Everything You Need To Know About Baby Driver 2
By Christopher Ramos
Edgar Wright has been working on a script for "Baby Driver 2" since as early as 2018. That's when he told MTV, "I know basically what it's about, and who it involves, and where it goes, so that's exciting." He also confirmed that he'll be back in the driver's seat (i.e. the director's chair), adding, "I'm not going to spend six months writing it and then not direct it."
By 2019, he had a first draft, as he confirmed to Empire magazine. And in January 2021, when asked about the script during an interview with Variety, Wright said, "It's written ... I've actually written like three drafts of it."
But if you're buckling up to speed to the box office, now would be a good time to hit those brakes. It took Wright 22 years to bring "Baby Driver" to the screen. He first got the idea from a music video he directed in 2002, for the band Mint Royale's single "Blue Song." (Fans of "The Great British Baking Show," one of the best British TV shows on Netflix, will recognize the driver in the video as host Noel Fielding.)
Even without that alarming precedent, Wright usually takes three to four years between features, and he already has two coming out in 2021. Wright's first documentary, "The Sparks Brothers," has a June release date, and the psychological thriller "Last Night in Soho," starring Anya-Taylor Joy, is set for a Halloween season release on October 22. Wright has also been tapped to direct an adaptation of Stephen King's 1982 novel "The Running Man" at some point. So yes, there's a script, but "Baby Driver 2" could still be a long way off.
