Bend It Like Beckham was a 2002 coming-of-age movie that starred Nagra as Jess and Knightley as Jules. The two women cross paths through their love for soccer and quickly bond over their families' disapproval of their athletic ambitions.

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.