Oscar-nominated author/director Celine Music is becoming a member of in on the buzzy nostalgia development: The “Materialists” filmmaker is ready to jot down a sequel to “My Greatest Good friend’s Wedding ceremony.”
The 1997 movie starred Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, and Cameron Diaz in a throuple from hell. After Roberts’ character learns that Mulroney’s is about to get married to his image good fiancée (Diaz), Roberts units out to stake her declare…and wreck the nuptials. It is sensible for Music to tackle the IP, as she made her characteristic debut with “Previous Lives” and just lately launched “Materialists,” each movies that handled exes reappearing to wreck emotional havoc. To notice, this can be Music’s first foray into the 2 girls, one man dynamic trope, although.
Collider first reported the undertaking. “My Greatest Good friend’s Wedding ceremony” sequel is in early growth at Sony Footage. Music isn’t in talks to direct, although. IndieWire has reached out to Sony for remark.
Along with “My Greatest Good friend’s Wedding ceremony 2,” Music is growing e-sports drama sequence “Injury” for HBO. “The Final of Us” sequence creator Craig Mazin will govt produce.
Music’s directorial debut “Previous Lives” was nominated for 2 Oscars, together with Greatest Image and Greatest Unique Screenplay.
Unique “My Greatest Good friend’s Wedding ceremony” star Mulroney beforehand teased a attainable sequel to the New York Put up. “The Searching Wives” actor stated, “I do know nothing about it. Final I heard ‘legal professionals had been speaking.’”
Different current reboot movies from the late ’90s and early 2000s have been “I Know What You Did Final Summer season” (now in theaters), “Freakier Friday” (in theaters August 8), and “The Satan Wears Prada” (now in manufacturing). All three movies have the unique casts returning; since their respective debuts, “Freakier Friday” star Jamie Lee Curtis and “The Satan Wears Prada” actress Anne Hathaway have each gained Oscars. In fact, “The Satan Wears Prada” icon Meryl Streep additionally landed an addition Academy nod for her flip as Miranda Priestly within the first movie. Hathaway will moreover be reprising her career-making position within the third “Princess Diaries” characteristic; the primary movie was her display screen debut.