Netflix Announces a Sequel to Will Smith’s ‘Bright’

Netflix announces a sequel to ‘Bright‘…Are you going to audition?

‘Bright,’ a Netflix original movie starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, debuted on Netflix on December 22, racking up over 11 million views in three days, according to Nielsen.

Nielsen said last week that Bright had 11 million viewers between December 22nd through the 24th in the U.S. If those viewers each paid the average movie-ticket price of about $9, that would result to a box office opening of $99 million, which is close to what Universal Pictures‘ The Fate of The Furious made in April.

Netflix made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday.you Netflix says that it is the No. 1 movie on its platform in every country.

Both Smith and Edgerton are expected to return for the sequel, along with director David Ayer.

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