What happened to The Departed prequels?

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Are they still in the works? Will they be remakes of the Infernal Affairs prequels?

[Smiert Spionam]

Never gonna happen because it was a stupid idea, unfortunately.

[CosmicPuppet]

They all got shot in the head.

[QUENTIN]

Originally Posted by CosmicPuppet

They all got shot in the head.

Spoiler:

hahahaha

[Smiert Spionam]

Spoiler:

[kru3ger]

Thought it was a sequel in the works with Mark Wahlberg returning and Deniro possible in the sequel as well?

[drc5145]

I don't want anything more. The movie is done and should not be extended in an way.

[jolanar]

Originally Posted by drc5145

I don't want anything more. The movie is done and should not be extended in an way.

As much I as I didn't like the ending, this is very true.

[APzombie]

William Mahoney told the Boston sun in 07 that it would continue with Wahlburg rooting out higher corruption in the city. The rumor was that De Niro represented the top dog dirty Boston politician.

[ericdraven]

Originally Posted by Smiert Spionam

Spoiler:

If you set that to ragtime music, that would be hilarous.

[Tweek]

Originally Posted by Smiert Spionam

Spoiler:

Heh. Well it was going to follow Dignam.

[Scarface98.9]

Luckily, it went the way of most scripts; it never left development hell

[Rumpelstiltskin]

Originally Posted by Smiert Spionam

Spoiler:

Yeah, it looks rather finite for a sequel, now that I see that again.

[overwatch]

I wouldn't mind a spiritual sucessor ala Snatch to Lock Stock. Returning the main actors as well as adding in some De Niro, Keitel and even a role for Scorsese himself, cause he's such a good actor but the asshole won't act for us.

[nickula11]

Well if you've seen Infernal Affairs 2 and 3 you'll know that them all being executed doesn't stop anything. One is a prequel, one a sequel. Doubt it'll happen though.

[echo_bravo]

Originally Posted by CosmicPuppet

They all got shot in the head.

hahaha

[Doctor Supertramp]

Originally Posted by APzombie

William Mahoney told the Boston sun in 07 that it would continue with Wahlburg rooting out higher corruption in the city. The rumor was that De Niro represented the top dog dirty Boston politician.

Why would this be a necessary sequel when I could just change Dignam's name, bring in Bobby De Niro and make a new movie that really has no ties to The Departed.

By that rate just make a new movie with new characters.

[Rumpelstiltskin]

I'm not saying sequels or prequels SHOULD follow. I was just curious about the issue since I hadn't heard anything about it in awhile.

I think a series is more befitting for Infernal Affairs, but the charm of The Departed is that even though it's a remake, it is not an assembly line reproduction of the original; it's its own beast. They're different kinds of films.