"Oh yeah, in a heartbeat," Bateman said. "Yeah, that's not a tough decision. I hope that happens."
Even though Batemen wants to reprise his role in the Hancock sequel, he doesn't think shooting will happen anytime soon:
"I'm sure he wasn't really passing on anything more substantive than just anytime Will Smith does anything it lends itself to a franchise," Bateman speculated. "And they were talking about a sequel while we were in the middle of shooting ['Hancock']. So I don't think he was saying that anything's happened that triggered real movement on that. I'm sure he probably just answered the question if somebody said, 'Hey what about a sequel for Hancock'? He probably said, 'Oh yeah sure. Wouldn't it be cool if we did this'? I don't think anything's really moved."
Writers have been hired to pen Hancock 2. So for Batemen, it might happen sooner then he thinks.