EuropaCorp CEO Marc Shmuger has confirmed that filmmaker Luc Besson has completed the script for the sequel to the 2014 sci-fi action thriller Lucy starring Scarlett Johansson.
Johansson starred in the original as a student abducted by thugs who turn her into a drug mule for a package with a powerful chemical, but it leaks into her system and gives her superhuman abilities.
Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, Pilou Asbaek and Analeigh Tipton co-starred in the film which pulled in $463.3 million worldwide from a $40 million budget.
Besson is coming off the failure of the “Valerian” film which made $235 million worldwide from a $209 million budget, is eyeing another female-driven project to direct before he helms Lucy 2.
