A Sequel to Ryan Coogler's SINNERS Reportedly in the Works at Warner Bros. — GeekTyrant

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Ryan Coogler's Sinners was a moody, blood-soaked Southern gothic that twisted genre conventions and delivered an unexpected movie-going experience, and it became a box office hit. Now, it looks like Warner Bros. is ready to turn it into a franchise.
According to trusted scooper MTTSH, Sinners 2 is in development, and I don't think that should come as a surprise considering how the first movie did with critics and audiences.
The original film wrapped up most of its storylines in a satisfying way, but that mid-credits stinger cracked open a door, just wide enough, for a sequel to slip through.
Set in 1992, the scene reveals that Sammie defied his father's warnings and left Mississippi behind for a new life as a bluesman in Chicago. After a gig, he's approached by two familiar faces—Stack (Michael B. Jordan, ) and Mary (one of the twin brothers played by Michael B. Jordan), the only surviving vampires from the first movie.
What follows is a quiet and bittersweet scene loaded with tension as Stack tells Sammie that Smoke, their old adversary, spared his undead life on one condition: never come after Sammie. He offers to turn his cousin into a vampire, giving him a shot at immortality. But Sammie's answer is clear. He says he's "seen enough of this place."
The exchange between the two is heavy with history. Before leaving, Sammie confesses that even though he's still haunted by what happened, opening night all those years ago was the greatest time of his life. Stack agrees. It was the last time he saw his brother, the last time he saw the sun, and 'the only time I ever truly felt free.'
If this sequel does happen, it seems like a good move to follow Stack and Mary as there are planty of stories to tell for them in the years they've been wandering the Earth as vampires. There's a lot of room to explore what that kind of immortality means once the dust settles and the blood dries.
Coogler's original film was rooted in pain, history, and a deep sense of place, all while delivering sharp genre thrills. Whether or not he returns to direct the sequel is unknown, but the world he built clearly has more stories to tell, and Warner Bros. seems ready to sink their teeth into it.