
Lenina Huxley (Sandra Bullock), to catch the old-fashioned crook.ĭemolition Man 2 Might Have Cast Meryl Streep as Stallone’s Daughter By Ryan Lambie Moreover, Spartan’s freedom comes with a caveat, since Phoenix-who was similarly frozen-is mysteriously set loose in a society unable to handle him, thus requiring the old-fashioned cop, joined by ‘80s action-aficionado partner Lt. However, after a major scrap with criminal rival Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes) goes sideways, Spartan is framed for a crime, subsequently sentenced to the experimental punitive measure of incarceration in California’s “Cryo-Penitentiary.” After he’s finally thawed in the year 2032, Spartan awakens to an apparent utopia that’s free of crime, but is a rather bland world filled with an effete populace who are clearly the product of a censored society. John Spartan, a no-nonsense, archetypal action movie LAPD supercop from the then-near-future of 1996 in which Los Angeles was-in a vision undoubtedly inspired by the 1992 riots-overrun by criminality and literally engulfed in flames.

While that is the extent of Stallone’s sequel comment, it nevertheless adds fuel to the fire of Demolition Man 2, which has long been a topic of discussion for film fans who have come to appreciate the satirical quasi-future-set sci-fi actioner, still hypothesizing about the way in which the infamous three seashells serve as futuristic toiletries an especially timely topic with the recent pandemic-incited toilet paper shortages reviving the scene in question as a meme.ġ993’s Demolition Man (which, for now, we’ll optimistically refer to as “the original”), directed by Italian helmer Marco Brambilla, starred Stallone as Sgt. So, that should come out, that’s going to happen.” We’re working on it right now with Warner Brothers. As Stallone answers of the sequel prospects:

Stallone made the revelatory statement in a rather casual manner during a Q&A on his Instagram, answering a fan’s question about a potential Demolition Man sequel with a surprisingly potent-albeit brief-reveal of the project’s apparent position on the studio’s backlog. That’s because Sylvester Stallone, who headlined the cheeky 1993 action/sci-fi cult classic, has dropped the intriguing news that the highly-hypothesized sequel is on the docket over at Warner Bros. Demolition Man 2 may yet break free from its proverbial project cryoprison.
