Will There Be A Mitchells Vs. The Machines 2?

There weren't any plans to turn "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" into a trilogy or franchise when it was first announced, so of course we're not going to have any official word on a sequel this soon after it hits Netflix. However, the best indicator of whether or not a sequel will get made is how much revenue it racks up. Although we don't have the traditional box office sales numbers, we can see through its popularity online and its "#1 most-watched" ranking on Netflix (as of May 3, 2021) that it's certainly getting a lot of love.

So let's hypothesize that "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" is hitting enough metrics to get a sequel greenlit. The second question: Who would fund it? Although Netflix is hosting the film in the U.S., Sony was the studio that sold rights to the streaming service for around $100 million, according to Variety. Presuming that theaters are "back to normal" by the time a sequel would arrive, we could expect Sony to retain the rights the second time around, although Netflix could also opt to purchase or even fund it from the start to add more value to its service, pandemic or not.

The more exciting question for audiences, however, is when we might expect to have our eyeballs on a hypothetical, very-much-not-confirmed-or-even-rumored sequel. If we use the timing from previous Lord and Miller productions, it typically takes around four to five years to see a sequel. If "The Mitchells vs. The Machines" meets the metrics for one, we might see a sequel grace our eyeballs around 2025 or 2026.