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FILM fans can expect big things from the long-awaited sequel to the 1987 classic - Wall Street, which is set for release in the Gulf on September 23.
Money Never Sleeps features an all-star cast including Michael Douglas (who reprises his iconic role as Gordon Gekko) Shia LaBeouf, Charlie Sheen and Susan Sarandon. It is a story of money at all costs and the people who will do anything to gain entrŽe into the most exclusive club of great wealth and power. At the same time, it tells the story of a man's desperate attempts to reconnect with his daughter - a connection threatened by his equally determined efforts to re-gain admission into a world that has left him behind.
The team from the first Wall Street movie: director Oliver Stone, producer Edward R Pressman and actor, Michael Douglas reunited 22 years later in New York City to film the highly anticipated sequel.
For Stone, returning to the world he captured so memorably in the first film was not only timely but an opportunity to explore something new. He said: "I think this film is one hell of an entertaining tale and it's fun too. I don't think I would have enjoyed working on this sequel if it hadn't been a wholly original story. Twenty-two years later makes a huge difference. It was very fresh to me."
Douglas's performance as Gordon Gekko earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor, while the character has endured and become part of American culture and one of cinema's greatest villains. More than two decades later, Douglas marvels at the character's continuing impact. He said: "Of all the parts I've played, Gekko is the one people approach me about the most. They get a kick out of Gekko - which was always a surprise to me because he was a true villain!"
Douglas said last week he felt optimistic about recovering from throat cancer but drew gasps when he told a television audience he had the most advanced stage. The 65-year-old actor told talk-show host David Letterman that a biopsy indicated that his cancer was at stage 4, which he described as "intense, and so they've got to go at it ..."
Mr Douglas said he had at least an 80 per cent chance of recovery.
