An Oscar-nominated director has been hired to pen a sequel to classic ’90s rom-com “My Best Friend’s Wedding.”
The original film, starring Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts, became a box office success upon its release in 1997.
The movie has since gone on to be considered one of the most iconic films within its genre.
It featured Roberts and Dermot Mulroney as Julianne and Michael, a pair of best friends who made a pact that if they were still single at age 28, they would get married.
When Mulroney’s character gets engaged to another women, played by Diaz, Roberts had just four days to stop the wedding.
Director Celine Song, best known for her Oscar nominated romantic drama Past Lives, has been hired by Sony to write the script for the sequel.
Song had another hit this year with follow-up The Materialists starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal.
Official news of a sequel to “My Best Friend’s Wedding” comes shortly after Mulroney revealed that “there is talk of a sequel” during an interview with the New York Post.
When asked about the potential for a follow-up, he said: “I know nothing about it. Last I heard, quote, lawyers were talking, unquote.”
The original was a big hit when it was released, earning $127 million in the US and three Golden Globe nominations in best musical and comedy, as well as acting nods for Roberts and Rupert Everett.
It comes after it was announced that yet another classic movie is getting a sequel after more than two decades.
Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha has confirmed she is working on a sequel to the hit 2002 film, which starred Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra.
It will be released in 2027 in honour of Bend It Like Beckham’s 25th anniversary and also to coincide with the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil.
Chadha told the BBC she’d received requests for a follow-up “almost twice a week” since the release of the original, which was made on a $7.2 million budget and became a box office hit, making around $120 million worldwide.
“We’ve been part of changing the game for women, so it felt like this was a good time for me to go back and investigate the characters,” she explained.
It’s not yet clear whether the new instalment will be a film or TV series, but Chadha said she hoped to reunite some of the original cast members.
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