{"id":1978520,"date":"2025-08-25T10:55:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1978520"},"modified":"2025-08-25T10:55:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:55:04","slug":"cameron-diaz-reportedly-doesnt-want-to-return-for-my-best-friends-wedding-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cameron-diaz-reportedly-doesnt-want-to-return-for-my-best-friends-wedding-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Diaz Reportedly Doesn\u2019t Want To Return for My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_1b5ijb8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.<\/span><\/span><\/button><span class=\"aisummary_textShimmer__8Tdxq\">Generate Key Takeaways<\/span><\/div>\n<p><button aria-label=\"Expand Key Takeaways\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"_R_5ijb8lb2mav5ubsddbH1_\" class=\"stretched-box text-batcave hover:text-grape-jelly focus:text-grape-jelly dark:text-bob dark:hover:text-thanos dark:focus:text-thanos\" id=\"_R_5ijb8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 13\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fill-current\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path d=\"M6 6.897 3.547 4.443a.5.5 0 0 0-.699.002.493.493 0 0 0-.001.699L6 8.298l3.155-3.155a.497.497 0 0 0-.001-.7.493.493 0 0 0-.7 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reports that <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tag\/cameron-diaz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cameron Diaz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cameron Diaz<\/a> <\/strong>will not join the follow-up to the <strong>1990s rom-com My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding<\/strong> sparked headlines. Sony is still developing the sequel. Julia Roberts and Dermot Mulroney plan to return, but sources confirm Diaz has no plans to reprise her role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s what we know about the project, the team behind it, and where the cast stands now.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Cameron Diaz reportedly not interested in playing Kimmy in My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding follow-up<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A source close to the actress told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/cameron-diaz-refusing-to-do-a-my-best-friends-wedding-follow-up-film-shes-done-with-hollywood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Enquirer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">National Enquirer<\/a>, \u201cCameron is not doing it. She\u2019s done with Hollywood,\u201d adding that efforts to contact her through calls, messages, and mutual friends have not changed her decision. Diaz retired from acting in 2018 and only recently made a limited return opposite Jamie Foxx in Back in Action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sony is developing the sequel My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding 2. Collider reported that writer-director Celine Song, known for Past Lives and Materialists, will write the screenplay. News of the project gained traction when Dermot Mulroney revealed that \u201clawyers were talking\u201d about a sequel during promotions for Netflix\u2019s The Hunting Wives (via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/25\/entertainment\/dermot-mulroney-teases-a-my-best-friends-wedding-sequel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The New York Post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The celebrity.land<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The 1997 film starred Julia Roberts as a food critic trying to stop her best friend\u2019s wedding, alongside Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett, and Dermot Mulroney. It grossed nearly $300 million worldwide and remains a popular romantic comedy. Roberts has shown interest in returning. She recently appeared in Ticket to Paradise and will next star in Luca Guadagnino\u2019s After the Hunt and the thriller Panic Carefully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Celine Song, who earned an Academy Award nomination for Past Lives, will write the sequel\u2019s script. She is also continuing other projects, including an HBO e-sports series. The sequel adds to a wave of 1990s revivals, such as I Know What You Did Last Summer, Happy Gilmore 2, and the upcoming Freakier Friday. Sony is moving forward with Roberts and Mulroney attached, despite Diaz\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/pop-culture\/news\/2019056-cameron-diaz-my-best-friends-wedding-sequel-kimmy-julia-roberts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cameron Diaz Reportedly Doesn\u2019t Want To Return for My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding Sequel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cameron Diaz Reportedly Doesn\u2019t Want To Return for My Best Friend\u2019s Wedding Sequel<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV &amp; Streaming News, and More;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ComingSoon.net &#8211; Movie Trailers, TV &amp; Streaming News, and More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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