Uwe Boll already has 23 Years Later: Return to Zombie Island in the works, a self-made return to the zombie territory of his 2003 House of the Dead. There is also talk of more video game-adjacent projects, including a possible Alone in the Dark follow-up, but Citizen Vigilante 2 gives him the clearest next step by far, since it’s already carrying a confirmed release window.
The Armie Hammer-led thriller has drawn enough attention that Boll is already talking about a sequel, and during an appearance on the PBD Podcast, the German director floated another name for the next film: Gina Carano. “I would totally put her in it,” Boll said. “She got cancelled, unjustified, and came back. She’s a good actress and she would be kicka**. I feel the second part should have a few guys, maybe not only one person.”
Carano is still one of the best-known figures from women’s MMA, and much of her acting work, from Haywire to The Mandalorian, has drawn on that physical screen presence, though much of that has been overshadowed by the circumstances of her exit from Star Wars. In 2021, Lucasfilm cut ties with her after a string of social media controversies, including a post that drew backlash for its Holocaust comparison. Carano later sued Disney and Lucasfilm, with help from Elon Musk’s legal fund, and said her political views had cost her the role. The case never reached trial and ended in a settlement.
A sequel with Carano does not automatically make the sequel better or worse, but it would make the casting part of the point. Boll’s statement suggests he is not trying to soften the identity Citizen Vigilante has taken on since release. The film became controversial over its depiction of migrant criminals and vigilante violence, with Boll saying Germany’s ratings system refused to classify it. He told the Daily Telegraph:
“And I think they did that on purpose. It was a deliberate censorship decision. I hired a lawyer to complain about it, but we lost in a six-two vote as I was told that the film was inciting violence against migrants.”
For Boll, the bigger win may be that Citizen Vigilante became hard to ignore at all. He gave it another push by putting it on X for free for a limited time, and Elon Musk’s free promotion helped turn the release into a much bigger online talking point. The extra attention may have helped draw more eyes to the film, but it did little for its standing with critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, Citizen Vigilante has a 6% critics score against a 93% audience score.
Boll has responded to it, saying he “never cared about reviewers” and pointing instead to audience support: “94% on Rotten Tomatoes or 4.5 on Amazon shows that the audience loves the film” (via The Wrap). That kind of divide may be a sign that the film has found the audience Boll wants, and Carano’s name only adds to that dynamic. Should she officially join the sequel, it would continue a public re-emergence already helped by her Netflix MMA return opposite Ronda Rousey.
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June 19, 2026
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This story originally appeared on Movieweb
