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William Monahan is writing the script
As per the recent rumours, Martin Scorsese has been toying with the idea of doing a sequel to “The Departed”. Seems we’ve got the closet thing to a confirmation on those slightly-hard-to-swallow rumours.
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the claims today, saying that screenwriter William Monahan is working on a follow-up that would bring back the temperamental foul-mouthed cop played by Mark Wahlberg, who received an Oscar nomination for the role, and introduce a new character to be played by none other than Robert De Niro (who was actually up for the role that Martin Sheen ended up playing in the first film).
As the trade states, the sequel probably won’t have anything to do with the original HK films on which “The Departed” is based, “Infernal Affairs”, because it’ll be an original story.
