Christmas is coming early for many who love spending the vacations with the Stone household.
Thomas Bezucha, the writer-director behind the 2005 perennial yuletide favourite “The Family Stone,” is engaged on a sequel to the film, he tells NCS.
Bezucha shared the information throughout an interview about working with the late Diane Keaton, who performed matriarch Sybil Stone within the authentic film.
The filmmaker mentioned that he had been fascinated by and dealing on the script for a followup to “The Family Stone” – which follows Sybil’s household at Christmas as they grapple with the information that she is terminally ailing – when he discovered of Keaton’s untimely death last month on the age of 79.
“I’ve been haunted by the loss of Sybil for months now while I worked on it, and so this was a blow on a tender bruise already,” Bezucha mentioned. “Mentally, I’ve been spending time in that house where I’ve been missing her for a while already.”
Bezucha mentioned the information of Keaton’s passing made it all of the extra necessary for him to get it proper and “do a good job by the rest of the cast.” Now, he desires to “honor her even more,” he mentioned.
“The Family Stone” was produced by twentieth Century Fox, which has since been acquired by Disney. NCS reached out to a consultant for Disney and is awaiting response.
“The Family Stone” costarred Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Elizabeth Reaser and Craig T. Nelson, and instructed the story of a household’s very awkward vacation go to the place an ill-matched associate finally ends up doing one thing of a switcheroo between two Stone siblings.
The movie’s cringey and hilarious moments – combined with deeply touching dramatic notes – have cemented its place amongst must-see annual vacation motion pictures.
Bezucha mentioned that when he first had an thought for the sequel, he contacted his producer and mentioned he was solely desirous about pursuing it and embarking on a script if the principal solid was .
“I’m not interested in the Brady family reunion without the original Jan,” he mentioned.
He added that they proceeded to succeed in out to everybody and acquired unanimously optimistic responses. No one has formally signed on and the movie has not but been formally greenlit, however solid members have acknowledged the undertaking.
When contacted by NCS for the Keaton retrospective final week, Nelson talked about {that a} sequel was within the works, and Mulroney instructed the New York Post earlier this month that there had been “discussion about making a follow-up.”
Bezucha did stipulate that he nonetheless must work on delivering a closing model of the brand new script.
According to Box Office Mojo, the primary “Family Stone” movie grossed virtually $93 million worldwide on a funds of $18 million.