing, which currently has the working title Sicario: Capos,...

Sicario 3 producer Basil Iwanyk has confirmed that the movie will still make it to the big screen, with Benicio Del Toro returning in the lead role.

In an interview with The Messenger, Iwanyk, who also produces the John Wick franchise, revealed that the movie was still coming. "When we can continue writing it. It was pencils down, but the idea is awesome," he said in reference to the WGA strike which halted further progress on script completion. "I can't wait for Sicario 3. I could watch Benicio play that guy forever. I mean, I can watch Benicio in anything, but with that character, it doesn't get old."

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The script-writing process for Sicario's second sequel will hopefully recommence, given the recent agreement reached between the WGA and the AMPTP. Sicario 3's working title is Sicario: Capos, which translates to Hitman: Bosses.

Denis Villeneuve (Dune) directed 2015's Sicario.

The Sicario series has been one of the most acclaimed and successful action-thrillers of the past decade, with its gritty and realistic depiction of the drug war at the U.S.-Mexico border. The first film, released in 2015, introduced us to the complex and ruthless characters of Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro), a former Mexican prosecutor turned CIA assassin, Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), a CIA officer who recruits Alejandro for his covert missions, and Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), an FBI agent who gets caught up in their dangerous operation. The sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, released in 2018, followed Alejandro and Matt as they tried to start a war between rival cartels by kidnapping the daughter of a kingpin, only to face betrayal and moral dilemmas along the way.

Fans of the franchise have been eagerly waiting for news about the third film, and now we have some exciting updates...

When the first Sicario film hit theaters in October 2015, it wasn't a surprise that it was a terrific film. The film was made by acclaimed director Denis Villeneuve's, who would become one of the best filmmakers in the industry today, and the was written by current master showrunner Taylor Sheridan, who would go on to helm shows like Yellowstone and 1923. On top of that, the cast of Emily Blunt as an idealistic Special Agent Kate Macer, Josh Brolin as a veteran and more cynical operative, Matt Graver, and Benicio del Toro in the role of a Mexican prosecutor-turned-assassin, Alejandro Gillick, is nothing short of stellar. So when they all joined forces to tell the story of an FBI agent tasked with bringing down one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, big things were expected, and they delivered on just about every front. Sicario is a riveting...

Josh Brolin gives a disappointing update regarding Sicario 3. The original 2015 thriller tracked FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), part of an obscure government task force involved in the ongoing war against drugs and the Mexican cartel. In the film, Brolin portrayed CIA officer Matt Graver, who led the mission and was desensitized to a lot of the violence, along with hitman Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro). Upon its release, the movie received praise for its screenplay and cinematography, and a sequel titled Sicario: Day of the Soldado premiered three years later, with Brolin and del Toro reprising their roles.

While a Sicario 3 is reportedly in the works, titled Sicario: Capos, Brolin shared that the film has been a challenge to get made. In speaking with Variety, the actor questioned the sequel's long wait, noting that people still talk about it, but bluntly admitted it may not happen. Read Brolin's comments...

Original video game voice and performance actor, Troy Baker, recently revealed that HBO's The Last of Us television adaptation could have starred Josh Brolin as Joel. Based on the popular PlayStation video game of the same name, the zombie horror drama stars Pedro Pascal as hardened survivor Joel Miller, a smuggler tasked with safely transporting foul-mouthed 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic United States. Although Joel initially wanted nothing to do with his human cargo, he soon realized her significance when Ellie reveals she carries an immunity to the fungal infection plaguing the world.

While speaking with ComicBook.com on their The Last of Pods podcast, Baker revealed that Avengers: Endgame star, Josh Brolin, could have played Joel in The Last of Us. Prior to casting for the live-action adaptation, game and show creator Neil Druckmann asked Baker who he thought would make a great on-screen Joel. Baker admitted that...

The Location Managers Guild International has unveiled the winners of its eight annual Lmgi Awards, with Warner Bros.’ drama Judas and the Black Messiah and its Christopher Nolan blockbuster Tenet among a list that also included Netflix’s The Crown, Lupin & The Queen’s Gambit.

Judas was recognized with the award for Outstanding Locations in a Period Feature Film, with Tenet recognized for its Contemporary Feature Locations. The Crown Season 4 received the award for Period TV Locations, with Lupin taking that for Contemporary TV Locations, and The Queen’s Gambit being recognized in the category of TV Serial Program, Anthology or Limited Series Locations.

Additional awards went to the teams behind Apple Watch commercial “It Already Does That” (Outstanding Locations in a Commercial) and The Savannah Regional Film Commission (Outstanding Film Commission), with the latter recognized for its work on Amazon’s The Underground Railroad. Then, there were the Lmgi’s four honorary awards,...

To mark the release of Sicario 2: Soldado on 29th October, we’ve been given 5 copies to give away on DVD.

In Sicario 2: Soldado, the merciless drug war reaches new extremes as cartels begin trafficking terrorists across the Us-Mexican border, pushing law enforcement to the brink of morality in order to end the terror.

When the Us government begins to suspect that cartels are trafficking terrorists across the border, federal agent Matt Graver calls on the mysterious hitman Alejandro to escalate the war in nefarious ways. Alejandro kidnaps the wanted kingpin’s daughter (Isabela Moner; Transformers: The Last Knight) to inflame the conflict, but when the girl is seen as collateral damage, her fate will divide the two men and push them to question what they are fighting for.

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With Sicario: Day of The Soldado, director Stefano Sollima roughened the edges of screenwriter Taylor Sheridan‘s potential trilogy. With Kate Macy (Emily Blunt) no longer around, Sollima felt Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro) and Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) unleashed naturally meant things would turn bleaker. A crowd-pleasing thriller Sollima’s sequel is not, and nor should it be. It’s a suitably bleak […]

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado, headlined by Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin, hits 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD October 2nd via Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

This time out CIA operative Matt Graver (Brolin) is given the green light to wage war against Mexican drug cartels who may be responsible for smuggling terrorists across [...]

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As if you haven't seen Josh Brolin enough on the big screen this summer, here he is again for the 4th of July ... getting his cornhole on with pro surfing legend Laird Hamilton. The actor -- who's been in 3 blockbusters so far this year -- was out at a beach in Malibu Wednesday celebrating Independence Day with a good old-fashioned game of throw-this-sack-in-that-hole. Based on how damn happy he looks, we're guessing he scored well.

Despite Taylor Sheridan’s script seeming like a dead cert for success, director Denis Villeneuve was racked with doubt when he was directing 2015’s Sicario.

The story of a Emily Blunt’s FBI agent, Kate Macer, caught up in a secret war between the Us government and the Mexican drug cartels certainly seemed appealing, but Villeneuve wasn’t in it to make a safe, studio action flick.

Instead, for Villeneuve, less was more. The cartels were far more sinister as they hid beneath the surface of the story (few Sicarios appeared on screen) and the good guys were painted in shades of grey. Even the car chase took place in a traffic jam.

With Villeneuve doing his thing, he was unsure that audiences would respond. A strong box office performance ensured opportunity, while the depth of the world he and Sheridan had created meant a sequel was most welcome.

With...

Update, Writethru: Make it four in a row for Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and its dino-might atop the international box office. In 68 markets, the Ja Bayona-helmed sequel grossed $56.1M this weekend to take the overseas cume to $667.6M. That lifts the global gobble to $932.4M with the $1B milestone in stomping distance.

Jwfk saw an overall 50% offshore drop in the 4th session, and in several markets is seeing similar or stronger holds compared to 2015’s Jurassic World — folks just love dinosaurs, and international rollout on the classic franchise’s latest entry was set across a prime piece of the calendar’s real estate.

While it won’t (and wasn’t expected to) beat the previous film overall, Jwfk in its 3rd China weekend grossed $15M to bring the Middle Kingdom total to $237.1M — topping Jw‘s take. However, T-Rex stepped into the No. 2 position for the frame there,...

Why wasn’t Emily Blunt’s “Sicario” character, FBI agent Kate Macer, brought back for its sequel, “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” which opened this weekend? Director Stefano Sollima said she was the moral compass for the film, which wasn’t his vision for “Soldado.”

“Emily Blunt is an amazing actress, but her role was sort of a moral guidance for the audience,” Sollima told Business Insider. “In ‘Soldado,’ we don’t have that. This is closer to my vision of storytelling. I prefer not to have a moral guidance for the audience.”

Sollima’s words somewhat echo what writer Taylor Sheridan told TheWrap two years ago while he was writing “Soldado,” saying that he couldn’t think of a reason to keep Macer in the sequel and that her story had already been fully told.

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Chicago – We don’t really know what is going on at the Mexican border, nor if we’re lucky understand the desperation in crossing over. “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” is a cynical and sad film, but gives a bit of perspective on the this ongoing situation, especially as it deflates the current presidential administration.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

This is not a direct sequel to 2015’s “Sicario,” but it does include a couple of characters from that film, portrayed by Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. Stefano Sollima takes the director reins from Denis Villeneuve and original film writer Taylor Sheridan again formulates the tale. The story is a pretty bitter pill, with a border standoff that is manufactured by the U.S., and border crossing teams that trades upon a need for souls seeking a new life in exchange for cold hard cash. There is an odd journey for the character portrayed by Isabela Moner,...

Welcome to the latest episode of Movie Review Talk with Scott Mantz! On this episode, Scott, Leonard Maltin, and Grae Drake are discussing three new releases – Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Leave No Trace, and The King. Sicario: Day of the Soldado is directed by Stefano Sollima and features the return of Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro as Matt Graver and Alejandro, the roles they originated in 2015’s Sicario. In Sicario: Day of the Soldado, the drug war on the Us – Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the Us border. To fight …...

“Day of the Soldado” couldn’t be timelier during this “zero-tolerance” escalation of the immigration crisis, in which children are separated from their parents. Only the “Sicario” sequel from Italian director Steffano Sollima (also scripted by Taylor Sheridan) is somehow creepier and more disturbing than Denis Villeneuve’s original crime thriller.

It conjures a situation in which the Mexican drug cartels have taken to human trafficking, which reunites CIA operative Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) with hit man Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro) after the suicide bombing of a shopping mall. Their mission is to take down the Mexican drug cartels suspected of smuggling the terrorists.

The plan: kidnap Isabela (Isabela Moner), the teenage daughter of the kingpin who killed Gillick’s family, and incite a war between the cartels. But when the plan goes awry and Graver is ordered to kill Gillick and the girl, the hitman has a surprising change of conscience.