Blaze 2

Blaze 2: Back in Time (also known as Blaze 2, previously titled Blaze 2.0) is an upcoming 2014 superhero film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and written by J.J. Abrams. A sequel to Blaze: The Dark Beginning, the film stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Statham, Ashton Kutcher, Emily Blunt, John Cho, Eric Roberts, Brad Pitt, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Will Smith.

Due to the positive feedback to Blaze: The Dark Beginning, Michael Bay confirmed that he would make a sequel to it. The screenwriter, J.J. Abrams, stated that this movie has "time travel done right".

Cast

 * Ryan Reynolds as Kyle Shepard / Blaze II, the protector of Union City who must travel back in time to 1986 to stop Hellbourne from killing the young Blaze I, or else he shall lose his powers and Union City will be vulnerable to attack.
 * Jason Statham as James White, a hitman who is hired by Hellbourne to travel back to 1986 to help him kill a young Blaze I.
 * Ashton Kutcher as Detective Simon Reed, Kyle's friend who is now a police detective.
 * Emily Blunt as Emma Harrison-Shepard, Kyle's newly wedded wife.
 * John Cho as Ryu Lee, Kyle's other friend, who works at MetaTech Industries.
 * Eric Roberts as Hellbourne, the main villain who travels back to 1986 to kill the young Blaze I, making Kyle / Blaze II lose his powers and allow Union City to be easily attacked.
 * Brad Pitt as Liam Tate, the father of Alexander Tate / Blaze I.
 * Kodi Smit-McPhee as Alexander Tate / Young Blaze I, the boy who would soon become Blaze I.
 * Will Smith as Detective Chris Williams, Simon's new partner.

Robert DeNiro, who played Aldo Gambodi Jr. in the previous film, was set to have a major role in this film, but it was soon written out. However, the character does make a cameo appearance at the end of the film. Mark Wahlberg was considered to play James White, but he turned down the role due to him filming Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Development
During December of 2012, Michael Bay and J.J. Abrams met and thought about the plot of the next Blaze film. J.J. brought up the idea of time travel being involved. Michael was interested, and allowed J.J. to begin writing the story. J.J. started writing the story on Janurary 9th, 2013, and finished two weeks later. Production was soon green-lit after. It was decided Michael Bay would return to direct, however, his friend Jerry Bruckheimer was placed as producer, while J.J. Abrams became screenwriter. Initial development began in Feburary, and finished in November 2013. Filming began soon after, and commenced on Janurary 19th, 2014. On March 10th, 2014, Jerry Bruckheimer announced that the film was to be released in 2-D and IMAX, just like the previous film.

After the Official Trailer was released on March 27th, 2014, the release date was set to be Decmeber 12th, 2014.

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