Tower Heist 2 (2022 Film)

Tower Heist 2 is an upcoming American heist comedy film directed by Brett Ratner, it is a sequel to the 2011 movie, Tower Heist. Produced by Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media, and Dentsu Inc, and set for distribution by Universal Pictures. The film will be directed by Brett Ratner from a screenplay written by Ted Griffin, Jeff Nathanson, and Solomon J. LeFlore, and stars Ben Stiller as Josh Kovaks alongside Eddie Murphy, Alan Alda, Vin Diesel, and Taran Killam.

Ratner pitched a story for a Tower Heist sequel during production of the first film, but Stiller did not want to rush the next film. He agreed to oversee development of the sequel in January 2012, with Ted Griffin signed to write the screenplay a month later. Ratner was confirmed to be directing the film in August 2020, and said it would expand on the heist adventure of the first Tower Heist. He announced the greenlit for the sequel in March 2021, with filming beginning on June 2021 in New York.

Tower Heist 2 is scheduled to be released on December 16, 2022.

Cast

 * Ben Stiller as Josh Kovaks, The Tower's building manager.
 * Eddie Murphy as Darnell "Slide" Davis, a petty crook and Josh's childhood friend whom Josh turns to for help.
 * Casey Affleck as Charlie Gibbs, The Tower's concierge and Josh's brother-in-law.
 * Alan Alda as Arthur Shaw, a Wall Street billionaire living at The Tower who was placed under house arrest for embezzling $2 billion.
 * Téa Leoni as Claire Denham, an FBI special agent assigned to Shaw's case.
 * Matthew Broderick as Mr. Fitzhugh, a bankrupt former Wall Street investor who aids Josh
 * Gabourey Sidibe as a Jamaican-born maid at The Tower threatened with deportation by Shaw's theft.
 * Nicole Kidman
 * Eugene Levy
 * Vin Diesel as James Wilfred, Josh and Darnell's henchman
 * Taran Killam
 * Dove Cameron
 * Christopher Lloyd as Judge Ramos, a judge who resides in The Tower.
 * John C. Reilly
 * Leslie Jones
 * Stephanie Beatriz

Pre-production
Matthew Broderick said in February 2021 that he was reprising his role as Mr. Fitzhugh in the sequel, with filming expected to begin later that year in New York City. A month later, the planned start date for filming was revealed to be in June, though there was potential for this to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In April, Universal. and Imagine Entertainment announced that development on Tower Heist sequel had been in development since 2012. Later that month, Eugene Levy entered talks to join the film's cast. Stiller said in May that he would begin filming in July.

Filming
Principal photography began on June 28, 2021, taking place entirely in New York City. Dante Spinotti returned as cinematographer from the first film. In August, Ratner said the sequel will have more actions, and more comedy, and even more taste than the first film. In July 2017, Dove Cameron, John C. Reilly had been casted for the film; Christopher Lloyd will be playing the role of Judge Ramos, who was previously played by Robert Downy Sr, who died back in 2021; Leslie Jones had been cast as Darnell's loud-mouthed mom; Nicole Kidman had been casted in the film, though however, she hasn't confirmed of who she'll be playing yet; and Taran Killam had been cast to play the main antagonist in the sequel. On November 2021. Stephanie Beatriz had joined the cast as an undisclosed role.