In the same interview with The Messenger, Basil Iwaynk confirmed that the next “Sicario” sequel is intended to continue telling the story of Benicio del Toro’s character, Alejandro Gillick. “I can’t wait for ‘Sicario 3,'” the producer admitted. “I could watch Benicio play that guy forever.” Taking that confirmation into account, it seems more likely than not that “Sicario: Capos” will, as its title suggests, see Alejandro begin to target increasingly powerful figures within the drug cartel world.
That’d be a natural next step for the character. After all, 2015’s “Sicario” not only establishes Alejandro’s bitterness toward the drug trade but also gives him a chance to personally kill a well-protected drug lord, which he relishes. In “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” Alejandro additionally participates in an operation designed to further stoke the tensions between Mexico’s drug cartels, and the film ultimately ends with him attempting to recruit a potential protégé in Miguel (Elijah Rodriguez), an ambitious young man he crosses paths with multiple times throughout the thriller.
Furthermore, Matt Graver reveals in “Sicario” that his and Alejandro’s mission is to transform the cartels into one entity so that the United States can more effectively combat their trade. It’d make sense then for “Sicario 3” to follow Alejandro as he turns his attention, at long last, to the heads of the cartels.
Right now, it’s unclear whether Josh Brolin’s Matt and Rodriguez’s Miguel are also meant to return, and we still don’t know who’s writing and directing.Even more importantly, it remains to be seen whether or not the film itself will even come to fruition. If it does, viewers might want to prepare themselves for a story similar to the one outlined above.
