The Accountant 2' will hit theaters — nine years after the original film Warning: The Account spoilers ahead! Ben Affleck is reprising his role as Christian Wolff — and it's been nine years in the making.

Exclusive: Director Gavin O'Connor explains how he and Ben Affleck got Warner Bros.' blessing to make The Accountant 2 without the studio.

Earlier this week, the internet was abuzz with excitement as we got our first proper look at the return of Ben Affleck's autistic hitman Christian Wolff in The Accountant 2. And now, having had our appetite for more digit-based danger whetted by the sight of Affleck and on-screen brother Jon Bernthal being reunited in Gavin O'Connor's long-gestating sequel,

After nearly a decade, the sequel to The Accountant will hit theaters this spring. However, The Accountant 2 has been stuck in production since 2016.