Gil Junger, the director of 10 Issues I Hate About You (1999), is planning a sequel trilogy with a nod to Heath Ledger.
The teenager romantic comedy during which Ledger starred alongside Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik turned a cult basic, and Junger needs to revisit its universe.
In a brand new interview, the filmmaker revealed he’s co-writing a script alongside Naya Elle James that they’ve titled 10 Issues I Hate About Courting. The movie could be the primary of three with subsequent installments titled 10 Issues I Hate About Marriage and 10 Issues I Hate About Youngsters.
Though the movie has not been greenlit, Junger tells Folks the sequel “is certainly within the works as a function movie. We’re growing it proper now.”
10 Issues I Hate About You is a contemporary retelling of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Junger says Molière’s The Misanthrope would encourage his follow-up movie.
“I might like to work with Julia once more,” Junger advised the publication. “She formed the lives of tens of millions of girls. That Kat character actually spoke to younger ladies in a really highly effective approach.”
The sequel continues to be in its early levels, and Junger says he “hasn’t thought” about which actors might doubtlessly reprise their roles however is open to “have some cameos and even actual elements,” including, “I’d love Larry Miller to return again as a result of he’s so nice.”
Ledger died in 2008, and when the reporter requested Junger if there could be a nod to the late actor, the filmmaker mentioned, “I feel that’s a lovely thought, and the reply is now going to be sure. … He deserves to be beloved.”
10 Issues I Hate About You additionally starred Larry Miller, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Susan Might Pratt, Gabrielle Union, and plenty of extra. ABC Household tailored the movie right into a tv sequence in 2009, the place it ran for one season.
A stage musical is within the works for Broadway with Carly Rae Jepsen and Ethan Gruska collaborating on the rating and Lena Dunham and Jessica Huang engaged on the guide.
