UPDATED: First Look At Backdraft 2 (2019)

UPDATED:  This movie has began filming.  And Donald Sutherland is returning and reprising his arsonist baddie character.  William Baldwin will also return.  New pictures can be seen at the bottom.

PREVIOUSLY: They’re making a Backdraft sequel and it sounds fairly action-y.

The story will reportedly focus on the son of Kurt Russell’s character, who still has a grudge against his uncle’s actions in the first film. Now an investigator with the Chicago F.D., he has to confront arms dealers who use deadly fires as a distraction.

Universal Pictures has reportedly sought Spanish director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego to direct the feature according to Moviehole.

The film will reportedly begin filming next month, but with William Baldwin being the only one for now confirmed as returning, and Romania being a filming location, are we looking at VODdraft?

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Photos from the filming of Backdraft 2 from Castel Films. Photos from @citizzzenpascale #backdraftmovie #chicagofire #allhandsfire #bull #axe #castelfilm

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