Heath Ledger is rumored to be in talks to reprise his character Ennis Del Mar in a second installment of Brokeback Mountain. The groundbreaking film chronicled the secret ongoing affair of two cowboys that spanned two decades starting in the repressed 1960s West. Ledger’s lover, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, is killed toward the end of the film a few months after they had a falling out.

—spoilers if you have not seen the movie yet—

The film is said to take place after the last, with only Ledger returning since Gyllenhaal’s character is deceased. OK! says Brokeback 2 will chronicle Ennis coming out of the closet in 1963 Wyoming, but it seems like they’re mistaken about the timeline. The last Brokeback movie ended some 20 years after 1963, in the 1980s.

Have you ever wondered what happened to Brokeback Mountain’s closeted Ennis Del Mar after the heartbreaking loss of his lover Jack Twist? Wonder no more: A sequel is in the works!

Although we won’t be seeing his pal Jake Gyllenhaal, 26, Heath Ledger, 28, is currently in negotiations to reprise his role as Ennis. “It will follow the nasty process of being openly gay in 1963 Wyoming, an insider tells OK!. “Ennis will finally come out of the closet.”

[From OK! Magazine]

I’m not really sure they would make a sequel to this film, and it sounds like just a rumor for now. It’s the kind of film that seems to have too much integrity for a sequel, and just following the guy as he struggles to come to terms with his sexual identity sounds like it isn’t much of a plot. Still, if Ang Lee directs again it could be as rich and strong a story as the first, and I know I would watch it.

There’s economic incentive too. Brokeback is the eighth highest grossing romantic drama of all time, according to Wikipedia.