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'LA Confidential' Sparks Two Sequels


The creative team and original stars from cult movie LA Confidential are in talks to re-team for a sequel to the movie, going head-to-head with another sequel starring George Clooney. Director Joe Carnahan is also directing a follow-up to the film based on author James Ellroy's book White Jazz. According to entertainment website Tmz.com, another sequel is being planned by the film's original director Curtis Hanson. Hanson's version wouldn't rely on the plot of White Jazz and would instead pick-up where LA Confidential ended. The sequel would reunite original stars Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and Kim Basinger, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in LA Confidential.

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so apparently there will be 2 movies: one based on the book White Jazz starring George Clooney and one directed by curtis hanson and starring the LA Confidential cast.
That will be kind of confusing. and I think they should make The Big Nowhere first....

thoughts?

I don't think I read White Jazz - were the LA Confidential characters in it?

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none of the main ones, no.

his books are very loosely following one another... the characters that stay the same are mainly more minor department people... and they move in chronological order. thats it really.

i think for the true blue sequel, they would just write something totally original based on the main characters from LAC, not an ellory book. i dont know how i feel about that. i adore that movie almost like no other. def one of my top five ever DONT MESS WITH A GREAT THING.

I love the original, so with Curtis Hanson and the same cast on board I am rather excited.

Dudley Smith and Ed Exley appear in White Jazz.
Dudley Smith features in The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and White Jazz. You can get the books all together as the Dudley Smith trilogy.