Overview

• Academy Award–nominated writer-director Celine Song has been tapped by Sony Pictures to pen the screenplay for a follow-up to the 1997 rom-com.
• The project officially entered early development on July 29, marking its first concrete step since stars expressed interest in a sequel.
• No director has been attached and there are no confirmed casting details, leaving the involvement of Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney and other originals undecided.
• Dermot Mulroney previously hinted at the sequel in an interview, noting that “lawyers were talking” about the project’s legal and contractual groundwork.
• The original My Best Friend’s Wedding grossed $127 million in North America, and its enduring popularity has fueled a broader trend of ’90s nostalgia in Hollywood.