
The follow-up to the 2010 hit comic book adaptation sees Dean Parisot (Justified) replacing outgoing director Robert Schwentke, with Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) and Brian Cox (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) also returning to the cast. Joining them for the sequel are Anthony Hopkins (Thor: The Dark World), Neal McDonough (Captain America: The First Avenger), David Thewlis (Harry Potter), Byung-hun Lee (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Broken City).
“In RED 2, the high-octane action-comedy sequel to the worldwide sleeper hit, retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device. To succeed, they’ll need to survive an army of relentless assassins, ruthless terrorists and power-crazed government officials, all eager to get their hands on the next-generation weapon. The mission takes Frank and his motley crew to Paris, London and Moscow. Outgunned and outmanned, they have only their cunning wits, their old-school skills, and each other to rely on as they try to save the world-and stay alive in the process.”
RED 2 is scheduled for release on August 2nd.