A sequel to the cult basic movie Inexperienced Road is within the pipeline, talkSPORT has solely been advised.
The British actor starred as fan favorite Bovver within the 2005 movie, which additionally starred the likes of Elijah Wooden and Charlie Hunnam.
Centring on the West Ham-supporting Inexperienced Road Elite agency of soccer hooligans, the movie featured their clashes with Millwall’s NGO.
The movie had drawn inspiration from the Hammers’ real-life hooligan agency, the Inter Metropolis Agency, while taking its identify from the road the place the membership’s previous floor Upton Park was positioned.
It’s one in every of numerous soccer hooliganism movies launched through the 2000s alongside The Soccer Manufacturing facility, The Agency (2009) and Cass.
Though two lesser-known direct-to-DVD sequels adopted in 2009 and 2013, followers of the unique film have long-anticipated a brand new movie within the sequence.
Gregory has now hinted these needs may come true very quickly.
Talking solely to talkSPORT, he revealed plans are in place to movie a direct sequel to the unique in 2026.
On the Professional Am Padel Tour, the place he performed alongside Dion Dublin, Gregory defined: “I may need just a little unique for talkSPORT, to be truthful.
“So, I’ve a movie popping out early subsequent yr, which is Rise of the Footsoldier: Ibiza.
“And the identical producer of that, Andrew Loveday, wonderful man, we’re going to be capturing a brand new Inexperienced Road subsequent yr, with signature 20 years later. And that’s an unique for you.”
Gregory beforehand teased a sequel in February final yr after posting an image of a script titled Inexperienced Road 2.0 to social media.
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He had written the screenplay alongside Dougie Brimson, who penned the story for the unique movie.
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Requested if Hunnam’s character, Pete Dunham, is definitely useless, Gregory added: “He’s, though, there’s rumours he’s popped up on Netflix just lately.
“I don’t know if they are often confirmed or not, however I’ve heard he’s performed an excellent job.”
Dunham was killed by NGO chief Tommy Hatcher within the movie’s dramatic finale.
In the meantime, Hunnam just lately starred within the Netflix mini-series Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
The Newcastle-born actor has additionally appeared in Sons of Anarchy and The Gents throughout his profession.
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As for what followers can anticipate from Bovver within the upcoming sequel after his antics within the unique film, Gregory was giving little or no away.
He admitted: “Nicely we’ll have to search out out very, very quickly gained’t we however I believe Bovver would counsel he did it out of necessity.”
