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Universal has started the wheels moving on a sequel to the 1988 classic comedy Midnight Run.
The studio has hired Tim Dowling to write the comedy, with Robert De Niro reprising his role as Los Angeles-based bounty hunter Jack Walsh, the former Chicago cop who hunts the turncoat mob accountant played by Charles Grodin in time to collect a $100,000 fee. George Gallo wrote the original. 
The film is being produced by De Niro and his Tribeca Productions partner Jane Rosenthal. It first came up when Deadline Hollywood revealed that the sequel was one of the films that WME had booked for De Niro before he returned to CAA.
No word on the plot, but Walsh will chase a new fugitive. Charles Grodin, who retired from acting to become a broadcast journalist, won’t return. Dowling’s script work included Role Models and Just Go With It, the Sony comedy that stars Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman.
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Great news. Nice way to start the weekend. Really enjoyed Midnight Run. Sorry to hear Grodin won’t be in the next one (but I’ve been enjoying his common sense rants on public radio). Hope the next one is as good as the first, or at least close.
Not having Grodin in the sequel would be like not having Danny Glover in a sequel to Lethal Weapon.
Not a movie.
No Charles Grodin? Lame.
I always loved Grodin’s screen presence and personality. Not including him in the sequel is a big mistake that I’d like to see him comedically shout someone down over.
Lemme guess, this time the fugitive will be a sexy dame on the run from vaguely Eastern European gangsters and an overly ambitious FBI agent.
I liked Midnight Run, but I don’t think it’s classic enough to justify a sequel 22 years after the fact.
Although I really like De Nero, I have to agree with ‘Furious D’.
It’s not really so “outstanding” as to rate a sequel. Unless Tim Dowling just needs the work and Universal owes him a favor, or something.
If they don’t get the fabulous Charles Grodin, let’s hope they don’t go after Billy Crystal (GROAN) and instead try for Steve Carrell or Ricky Gervais.
Or Ben Stiller or Philip Seymour Hoffman. If female, Tina Fey, Julia Roberts or the like. However replaces Grodin’s spot has big shoes to fill. The banter between De Niro and Grodin in the original was great.
Oh, yeah, Stiller – because he and De Niro are comedy magic on film.
Please, please, please – SOMEBODY, get Stiller back to TV sketch comedy and keep him there.
Watching De Niro and Gervais play off of each other might redeem this.
If there’s no Grodin, don’t bother.
TOTALLY AGREE. the original is ONLY funny because of Grodin.
Dowling better lace his script with as many F-bombs as Gallo’s terrific script or this could be as big a dud as “U.S. Marshals.”
Tim Dowling + MIDNIGHT RUN sequel=FAIL
No Grodin, no movie.
Big D gotta eat. When the money starts drying up, all the big stars start back-tracking.
Stallone = Rambo & Rocky
Willis = Die Hard and Unbreakable
Ford = Indy 4 (and 5?)
Good luck on “1am Run” (working title), Bobby. Maybe this time you’re looking for your career.
Okay, I understand Harrison Ford and Sylvester Stallone doing unwanted sequels, but I din’t get the sense that Bruce willis and the Die Hard sequels were unwanted by fans? And what’s the connection to Unbreakable? Isn’t it a stand-alone movie?
Minor point: EVERYBODY was clamouring for “indy 4″ for over a DECADE. (Spielberg openly admits he finally gave in “cuz he was tired of being asked about it). The fans may not have liked what they got, but they DID want the character to come back.
Why isn’t George Gallo writing it?
If it’s half as good as the “action pack” sequels done for TV in the 90s… oh, that wouldn’t be good at all.
And the lack of Grodin puts this a few steps behind from the get-go.
they should just make another RunDown
Midnight Run stands as one of the ’80s best films and Bobby’s best entry into the comedy genre. Given his recent track record, I’m not holding my breath, but anything’s better than another Meet the Parents.
MIDNIGHT RUN 2: Wheelchair Boogaloo
Way to screw up a great stand alone classic movie folks.
Serranno’s got the disks!
Mistake. Sad, too, because the original is so, so great. And so much of that is Grodin and Yaphet.
This new MIDNIGHT RUN will shit without Martin Brest, the orignal Producer, Director (and Writer – uncredited)…
Um, I wrote Midnight Run.
Isn’t De Niro getting a little long in the tooth for these kind of movies? They should change the title to Late Afternoon Slow Walk.
How about “Early Bird” Stroll?
Watch your cigarettes, Jack.
“Watch your cigarettes with this guy Jack.” Possibly one of the funniest lines in movies.
I LOVED the first MR. It also had a BRILLIANT turn by Dennis Farina.
DeNiro is a little old for a role like that now though. Still, if anyone can pull it off, Bobby can!
Can’t Hollywood leave well-enough alone!?! Please, no sequel.
No Grodin and no Gallo?
Seriously – it’s not a Robert DeNiro film – it requires both to be a Midnight Run – otherwise, it’s just another TV movie version starring Chris McDonald.
Ugh…Hello…it was the drama that made midnight run great and that was provided by…Yaphet Kotto…remember him? He was amaaaaaazing in MR. Watching MR you always have the feeling as though Mosley is going to shoot somebody…anybody…the way I see it the sequel needs a least 5 really good character actors that can go against type and that bobby can play off of really well. Whoever makes this film, Trust me when I say this and I know this is unusual now adays but REHEARSALS….EXTENSIVE REHEARSALS!!!
Marty Breast????????
Sorry…Marty BREST????????
Wow they really are digging out everything 80′s. “Serrano’s got the disks!”
Didn’t they make that sequel already? And it was called The Rundown. But Randy Newman’s music in Midnight Run is legendary and awesome. Hopefully they capture the heart of the first film. Love that score.
I meant the other Randy Newman. Danny Elfman.