Director Gurinder Chadha and her husband, Paul Mayeda Berges, with whom she cowrote the original, are working on the script.

More than two decades after it first hit cinemas and captured hearts around the world, a sequel to Bend It Like Beckham is officially in development.

The film starred Parminder Nagra as Jess and Keira Knightley as Jules, two women with a passion for soccer who end up on a team and strike up a friendship. The film sees Jules fall for a coach while Jess sneaks around playing the game against her parents' wishes.