{"id":2170642,"date":"2025-11-21T16:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2170642"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:45:09","slug":"exclusive-dermot-mulroney-my-best-friends-wedding-sequel-screenwriter-hired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/exclusive-dermot-mulroney-my-best-friends-wedding-sequel-screenwriter-hired\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | Dermot Mulroney: &#8216;My Best Friend&#8217;s Wedding&#8217; sequel screenwriter hired"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F11%2F115671585.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Let me make you happy.<\/p>\n<p>Dermot Mulroney <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/30\/entertainment\/sequel-to-julia-roberts-and-cameron-diazs-beloved-90s-rom-com-my-best-friends-wedding-announced\/\">has confirmed an exciting update<\/a> about the long-awaited \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d sequel, nearly 30 years after the original rom-com was released in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast I heard, they hired a screenwriter,\u201d Mulroney, 62, exclusively told The Post while promoting his newest movie, \u201cLong Shadows.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dermot Mulroney as Michael in 1997\u2019s \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Colle \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Dermot Mulroney opened up about the long-awaited \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d sequel while promoting his newest movie, \u201cLong Shadows.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I heard most recently, and that\u2019s a very concrete step,\u201d he continued. \u201cRather than somebody wanting to be in a movie, which it might have been up until then.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rumors that a writer was on board to pen the \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d sequel kicked off in July when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/collider.com\/my-best-friends-wedding-2-sequel-celine-song-to-write-the-screenplay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collider<\/a> reported that Sony tapped Celine Song for the job.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Celine Song, Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans on the set of \u201cMaterialists.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Song, 37, wrote and directed the 2023 Oscar-nominated film \u201cPast Lives,\u201d as well as this year\u2019s rom-com \u201cMaterialists\u201d with Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s all I know. I don\u2019t have any insight,\u201d Mulroney continued. \u201cJulia [Roberts] and I have talked about it, and there\u2019s a script being written, as far as I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou literally have to fact-check me, because what ends up happening is I say something and it becomes something,\u201d he joked. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m being careful to say as far as I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dermot Mulroney as Michael in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><figcaption>Dermot Mulroney addressed the reports that a screenwriter has been tapped to pen a \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d sequel. <span class=\"credit\">celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/11\/entertainment\/dermot-mulroney-on-death-of-family-stone-star-diane-keaton\/\">the \u201cFamily Stone\u201d star<\/a> acknowledged that the \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d sequel is as far along as it\u2019s ever been.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat being said, I\u2019ve been talking about it for 20 years, and things are taking on a different sense of motion now,\u201d Mulroney concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by P.J. Hogan, \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d follows Jules (Roberts), a food critic who once made a pact with her best friend Michael (Mulroney) that if neither of them was married by 28, they\u2019d marry each other. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dermot Mulroney and Julia Roberts in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cameron Diaz and Dermot Mulroney in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just as Jules hits that age, Michael calls to announce that he\u2019s engaged to the bubbly and lovable Kimmy (Cameron Diaz). <\/p>\n<p>Realizing that she\u2019s in love with him, Jules races from New York City to Chicago and schemes to break up the wedding \u2013 all while leaning on her sharp and hilarious confidant George (Rupert Everett). <\/p>\n<p>But as her plans unravel over the course of the chaotic weekend, Jules is forced to face the fallout of her meddling and accept that Michael might be better off with Kimmy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rupert Everett in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Julia Roberts and Rupert Everett in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/02\/07\/julia-roberts-cameron-diaz-and-my-best-friends-wedding-cast-reunite\/\">fans have been hoping for a follow-up<\/a> ever since the original\u2019s release 28 years ago, Mulroney confirmed there was \u201ctalk of a sequel\u201d for the first time back in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know nothing about it,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/25\/entertainment\/dermot-mulroney-teases-a-my-best-friends-wedding-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Post<\/a> at the time. \u201cLast I heard, quote, lawyers were talking, unquote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to reflect on \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d and landing the role that would go on to help shape his Hollywood career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my gosh, the whole thing was a dream,\u201d Mulroney said of the modern classic rom-com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew even when I got the audition for it with Julia, like waiting in line with a whole bunch of other guys, and I got the role,\u201d he continued. \u201cI knew \u2013 and all of Hollywood knew \u2013 it was going to be an exceptional movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cameron Diaz and Julia Roberts in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney and Julia Roberts in \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9TriStar Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for Roberts, she first confirmed she was game for a \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d sequel during an episode of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E0Vwd9fxVYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWatch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen\u201d<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a really good question, and I\u2019ve never been asked it,\u201d the \u201cPretty Woman\u201d star, 58, responded when asked which of her films she\u2019d like to revisit.<\/p>\n<p>She then chose \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d because \u201cthere are so many people\u201d in the film and she was curious \u201cto see what they\u2019re doing and how Kimmy and Michael\u2019s marriage is going.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me make you happy. Dermot Mulroney has confirmed an exciting update about the long-awaited \u201cMy Best Friend\u2019s Wedding\u201d sequel, nearly 30 years after the original rom-com was released in 1997. \u201cLast I heard, they hired a screenwriter,\u201d Mulroney, 62, exclusively told The Post while promoting his newest movie, \u201cLong Shadows.\u201d Dermot Mulroney as Michael [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2170643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[25538,25193,338933,21741,25404,21993,345279,21912,341353],"class_list":["post-2170642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-actors","tag-cameron-diaz","tag-dermot-mulroney","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-films","tag-julia-roberts","tag-movies","tag-rupert-everett"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Exclusive-Dermot-Mulroney-My-Best-Friends-Wedding-sequel-screenwriter.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2170644,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170642\/revisions\/2170644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2170643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2170642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2170642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}