My Best Friend’s Wedding 2: Celine Song to write sequel to hit comedy

Media | The Guardian · Benjamin Lee · last updated July 29, 2025 – 3:54 PM

The Past Lives and Materialists writer-director is set to pen a follow-up to the dark, Julia Roberts-led 1997 favourite

A sequel to the 1997 comedy My Best Friend’s Wedding is in the works with Celine Song tapped to write the screenplay.

According to Collider, the playwright turned writer-director, who broke out with the Oscar-nominated drama Past Lives, has reportedly been hired by Sony as the film enters early development.

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