My Best Friend’s Wedding is finally getting a sequel nearly 30 years after the classic rom-com’s 1997 release. Variety reported in July 2025 that Sony Pictures hired Oscar-nominated Past Lives filmmaker Celine Song to write a screenplay for the long-awaited sequel.

Collider first reported the project. “My Best Friend’s Wedding” sequel is in early development at Sony Pictures. Song is not in talks to direct, though. IndieWire has reached out to Sony for comment.

Say a little prayer for Celine Song, the Past Lives and Materialists writer-director. Per Collider, Sony has hired Song to write a sequel to Julia Roberts’ 1997 rom-com hit, My Best Friend’s Wedding.