Sicario 3: Confirmation & Everything We Know (2024)

Sicario is one of the most influential action dramas of the 2010s, as was the sequel, but despite years of Sicario 3 news, Sicario: Capos hasn't materialized. 2015's Sicario is about a task force attempting to take on the Mexican drug cartel led by CIA agent Matt Graver and the mysterious hitman Alejandro Gillick. However, it's revealed at the end of the movie that the task force's real mission is to further control the cartel. The 2018 sequel, Sicario: Day of the Soldado, sees Alejandro and Matt working together again, and while it isn't quite as beloved as the original movie, it does a great job of setting up Sicario 3.

The first Sicario movie was a huge critical success, and the audience response was overwhelmingly positive too. The movie made a respectable $85 million off a $30 million budget (via Box Office Mojo), which was good enough to get a sequel greenlit. 2018's Sicario: Day of the Soldado wasn't as well received, which is partly because Villeneuve didn't return to direct the sequel. However, Taylor Sheridan did return as the writer, and the sequel's narrative is just as compelling as the first movie. While Sicario 3 was announced with Sheridan returning as the screenwriter, the threequel still hasn't arrived.

Most Recent Sicario 3 News

Josh Brolin Offers An Update

With news and rumors swirling about the potential threequel, Josh Brolin offers an uncertain update on Sicario: Capos. Speaking candidly about what he knows, Brolin revealed that things are moving "closer" but he had little else to report by way of positive updates. On the other hand, Brolin mentioned that director Chris McQuarrie is no longer attached to the project, and Brolin admitted he wasn't sure about Taylor Sheridan's involvement.

Read Brolin's full comments below:

We are—we’re closer. Yes. Molly Smith, who is a really good friend, who is one of the producers of that on Black Label—I said something. I said, ‘It’s never gonna happen!’ and it kind of went everywhere. And she was very reactive, which I appreciated. I appreciate reaction. They’re very much focused on wanting it to happen, but we won’t let it happen until there’s a story interesting enough to want to spend that kind of money on it.

Chris [McQuarrie] was involved for a while, but he’s not now. And I don’t know about [Taylor] Sheridan. I know him really well, but I don’t know if he’s onboard or not.

Sicario 3 Is Confirmed

Sicario 3 Is Stuck In Development Hell

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Sicario 3: Plot, Cast, and Everything Else We Know

Sicario 3 has been confirmed by producer Trent Luckinbill, but it's seemingly stuck in development hell and there is no Sicario 3 release date. In a previous interview, Josh Brolin was very optimistic about the threequel (via The Hollywood Reporter). The actor revealed that Sheridan had even already completed the screenplay. Brolin commented, "It’s very much at the forefront of all of our minds. It’s been written and...We think it deserves a third one". Luckinbill even hinted at the possibility of Villeneuve returning to direct (via Aubtu).

Sicario 3 Cast

Will Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, And Benicio del Toro Return?

Given that the whole series is based around the hitman Alejandro, the Sicario 3 cast will undoubtedly be led by Benicio del Toro once again. The actor will almost certainly be accompanied by Josh Brolin, reprising his role as Matt Graver in the threequel. Elijah Rodriguez could return as Miguel Hernandez too. While Emily Blunt's Kate Mercer was essentially the lead character in Sicario,she was absent in Sicario: Day of the Soldado. It's clear from the producer's comments that Blunt's return is quintessential to Sicario: Capos but she has candidly denied hearing anything about the project.

The most logical returns in Sicario: Capos include:

Actor	Sicario Role
Benicio del Toro	Alejandro
Josh Brolin	Matt Graver
Emily Blunt	Kate Mercer

Sicario 3 Story

More Cartel Action In The Threequel

The working title for Sicario 3 is Sicario: Capos, which translates to "bosses". That could mean that Matt and Alejandro will be facing off against the heads of the Mexican drug cartel. The Sicario 3 story will also see Matt potentially being removed from his CIA position given that he disobeyed orders in Sicario: Day of the Soldado. If Emily Blunt returns as Kate, the Sicario: Capos story could see Kate trying to expose Matt and Alejandro for all of their illegal activity and trying to control the drug cartel.

Sicario: Capos

Sicario: Capos is the third film in the crime drama franchise written byTaylor Sheridan and follows the events of 2018's Sicario: Day of the Soldado.

Distributor(s)

Lionsgate

Writers

Taylor Sheridan

Franchise(s)

Sicario

prequel(s)

Sicario , Sicario: Day Of The Soldado