Bloodshot 2: Vin Diesel Back for the Sequel

A Bloodshot sequel has been announced with Vin Diesel returning to star as the regenerating super-soldier hero. Strong rental and home sales for the original Bloodshot led DMG Entertainment to greenlight the sequel. Dan Mintz, the CEO of DMG Entertainment, which owns the Bloodshot comic and helped produce the movie adaptation, told CBR that Diesel is going to work on the sequel. "I think [Bloodshot] was very successful in that respect, a lot of people saw it and it did very well in the post-release rollout but you can't use the same evaluation process, pre-COVID, to this," Mintz said. "[Are] Vin Diesel and all those people going to continue? Yes, because it did so well and the response to it has been so well, it's just that the response has been in a non-transparent environment, as opposed to a transparent environment like box office numbers." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=movies-and-tv-based-on-comics&captions=true"] Bloodshot opened in theaters in March 2020 on the worst box office weekend America had seen in 20 years due to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bloodshot became available for a digital rental that same month. Leading up to Bloodshot's release, there were plans for a whole cinematic universe with Bloodshot as the launching point. Since video-on-demand numbers aren't specifically reported like box office numbers, the future of the universe was up in the air. A video game based on Bloodshot was also announced to be in the works from DMG Entertainment, although it's not clear if Diesel is involved in that project. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/11/bloodshot-review-ng"] Read IGN's roundup of Bloodshot's powers and backstory for more information on the character. In IGN's review of the Bloodshot movie, we said, "Bloodshot largely overcomes a slew of cliches and an awful opening 20 minutes to prove a mostly fun Vin Diesel flick." [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN who thought Bloodshot was pretty good and is looking forward to more.