Tuesday, October 23, 2007

‘Brokeback’ sequel rumour quashed


A flurry of rumours about a sequel to the multi-award winning Brokeback Mountain have been quashed following a denial from the studio that made the film.

Britain’s OK! Magazine last week claimed that Australian actor Heath Ledger was in negotiation to reprise his role as closeted cowboy Ennis Del Mar, in a sequel to the acclaimed film about two star-crossed lovers in the American Midwest.

“It will follow the nasty process of being openly gay in 1963 Wyoming,” the magazine quoted an insider as saying.

“Not true,” a representative for Focus Features, which produced Brokeback Mountain, has told PerezHilton.com, an infamous celebrity gossip website.

The 2005 film, which co-starred Jake Gyllenhaal, is ranked eighth among the highest grossing romantic-dramas of all time.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's being turned into an opera though.

Anonymous said...

The film pretty much said it all so not sure what a sequel could add to the original unless he will become some sort of super hero and saving lives.