Bloodshot (film)#Future

{{short description|2020 film by David S. F. Wilson}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Bloodshot

| image = Bloodshot - official film poster.jpeg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = David S. F. Wilson

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| story = Jeff Wadlow

| based_on = {{Based on|Bloodshot|Kevin VanHook|{{quad}}Don Perlin|{{quad}}Bob Layton}}

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| music = Steve Jablonsky

| cinematography = Jacques Jouffret

| editing = Jim May

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| distributor = Sony Pictures Releasing

| released = {{Film date|2020|3|10|Regency Village Theatre|2020|3|13|United States}}

| runtime = 109 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $45 million{{Cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl235374081/ |title=Bloodshot (2020) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 4, 2020}}

| gross = $37.3 million{{Cite web |url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Bloodshot-(2020)#tab=summary |title=Bloodshot (2020) |website=The Numbers |access-date= August 19, 2020}}

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Bloodshot is a 2020 American superhero film based on the Valiant Comics character of the same name. It is intended to be the first installment in a series of films set within a Valiant Comics shared cinematic universe.{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/valiant-entertainment-is-jumping-from-comics-to-movies-and-tv-2019-9 |title=How Valiant Entertainment is jumping from comics to movies and TV |first=Travis |last=Clark |date=September 18, 2019 |website=Business Insider}} Directed by David S. F. Wilson from a screenplay by Jeff Wadlow and Eric Heisserer,{{cite web |url=https://findawriter.wgaeast.org/project/1156287/bloodshot/ |title=Bloodshot |website=WGA Directory}} the film stars Vin Diesel in the main role, with Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Lamorne Morris, and Guy Pearce in supporting roles. It follows a soldier who was killed in action, only to be brought back to life with superpowers by an organization that wants to use him as a weapon.

Bloodshot premiered at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles on March 10, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 13, by Sony Pictures Releasing. The weekend of its release coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic when societal restrictions and regulations led to mass theater closures around the world. The film grossed $37.3 million worldwide, but due to the theater closures, Sony made the film available on video on demand less than two weeks after it was released theatrically. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with criticism for Diesel's performance, but praise for the action sequences and the visual effects.

Plot

After leading a successful rescue operation of hostages in Mombasa, U.S. Marine Ray Garrison and his wife Gina travel for a holiday at an Italian beachside town in the Amalfi Coast. They are kidnapped by a group of mercenaries led by Martin Ax, who demands to know how the US military learned about the hostages and their location. When Ray explains that he cannot answer, Ax executes Gina with an air compressor in front of him. Ray vows revenge, and Ax kills Ray as well.

An amnesiac Ray awakens in the labs of Rising Spirit Technologies (RST), a company in Kuala Lumpur specializing in cybernetic enhancements for disabled US military personnel. CEO and lead scientist Dr. Emil Harting tells Ray he is the first successful human subject of the "Bloodshot" program, resurrecting and healing him through the injection of experimental nanite technology now replacing his entire bloodstream. This technology increases his strength and heals his injuries, but the nanites need to be regularly replaced and recharged or he will eventually succumb to damage and die again.

Ray is introduced to Dr. Harting's other patients, including female former U.S. NavyDiver "KT", former U.S. Army Ranger Marcus Tibbs, and ex-Navy SEAL Jimmy Dalton. After experiencing flashbacks of Gina and Ax, Ray abruptly leaves to avenge Gina's death.

Using the nanites and RST servers to hack into databases, Ray tracks Ax to Budapest and kills him along with his bodyguards. Back at RST, Ray is put to sleep as his nanites are rebooted. As he has done many times before, Harting replaces Ray's memories with a new scenario of how Gina died, this time with his own former associate at RST, Nick Baris, as the culprit. KT objects to Harting repeatedly manipulating Ray's memories so he will go after different targets without question or remorse, but she is ignored and reminded that RST can kill her by deactivating her enhancements.

Ray awakens, once again amnesiac, and is re-introduced to RST. He then experiences flashbacks of Baris kidnapping and killing him and Gina. Driven by revenge, he tracks Baris to East Sussex and kills him, despite the man pleading that RST is lying. Wilfred Wigans, a programmer forced to work for Baris, activates an EMP bomb that incapacitates Ray and severs his link with RST.

Ray awakens in Wigans's office and experiences multiple contradicting memories of who killed Gina. Wigans helps him realize RST has been manipulating him so he would kill Harting's former associates. Ray tracks down Gina, not only learning she is actually still alive, but that their relationship ended five years ago, and she has since started a new life and family in London.

Harting sends KT after Wigans, but after KT asks Wigans for help in freeing herself from RST's control and taking down the corporation, she returns to RST and tells Harting she failed to capture the programmer. Meanwhile, Ray is recaptured by Dalton and Tibbs and brought back to the laboratory. KT and Wigans sabotage the reprogramming process and destroy the RST computers. Ray awakens, but Dalton and Tibbs try to subdue him.

After a lengthy battle, Ray kills them as the RST building collapses. Harting confronts him with a grenade launcher, confident that the soldier will surrender now that his nanites have been exhausted. To his surprise, Ray is willing to die to achieve victory and activates a grenade that the nanites deconstructed, killing them both.

Ray later awakes with his full memories, revived by Wigans who has updated his technology so that his nanites are self-sufficient. They and KT then leave in search of a new life.

Cast

Production

=Development=

In March 2015, it was announced that Columbia Pictures had acquired the film rights to the Valiant Comics character Bloodshot, which would be produced by Original Film and Valiant Entertainment. Jeff Wadlow was hired to write the screenplay.{{cite news | last=Cunningham | first=Todd | title=Columbia Bags Rights to Bloodshot, the Valiant Comics Character | url=https://www.thewrap.com/columbia-bags-rights-bloodshot-valiant-comics-character-35874/ | access-date=July 26, 2017 | work=TheWrap | date=March 1, 2012}} In April 2015, Sony Pictures, Original Film and Valiant announced a five-picture deal to bring Valiant Comics' superheroes to the big screen, including Bloodshot. Chad Stahelski and David Leitch were hired to direct the film, from a screenplay by Wadlow and Eric Heisserer.{{cite news | last=McMillan | first=Graeme | title='Bloodshot,' 'Harbinger' Comics to Get Film Treatment From Sony, Valiant Entertainment (Exclusive) | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bloodshot-harbinger-comics-get-film-790433 | access-date=July 26, 2017 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=April 21, 2015}} Stahelski and Leitch eventually passed on the project. In March 2017, Dave Wilson was announced as the director of the film.{{cite news | last=Johnston | first=Rich | title=Dave Wilson Is The Director Of The Bloodshot Movie For Sony And Valiant Entertainment (UPDATE – Examples Of Previous Work) | url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/03/05/david-wilson-director-bloodshot-movie-sony-valiant-entertainment/ | access-date=July 26, 2017 | work=Bleeding Cool | date=March 5, 2017}} Screenwriter Adam Cozad later contributed to the script.{{cite web | last=Kit | first=Borys | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squad-2-lands-legend-tarzan-writer-986284 | title='Suicide Squad 2' Lands 'Legend of Tarzan' Writer (Exclusive) | date=March 15, 2017 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | access-date=July 25, 2019}}

=Casting=

In July 2017, it was reported that Jared Leto was in early negotiations to star in the film as Bloodshot,{{cite news | last=Busch | first=Anita | title=Jared Leto In Talks For 'Bloodshot' At Sony | url=https://deadline.com/2017/07/jared-leto-bloodshot-sony-1202112262/ | access-date=July 26, 2017 | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=July 25, 2017}} but in March 2018, it was announced that Vin Diesel would portray the main character.{{cite news | last1=Fleming | first1=Mike Jr | last2=Hipes | first2=Patrick | title=Vin Diesel Back In Action With Sony's 'Bloodshot', Valiant Comic Adaptation With Dave Wilson Directing | url=https://deadline.com/2018/03/vin-diesel-bloodshot-movie-sony-comic-book-dave-wilson-eric-heisserer-1202320751/ | access-date=March 9, 2018 | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=March 8, 2018}} By May, additional cast members were announced, with Sam Heughan, Michael Sheen, and Eiza González.{{cite news | last=Fleming | first=Mike Jr | title='Outlander's Sam Heughan Joins Vin Diesel In Sony's 'Bloodshot'; Eiza Gonzalez, Michael Sheen Also Aboard | url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/sam-heughan-vin-diesel-sony-bloodshot-outlander-1202397024/ | access-date=May 24, 2018 | website=Deadline Hollywood | date=May 23, 2018}} In June of the same year, Talulah Riley and Alex Hernandez were cast in the film to play Gina and Tibbs, respectively.{{cite news | last=Gonzalez | first=Umberto | title=Talulah Riley and Alex Hernandez in Talks to Join Vin Diesel in 'Bloodshot' | url=https://www.thewrap.com/talulah-riley-alex-hernandez-vin-diesel-bloodshot/ | access-date=June 14, 2018 | work=TheWrap | date=June 13, 2018}} Later, Toby Kebbell and Johannes Haukur Johannesson were both cast in villainous roles, with the former playing Ax.{{cite news | last=Gonzalez | first=Umberto | title=Toby Kebbell Joins Cast of Vin Diesel's 'Bloodshot' (Exclusive) | url=https://www.thewrap.com/toby-kebbell-vin-diesel-bloodshot/ | access-date=June 27, 2018 | work=TheWrap | date=June 26, 2018}}{{cite news | last=Gonzalez | first=Umberto | title='Game of Thrones' Actor Joins Vin Diesel's 'Bloodshot' (Exclusive) | url=https://www.thewrap.com/johannes-haukur-johannesson-vin-diesel-bloodshot-game-of-thrones/ | access-date=July 1, 2018 | work=TheWrap | date=June 29, 2018}} In August 2018, Lamorne Morris was hired to play Wilfred Wigans.{{cite news | last=D'Alessandro | first=Anthony | title=Lamorne Morris Loads Up Sony's Vin Diesel Movie 'Bloodshot' | url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/vin-diesel-bloodshot-movie-casts-lamorne-morris-new-girl-actor-1202438518/ | access-date=August 3, 2018 | work=Deadline Hollywood | date=August 2, 2018}} In the same month, it was reported that Guy Pearce was in talks to replace Sheen, who had to exit the movie due to scheduling and family conflicts.{{cite news | last=N'Duka | first=Amanda | title=Guy Pearce In Talks To Take Over Michael Sheen's Role In Sony's 'Bloodshot' Movie | url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/guy-pearce-michael-sheen-sony-bloodshot-1202441902/ | access-date=August 7, 2018 | work=Deadline Hollywood | date=August 7, 2018}} In an interview for Inverse, Shamdasani, the longtime Valiant Comics publisher's CEO and Chief Creative Officer, said that Ken Watanabe would play the Harbinger villain Toyo Harada in a post credit scene, but because of a change of copyright it was not possible to film the cameo.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

=Filming=

Principal photography began on August 6, 2018, in Cape Town, South Africa, and Prague, Czech Republic, with other filming taking place in Budapest, Hungary, in that same month.{{cite news | last=Marc | first=Christopher | title=Vin Diesel's 'Bloodshot' Begins Filming August 6th In Europe and South Africa – GWW | url=https://thegww.com/vin-diesels-bloodshot-begins-filming-august-6th-in-europe-and-south-africa/ | access-date=July 18, 2018 | work=GWW | date=July 6, 2018}}{{cite news |date=11 April 2018 | last=Marc | first=Christopher |title=UPDATE: 'Bloodshot' Movie Now Eyeing Summer Shoot In Prague |url=https://thegww.com/update-bloodshot-movie-now-eyeing-summer-shoot-in-prague/ | access-date=April 12, 2018 | work=OmegaUnderground.com |via=GWW }} Filming officially wrapped on October 25, 2018.{{cite news | last=Mueller | first=Matthew | title=Vin Diesel Shares New Video To Celebrate Wrapping 'Bloodshot' | url=https://comicbook.com/movies/2018/10/26/vin-diesel-wrapping-bloodshot-video/ | access-date=October 28, 2018 | work=Comicbook.com | date=October 26, 2018}}

=Music=

Steve Jablonsky has composed the film score. Sony Classical has released the soundtrack.

Release

Bloodshot had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood on March 10, 2020. The film was then released in the United States on March 13, 2020, by Sony Pictures Releasing, after previously being scheduled to be released on February 21, 2020.{{cite news | last=Perry | first=Spencer | title=Sony Sets Release Dates for Bloodshot, Little Women, and More | url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/958771-sony-sets-release-dates-for-bloodshot-little-women-and-more | access-date=July 19, 2018 | work=ComingSoon.net | date=July 18, 2018}} It also opened in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, and Spain on the same day.{{cite web | url=https://www.filmoria.co.uk/bloodshot-will-open-at-cinemas-across-uk-and-ireland-march-13th/ | title=BLOODSHOT will open at cinemas across UK and Ireland March 13th | date=15 January 2020 | publisher=Filmoria.co.uk | access-date=January 15, 2020 | archive-date=January 26, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126080939/https://www.filmoria.co.uk/bloodshot-will-open-at-cinemas-across-uk-and-ireland-march-13th/ }}

On March 18, Sony confirmed that due to movie theater closures because of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the film would be released digitally through video on demand in the United States and Canada on March 24, 2020.{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/vin-diesel-bloodshot-watch-early-1203538379/ | title= Vin Diesel's 'Bloodshot' Released on Demand Early | work=Variety | last=McNary | first=Dave | date=March 18, 2020 | access-date=June 18, 2020}} This was just two weeks after the film's theatrical debut and before the end of the usual 90-day theatrical run.{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/vin-diesel-bloodshot-coronavirus-available-in-home-1202887011/ | title='Bloodshot' Available In Homes & Mobile On March 24: Coronavirus | website=Deadline Hollywood | first=Anthony | last=D'Alessandro | date=March 18, 2020 | access-date=March 18, 2020}} Over its first three days of home release, Bloodshot was the most watched film on Amazon Prime Video and fourth-most on iTunes.{{cite web | url= https://www.indiewire.com/2020/03/farewell-box-office-premium-vod-charts-bloodshot-onward-birds-of-prey-1202220714/ | title='Farewell, Box Office: This Was the Week That Premium VOD Charts Took Flight

|website=IndieWire | first=Tom | last= Brueggemann | date=March 26, 2020 | access-date=March 27, 2020}} Despite the pandemic's effects on the film's box office return, Bloodshot was ranked number one on Digital Entertainment Group's "Watched at Home Top 20" list for the week ending May 9, 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.degonline.org/portfolio_page/watched-at-home-top-20/ | title=DEG Watched at Home Top 20 | publisher=Digital Entertainment Group | date=May 9, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517231206/https://www.degonline.org/portfolio_page/watched-at-home-top-20/ | archive-date=May 17, 2020}}

As the pandemic receded, the film was released in three Santikos Theatres locations in San Antonio, Texas, on May 1, 2020.{{cite news | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/san-antonio-movie-chain-reopens-early-attracts-3000-customers-1293254 | last=McClintock | first=Pamela | title=San Antonio Movie Chain Reopens Early, Attracts 3,000 Customers on First Weekend | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=May 4, 2020 | access-date=May 4, 2020}} In China, the film was released on July 24, 2020.{{cite news |last = Clark |first = Travis |date = March 13, 2020 |title = 18 movies that have been drastically impacted by the coronavirus, including 'Fast and Furious 9' and 'Mulan' |url = https://www.businessinsider.my/movies-impacted-by-coronavirus-no-time-to-die-mulan-sonic-2020-3?r=US&IR=T |work = Business Insider |access-date = March 16, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200316102729/https://www.businessinsider.my/movies-impacted-by-coronavirus-no-time-to-die-mulan-sonic-2020-3?r=US&IR=T |archive-date = March 16, 2020 }} In August 2020, AMC Theatres announced that the film would resume showing in theaters upon their reopening that month.{{cite web |date=16 August 2020 |first=Cooper |last=Hood |title=Vin Diesel's Bloodshot Movie Is Returning To Theaters After The Pandemic Cut Its First Run Short |url=https://www.screenrant.com/bloodshot-movie-vin-diesel-returning-theaters/ |website=ScreenRant }}

Reception

=Box office=

Bloodshot grossed $10 million in the United States and Canada, and $27.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $37.1 million, against a production budget of $45 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside The Hunt and I Still Believe, and was projected to gross around $10 million from 2,861 theaters in its opening weekend.{{Cite web |url= https://www.thewrap.com/i-still-believe-bloodshot-hunt-box-office/ |title= 'I Still Believe' Expected to Top 'Bloodshot' and 'The Hunt' at Weekend Box Office |website=TheWrap |first=Jeremy |last=Fuster |access-date=March 10, 2020|date=March 10, 2020}} The film made $3.8 million on its first day, including $1.2 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $9.3 million, finishing second at the box office behind holdover Onward. The weekend was also noteworthy for being the lowest combined-grossing since October 1998, with all films totaling just $55.3 million, in large part from societal restrictions and regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2020/03/vin-diesel-bloodshot-i-still-believe-the-hunt-weekend-box-office-coronavirus-1202882333/ |title= Vin Diesel Pic 'Bloodshot' Leads Thursday Previews With $1.2M As Cinemas Contend With Coronavirus Outbreak |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro |access-date=March 13, 2020 |date=March 13, 2020 }} In the film's second weekend, due to the mass theater closures around the country, the film made $52,000 from 79 locations, mostly drive-in theaters.{{Cite web |url= https://deadline.com/2020/03/coronavirus-drive-in-movie-theaters-exhibition-shutdown-onward-1202890329/ |title=Drive-Ins Continue To Post Best Ticket Sales In Weekend Box Office Wiped Out By Theater Closures |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=March 23, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 24, 2020 }}

After months of delays, the film was released in China on July 24, and made $2.8 million in its opening weekend.{{Cite news |last= Tartaglione |first=Nancy |title= 'Dolittle' Tops $5M In China Bow As Market Sees Daily Increases; IMAX WW Takings Jump 30%, Boosted By Middle Kingdom & Korean 'Peninsula' – International Box Office |work=Deadline Hollywood |url= https://deadline.com/2020/07/dolittle-bloodshot-china-international-box-office-first-weekend-cinemas-reopen-1202994337/ |date=July 26, 2020 |access-date=July 26, 2020}}

=Critical response=

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 31% based on 169 reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's critics consensus reads: "Bloodshot gives Vin Diesel a solid opportunity to indulge in old-school action that should satisfy fans, even if the end result is disappointingly mediocre."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bloodshot_2020|title=Bloodshot (2020)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 44 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bloodshot |title=Bloodshot Reviews |work=Metacritic |access-date=March 25, 2020 }} Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale, while filmgoers at PostTrak gave the film an average 3 out of 5 stars, with 45% saying they would definitely recommend it.

Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote: "Bloodshot is a trash compactor of a comic-book film, but it's smart trash, an action matrix that's fun to plug into."{{cite web |date=Mar 11, 2020 |last=Gleiberman |first=Owen |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |title=Vin Diesel in 'Bloodshot': Film Review |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/bloodshot-review-vin-diesel-1203529056/ |website=Variety }} Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a mixed review, saying "[director] Wilson acquits himself adequately enough, emphasizing pacing over character development, but delivering a series of kinetically propelled scenes that clearly benefit from his extensive visual effects experience."{{cite web |date=Mar 11, 2020 |first=Justin |last=Lowe |title='Bloodshot': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/bloodshot-review-1283804 |website=The Hollywood Reporter }} Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, calling it ambitious but "intermittently entertaining" and "frantically overcooked, bursting with headache-inducing, rapid-cut action sequences".{{Cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/12/21174371/bloodshot-review-vin-diesel-movie-superhero-film |title='Bloodshot': Tech makes Vin Diesel a new man doing the same old stuff |last=Roeper |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Roeper |date=March 24, 2020 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=2020-10-01 }}

Angelica Jade Bastien at Vulture.com was critical of Diesel's performance: "At this point, what could have been a passably entertaining diversion, the kind of film best enjoyed overcoming a hangover or while folding laundry, falls flat on Diesel's lips. He lacks the gravitas of delivery, disinterested in his lines even before he finishes saying them."{{cite web |date=March 31, 2020 |last=Bastién |first=Angelica Jade |title=Seriously, Why Is Vin Diesel a Star? |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/bloodshot-demonstrates-the-limits-of-vin-diesels-star-power.html |website=Vulture |publisher=New York }} Joshua Rivera of The Verge wrote: "As an action movie, Bloodshot is the worst kind of uninspiring: not bad enough to circle back around toward fun, not good enough at action to be even momentarily impressed by a fight scene."{{cite web |date=March 27, 2020 |last=Rivera |first=Joshua |title=Bloodshot review: Not even Vin Diesel could save this superhero movie |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21195867/bloodshot-review-vin-diesel-cinematic-universe-superhero |website=The Verge }} Odie Henderson at RogerEbert.com called it a "Universal Soldier rip-off", and hoped there would not be any sequels.{{cite web |date=March 13, 2020 |last=Henderson |first=Odie |title=Bloodshot movie review & film summary (2020) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bloodshot-movie-review-2020 |website=RogerEbert.com }}

=Accolades=

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rowspan="2" | Visual Effects Society Awards

| rowspan="2" | April 6, 2021

| Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

| Arbanud Brisebois, Patrick Bacon, Dawid Borkiewicz, Gérôme Viavant {{Small|(for Neurospace)}}

| {{nom}}

| rowspan="2" | {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/ves-awards-nominations-2021-visual-effects-society-mandalorian-tenet-soul-1234704513/|title=VES Awards Nominations: 'Tenet', 'Midnight Sky', 'Extraction', 'Soul' & 'Mandalorian' Among Titles In Visual Effects Hunt|work=Deadline|first=Erik|last=Pederson|date=March 2, 2021|access-date=March 2, 2021}}

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

| Omar Meradi, Jeremy Poupin, Sylvain Robert, Deak Ferrand

| {{nom}}

Saturn Awards

| October 26, 2021

| colspan="2" | Best Comic to Motion Picture Release

| {{nom}}

| {{cite web | date=March 4, 2021 | last=Hipes | first=Patrick | title=Saturn Awards Nominations: 'Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker', 'Tenet', 'Walking Dead', 'Outlander' Lead List | website=Deadline Hollywood | url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/saturn-awards-nominations-2021-nominees-list-1234706492/ | access-date=March 5, 2021}}

Future

Intended to be the launch of a new shared cinematic universe of Valiant Comics superheroes, Bloodshot was conceived to be followed by a sequel, two films based on the comic book series Harbinger, and then a crossover film titled Harbinger Wars. Though a Harbinger movie was initially scheduled to be the first installment in the franchise, development was delayed in favor of Bloodshot.{{cite news |last=Gonzalez |first=Umberto |title=Sony Moves Up Plans for 'Harbinger' as 1st Movie in Valiant Comics Cinematic Universe (Exclusive) |url=https://www.thewrap.com/valiant-comics-harbinger-bloodshot-sony-cinematic-universe/ |access-date=July 26, 2017 |work=TheWrap |date=September 26, 2016 }}

The future of the franchise was questioned by various outlets, due to the moderate box office and critical reception.{{cite web |title=Bloodshot never had a chance of starting a new cinematic universe |url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/27/21195867/bloodshot-review-vin-diesel-cinematic-universe-superhero |work=The Verge |last=Rivera |first=Joshua |date=March 27, 2020 |access-date=December 8, 2020 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.criticalhit.net/entertainment/the-valiant-cinematic-universe-may-be-dead-before-it-began/ |work=Critical Hit Entertainment|title=The Valiant Cinematic Universe may be dead before it began |last=Cloete |first=Kervyn|date=September 12, 2019|access-date=December 8, 2020}}

In September 2019, it was announced that Harbinger would be distributed by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/paramount-picks-up-comic-book-movie-harbinger-sony-1238972 |title=Paramount Picks Up Comic Book Movie 'Harbinger' From Sony (Exclusive) |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 12, 2019 |access-date=September 12, 2019 }} In March 2020, director David S. F. Wilson stated that even though different film studios have distribution rights, Valiant still plans to build a franchise from Bloodshot, acknowledging that Diesel will play a large role in the future of the planned film series.{{cite web |last=Kaye |first=Don |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-bloodshot-may-connect-to-a-valiant-cinematic-universe/ |title=How Bloodshot May Connect to a Valiant Cinematic Universe |date=March 10, 2020 |publisher=Den of Geek }} In November 2020, a Bloodshot sequel was officially announced as being in development, with Diesel intended to reprise his role.{{cite web |last= Pearson |first= Ben |url= https://www.slashfilm.com/bloodshot-2/ |title= 'Bloodshot 2' is in Development with Vin Diesel Set to Return |date=November 9, 2020 |publisher=/Film |access-date= November 9, 2020}} By December of the same year, Diesel confirmed his involvement with the project.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/bloodshot-2-movie-updates-vin-diesel-tease/|work=Screen Rant|title=Vin Diesel Teases Bloodshot 2 News This Week |last=Azadeh |first=Darius|date=December 8, 2020|access-date=December 8, 2020}}{{update|date=November 2024}}

References

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