This may fall more into the rumor mill but the team over at The Movie Banter are speculating a possible sequel to Drive because of the recent release of a follow up book that the movie was based on.
James Sallis, who wrote the book the first movie was based on, has just released a follow-up book, Driven. And Sallis has somewhat illusively declared that Driven is indeed “in the movie pipeline.”
Now I hate to be the skeptic here but I wouldn’t count on a sequel in the works just yet. There is so much that goes into making a movie and I wouldn’t count on this being in the works until there is word from the studio. There have been so many books that have had sequels written without a film adaptation so I would take the Author’s comments with a grain of salt at this point. Also I would like to add that, in my opinion, Drive is a film that should not have a sequel. I liked the ending of the film and I think that it met its closure. Anymore follow up films would seem like Hollywood was just “milking the cow”.
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I agree that Drive was a solid film and doesn’t necessarily need a sequel. The main character has such a mysterious background and left the audience with so many questions about him. If given to the same team as the first film it could turn out to be worthy film on its own. Not all sequels are bad. Some absolutely outshine the original.
@DasmOner I agree with both of you. This is one of those movies that is better left alone, with the audience wondering.