According to MissingMovie producer Sev Ohanian, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler played a hand in the Searching sequel getting made: 'I remember he looked at me... and he was like, 'If anyone can make a sequel to that film, it's you guys.''
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler played a part in getting Missing made. Missing is a sequel to 2018's Searching, a story about a father trying to find his missing daughter. However, Missing works as a stand-alone sequel, not relying on prior characters and continuing things via the themes and filmmaking conceits of the first film, like telling the story through a computer screen.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Following an early screening of Missing, Collider held a Q&A session with some of the cast and crew. When asked about making a sequel, producer Sev Ohanian was very candid about how they never intended on making a follow-up to Searching, but the studio was interested in more. However, in a moment of pure happenstance, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler overheard a studio call about a sequel.
... no, we will never make a sequel. So the honest-to-god answer is, I got a call from Sony a couple of months after the movie came out, and they were like, "You guys ready? Let's do Searching 2. John Cho goes after someone else who's missing." We were like, "Maybe?" But, I was hesitant. I think for us, we really were proud of that film, and the whole team here had done such a great job on that.
One of Missing's first significant changes is to shift focus on whom the audience follows. While Searching follows a father looking for his daughter, Missing tells the same basic story from the child's perspective. While this may initially seem like a relatively small tweak, Searching saw John Cho's David working with police, reaching out to people for information, and even making daring personal efforts to find the truth.
Another choice the sequel makes is to change the distance between characters and locations. Searching saw someone go missing close to home, with the search relegated to the local area. However, Missing sees Grace disappear in Colombia, with June now dealing with the added hindrances of long distances and international red tape.
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