Saturday 20 August 2011

The First Wives Club 2


Its been confirmed! First Wives Club 2 is finally going to happen.

For years there have been rumors of a sequel of the film. Although columnists Stacy Jenel Smith and Marilyn Beck reported in a 2002 article that producer Scott Rudin would refuse to work on a sequel, the actresses have made various statements to the contrary. In a Chicago Sun-Times interview in 2003, Keaton expressed her readiness to appear in a second film. A year later, writer Paul Rudnick reportedly started writing a draft, entitled Avon Ladies of the Amazon, and in 2005, Midler confirmed to USAToday that there was indeed a manuscript but that "the strike kept it from happening."

However, as Hawn declared in a 2006 interview with New York Daily News, Paramount Pictures declined the trio's services due to their demand of an increase in fees: "I got a call from the head of the studio, who said, 'Let's try to make it work. But I think we should all do it for the same amount of money.' Now, if there were three men that came back to do a sequel, they would have paid them three times their salary at least."

February 25, 2011, Goldie Hawn posted a picture on twitter of the three at a lunch confirming that they had all signed on for a sequel, and the next day retweeted a message from Bravo TV confirming this again.

Personally I cannot wait for this film. I have loved the original film for years and the 15 year gap only adds to possible great storylines in the film. Who actually got back with their cheating husbands? Will Sarah Jessica Parker reprise her role as the woman who Midler's husband Morty cheated with? Also what direction are they going to go in with the 3 main characters? I can't wait!

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