As first reported by Collider, Celine Tune (Materialists, Previous Lives) has been tapped to put in writing the script for a sequel to My Finest Buddy’s Marriage ceremony, the enduring romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney.
The 1997 film adopted Julianne Potter (Roberts), a meals critic who realizes she’s in love along with her longtime greatest pal Michael after studying that he’s getting married. She units out to sabotage the marriage, however as you may anticipate, her plans don’t fairly go as deliberate. The movie additionally starred Cameron Diaz and Rupert Everett. It was a giant success, grossing practically $300 million worldwide, and is considered top-of-the-line rom-coms of the ’90s.
Simply days in the past, Mulroney teased that “there may be discuss of a sequel” whereas selling his new Netflix sequence The Looking Wives. “I do know nothing about it,” he mentioned. “Final I heard, quote, attorneys have been speaking, unquote.“
It’s nonetheless very early days on the mission, so there’s no indication of which actors will return, nevertheless it’s arduous to think about the movie working with out Roberts and Mulroney (and Diaz and Everett) being concerned ultimately. In the mean time, Tune is simply hooked up to put in writing the script for the sequel and is not in talks to direct.
Tune is coming off the profitable launch of Materialists, a rom-com-drama that depicts a love triangle between a matchmaker, her aspiring actor ex-boyfriend, and a captivating millionaire. The movie stars Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans. Our personal Chris Bumbray loved the movie, even describing the script as “nearly excellent,” however felt the casting may have been higher. “The casting merely lets it down, though once more, nobody is definitely unhealthy,” he wrote. “Think about if, when making Broadcast Information, James L. Brooks had forged Harrison Ford within the Albert Brooks function and Sharon Stone within the Holly Hunter function. It might have completely thrown off the film’s recipe, proper? That’s sort of what occurs right here.” You’ll be able to try the remainder of his assessment proper right here.
Would you prefer to see a sequel to My Finest Buddy’s Marriage ceremony?