Rowan Atkinson is a funny guy, but I don’t think his bumbling James Bond secret agent Johnny English to be all that comical. His first feature length film as English in 2003 wasn’t any good, but the fact Universal was willing to get behind a sequel eight years later is a testament to the growing state of the international box-office.
I’m sure Universal couldn’t care less what American audiences think of this new trailer considering the over $132 million the first film pulled in overseas is the more important number. Johnny English Reborn hits theaters on October 28 and by that time it will have been released in several international markets making the domestic tally the cherry on top of the already built sundae.
The film is directed by Oliver Parker (Dorian Gray) and co-stars Gillian Anderson, Dominic West and Rosamund Pike as Atkinson as the title character must stop a group of international assassins before they eliminate a world leader and cause global chaos.
Check out the new trailer directly below.
In the years since MI-7’s top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier’s life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action.
With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is.
