Sony has bumped up the Denzel Washington-led sequel The Equalizer 2 from a September 14th, 2018 theatrical release date to an August 10th launch date that same year.
Deadline is confirming that The Equalizer 2 has been bumped up to August of 2018 by Sony, officially making it part of next year’s summer movie season.
The Equalizer sequel itself is an outlier for the two-time Oscar winner Washington, in the sense that the actor has otherwise avoided making sequels to his own films, up to this point in his career.
The Equalizer 2 is now set to face-off directly with the “Jason Statham vs gigantic killer shark” thriller Meg during its opening weekend.