My Best Friend's Wedding' Sequel in the Works With Celine Song Directing | THR News Video - video Dailymotion

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Wedding bells are ringing! Following this summer's 'The Materialists,' Celine Song is attached to a buzzy new sequel! The filmmaker has been tapped to write a sequel to Sony's 'My Best Friend’s Wedding.' The film would follow the 1997 classic starring Julia 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.

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00:00Wedding bells are ringing.

00:01Following this summer's The Materialist,

00:03Celine's song is attached to a buzzy new sequel.

00:08The filmmaker has been tapped to write a sequel

00:10to Sony's My Best Friend's Wedding.

00:12The film would follow the 1997 classic

00:14starring Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney

00:17as Julianne and Michael,

00:18a pair of best friends who made a pact

00:20that if they were still single at age 28,

00:22they would get married.

00:23When Mulroney's character becomes engaged

00:25to another woman, played by Cameron Diaz,

00:27Roberts has just four days to stop the wedding.

00:30The project is in early development,

00:32and at this stage,

00:33song is attached to write but not direct

00:35and would not necessarily be her next project.

00:38As a director and writer,

00:39song helped elevate the romantic genre with Past Lives,

00:42which earned Oscar nominations for Best Picture

00:45and Best Director.

00:46The film followed two former childhood friends

00:48who reconnect decades later.

00:50Song's follow-up The Materialist

00:52has been a sleeper hit this year,

00:54earning $52.1 million globally

00:56and starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal.

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