In Den of Thieves 2: Panterathere is a scene where Big Nick O'Brien (Gerard Butler) asks Donnie Wilson (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) why he continues to risk all of it to manage these apparently difficult break-ins. “It'll never ever suffice,” Donnie informs Nick. “Because it's not about the cash. It's about the difficulty.”
7 years have actually passed in between 2018's Den of Thievesand its 2025 follow up. In between injuries to the stars, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine, Den of Thieves 2nearly never ever took place. Author and director Christian Gudegast was figured out to shoot a follow up. Like Donnie, Gudegast accepts the obstacle, understanding he has more stories to inform within the Den of Thieves universe.
“No. Inadequate,” Gudegast informs Digital Trends when asked if he would have been okay without a Den of Thieves follow up. “When I was investigatingDen 1I discovered a lot product that we constantly understood it was a lot more extensive world. There were constantly going to be 3 or 4 stories therein. The arcs of the characters go through all 3 or 4 of them. It was from the really start that we intended on a lot longer story divvied up into various movies.”
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Den of Thieves 2ditches the streets of Los Angeles for a European adventure. Huge Nick is still in shock that Donnie effectively robbed the Los Angeles Federal Reserve and left his grasp. Nick's embarrassment has actually resulted in a divorce and a benching from the force. Driven by vengeance, Nick takes a trip to France and aligns himself with Pantera, a cops job force wanting to remove an elite gang of burglars in the Panther Mafia. Donnie has actually teamed with the Panthers for his next break-in.
It does not take wish for Big Nick to discover Donnie. Nick does not detain Donnie. Rather, he requires Donnie to let him sign up with the next break-in, with the target being the World Diamond. “And the police goes gangster,” Donnie states to Nick, who changes from a lawman into a criminal.
Gudegast understood he wished to check out the criminal underworld of Europe and started investigating the break-ins that influenced the motion picture's climactic series. Checking out these break-ins was inadequate for Gudegast. He required to immerse himself in this world, which suggested taking a trip to Europe and talking to individuals, consisting of real-life master burglars.
“Whenever I study, I actually do a deep dive into the world. I do not like to check out a short article or something. I in fact go to the world, satisfy individuals, socialize with them,” Gudegast states. “If you truly wish to come down into the information of something, you need to go to the world and learn more about them to break down that wall, which's when you enter into the fascinating things.”
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) Official Trailer– Gerard Butler,
