'Wanted' Screenwriter Still Working for Sequel

Last month it was reported that Evan Spiliotopoulos, co-writer of "Pooh's Heffalump Movie", was hired to write Universal's action sequel "Wanted 2" based on a story by Chris Morgan, the screenwriter for "Wanted."

But according to MTV News, Morgan will still be involved with the sequel.

“I’m actually still involved with ‘Wanted,’” Morgan told MTV News, explaining that his current workload made it necessary for him to step aside from primary writing duties on the film. However, he’ll still have input on the sequel’s creative development.

“We knew we wanted to do ‘Wanted 2,’ so we started developing a take and came up with a story that’s pretty good and develops the characters,” said Morgan. “But in the process of developing it, I also had commitments to ‘Gears of War’ and the samurai movie I’m doing at Universal.”

According to Morgan, Spiliotopoulos will provide the script for the story initially envisioned during the “Wanted 2″ planning process, and Morgan will return later to consult and provide any rewrites that might be necessary.

“Evan is going to go ahead and write the story that we came up with and I’m probably going to come on later,” said Morgan. “So, I’m still part of the process, but I didn’t want to hold up the ‘Wanted’ production schedule.”

“It’s all good,” said Morgan of the change-up. “I’m actually really excited about ['Wanted 2'].”

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