Fact Check: Is a Gone in 60 Seconds sequel starring Nicolas Cage releasing in 2025? Viral poster debunked

A viral poster claiming a sequel to Gone in 60 Seconds is set to hit cinemas in May 2025 has been making its rounds online. It all began on Friday, October 25, 2024, when Facebook user @YODA BBY ABY shared a poster for the movie with an elaborate caption.

"GONE IN 60 SECONDS SEQUEL!!! NIC CAGE!!!" the caption read.

YODA BBY ABY's Post (Image via Facebook/ @YODA BBY ABY)

The post claims the film would be called Gone in 60 Nanoseconds. It alleges Nicholas Cage, who starred in the original film, would reprise his role as Randall "Memphis" Raines, a retired master car thief.

It continued to summarize the alleged plot, explaining Cage's character is "drawn back into the underworld when a tech mogul steals priceless vintage cars for his illegal empire." It added:

"With a new generation of thieves by his side, Memphis must outsmart cutting-edge security systems and rival gangs in a race against time to reclaim the stolen cars. As the clock ticks down, Memphis discovers that confronting his past is the only way to secure his future."

However, the poster is fan-made, and there is no Gone in 60 Nanoseconds film in the works. The Facebook user @YODA BBY ABY is known to share fan-made posters of films. Additionally, their Facebook profile reads that the page is "100% satire and fake news."

Gone in 60 Seconds is a 2000 heist-action film starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie in the lead. The film centers around Cage's character, a retired car thief who is forced to steal fifty high-end cars in a single night after a gangster threatens his brother's life.

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Gone in 60 Seconds is a remake of a 1974 film of the same name by H.B. Halicki

Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) was directed by Dominic Sena and written by Scott Rosenberg and a loose sequel to H.B. Halicki's (Toby) 1974 film of the same name. Notably, Halicki wrote, directed, produced, and acted in the film.

The 1974 film centers around Maindrian Pace (Halicki), an insurance agent who moonlights as a car thief. A drug lord offers Pace $400,000 to steal 48 cars in a matter of days, which seemed like an easy task until Pace and his team were sold out to the cops.

Per a New York Times article from 2015, it leads to a 40-minute car chase sequence, one of the longest in film history, and 93 cars destroyed (127 across the film). It was Halicki's first film and met with critical and commercial success.

According to Trivia seen on IMDB citing commentary on the film's DVD, Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) is allegedly known for not having a script but pages outlining the main dialogue sequences.

Additionally, several scenes from the film allegedly reused footage or used real-life footage to cut down the budget. This included a train derailment, real bystanders, and emergency officers. While some of the claims remain unconfirmed, the film nevertheless garnered a cult following.

Per a 2021 article by Looper, Halicki was in the process of making Gone in 60 Seconds 2, when he died in an on-set accident in 1989. In 1995 his widow, Denice Shakarian, licensed the film to Disney, which eventually led to Gone in 60 Seconds starring Nick Cage which came out in June 2000.