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In 2015, Hawn explained why a sequel to the movie had never been produced despite fans continuously asking to see the threesome back in action.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were all women of a certain age, and everyone took a cut in salary to do it so the studio could make what it needed,\u201d she told Harvard Business Review<\/em><\/a> at the time. \u201cWe all took a smaller back end than usual and a much smaller front end. And we ended up doing incredibly well. The movie was hugely successful. It made a lot of money. We were on the cover of Time<\/em> magazine.\u201d<\/p>\nShe continued: \u201cBut two years later, when the studio came back with a sequel, they wanted to offer us exactly the same deal. We went back to ground zero. Had three men come in there, they would have upped their salaries without even thinking about it. But the fear of women\u2019s movies is embedded in the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"Goldie](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/first-wives-club-51658739.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midler<\/span> Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midler<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHowever, things seemed to change in November 2020, when Hawn hinted at the possibility the trio would reunite for a follow-up movie.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe script has to be approved, and right now they\u2019ve just given us another draft, so I gotta read that,\u201d Hawn, 79, told Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a> on November 18. \u201cSo, we\u2019re inching our way toward it, let\u2019s put it that way.\u201d<\/p>\nThe movie, which was never made, would have starred the original trio of women, as well as their children and grandchildren, after the man they each married dies in a department store. In 2024, Midler told People<\/em> the movie was in \u201cdevelopment hell.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s in the abyss where all good scripts go to die,\u201d she added. \u201cFifteen years is the time limit, I think. When it\u2019s been in development for 15 years, you kind of throw up your hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
She continued: \u201cBut two years later, when the studio came back with a sequel, they wanted to offer us exactly the same deal. We went back to ground zero. Had three men come in there, they would have upped their salaries without even thinking about it. But the fear of women\u2019s movies is embedded in the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n However, things seemed to change in November 2020, when Hawn hinted at the possibility the trio would reunite for a follow-up movie.<\/p>\n \u201cThe script has to be approved, and right now they\u2019ve just given us another draft, so I gotta read that,\u201d Hawn, 79, told Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a> on November 18. \u201cSo, we\u2019re inching our way toward it, let\u2019s put it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n The movie, which was never made, would have starred the original trio of women, as well as their children and grandchildren, after the man they each married dies in a department store. In 2024, Midler told People<\/em> the movie was in \u201cdevelopment hell.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s in the abyss where all good scripts go to die,\u201d she added. \u201cFifteen years is the time limit, I think. When it\u2019s been in development for 15 years, you kind of throw up your hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midler<\/span> Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Bette Midler<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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