UPDATED: CAGE: FACE/OFF 2 MUST BE SEQUEL, NO REMAKE

UPDATED: Here is an update on this, via Collider.  Cage hints that the characters played by he and John Travolta will have offspring, who will create new dynamics in a movie which, if actually made, will be a sequel.

I think Face/Off is a sequel that lends itself to a lot of twists and turns and unpredictability. It’s almost like if you factor in the idea of offspring and Castor and Sean having children and these children grow up, then it becomes like three-dimensional chess, and then it’s not just the two, John Travolta and myself, it’s four of us ping-ponging and going at different levels, and it becomes even more complex. I think there’s a lot of fertile ground there. I had maybe one meeting in an office, but I haven’t heard anything since, so I don’t know.”

Maybe it’ll happen.  It actually could.

PREVIOUSLY: I hope The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a big success for Nicholas Cage, who is currently up promoting it.  Along with Pig maybe it’ll increase leverage and we could get some of that old 1990’s style action back.

Out promoting the former, Cage was asked about a potential Face/Off 2.

“I have not heard hide nor hair about it [Face/Off 2]. So often these things we read about are just conjecture without any base or foundation to it. I feel the same about National Treasure 3. It’s been 14 years. There’s no there, there.

So, is it fun to think about? Sure. Would [Face/Off 2] be an exciting movie to make? Oh, hell yeah. But John Woo was such a huge voice in that movie. It couldn’t be a remake. I think these filmmakers even said as much – that something like that would have to be a sequel.”

So, probably not happening.  But if it did, Cage wants it to be a sequel.  No John Woo, no deal though.  I think we can all agree on that.