Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino Again for ‘Romy and Michele’ Sequel With Mixture of Unique Stars, New Solid

Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow’s comeback as Romy and Michele is formally a go — and headed straight to streaming.

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the twentieth Century Studios sequel to 1997’s Romy and Michele’s Excessive College Reunion began capturing Friday and is now in manufacturing in Los Angeles with filmmaker Tim Federle (Excessive College Musical: The Musical: The Sequence) on the helm. However in contrast to the primary installment, which hit the large display as a theatrical launch, the sequel will stream completely as a Hulu Unique on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers within the U.S. or on Disney+ internationally.

The unique, penned by Robin Schiff and directed by David Mirkin, forged Sorvino and Kudrow as Romy and Michele, two inseparable airheads who hit the street to attend their tenth highschool reunion with a plan to lie about their profitable careers to impress their classmates. Schiff, whose credit embody Emily in Paris and Grosse Pointe, additionally wrote the sequel which brings again among the authentic stars together with a brand new group of actors to hitch the celebration.

Again are Janeane Garofalo as Heather, Alan Cumming as Sandy Frink, Camryn Manheim as Toby and Julia Campbell as Christie. They’ll be joined by Keegan-Michael Key, Rob Huebel, Breckin Meyer, Patrick Warburton and Nathan Lee Graham. Their roles are being stored underneath wraps as is the plot of the brand new movie.

Federle can also be producing together with veteran producer Laurence Mark, who produced 1997’s Romy and Michele’s Excessive College Reunion. The chief producer group consists of Barry Kemp (an exec producer on the unique), Sorvino, Kudrow and Schiff. Kimberly McCullough is about as a co-producer.

Rounding out the inventive group are director of pictures Marco Fargnoli, manufacturing designer Hillary Gurtler, editor Brian Olds and costume designer Mona Could, the latter of whom put her fashionable stamp on the beloved authentic after a tradition shifting gig on 1995’s Clueless. For twentieth Century Studios, senior vp Sarah Shepard is overseeing the challenge.

The unique movie, a Touchstone Photos manufacturing launched by Disney’s Buena Vista Photos, was thought of a (barely) modest success by incomes $29 million when it was launched in April 1997. However like so many comedies of that period, it discovered new life in popular culture by changing into a cult basic. It presently streams on Hulu. Followers have been clamoring for a sequel for years, and that fever heated up after Sorvino and Kudrow reunited to current a trophy on the SAG Awards in 2022.

However it wasn’t till January 2025 that it was reported that Sorvino and Kudrow were in final talks for a sequel with Federle on board. Whereas making the rounds for the ultimate season of The Comeback, Kudrow has been hinting that it was inching ever nearer. Throughout a current look on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, Kudrow, who beforehand labored with Federle on the Disney providing Higher Nate Than Ever, stated “there’s a really funny script, and things are kind of moving toward it.”

Federle is represented by CAA. Oscar winner Sorvino, who lately starred within the collection Shining Vale reverse Courteney Cox, is repped by Impartial Artist Group and Circle Administration + Manufacturing. Kudrow, who simply closed out a notable run because the star, government producer and co-writer of The Comeback, is repped by CAA, Viewpoint and Gochman Legislation Group.

Garofalo, who has a voice function within the new animated collection Stranger Issues: Tales From ‘85, is repped by Gersh Company, Impartial Artist Media and Kara Welker; The Traitors star Cumming by UTA and Bond Artist Administration; The Apply star Manheim by Revolutionary Artists and Framework Leisure; and Rose Purple star Campbell by Revolutionary Artists.

Key, who most lately starred in The Tremendous Mario Galaxy Film and Solely Murders within the Constructing, is represented by CAA, Vary Media Companions, Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson and Origin Public Relations. Huebel, whose current credit embody 5 Star Weekend, Working Level and The Descendants, is repped by Haven Leisure, Revolutionary Artists and Karl Austen.

Clueless and Street Journey star Meyer hails from Impartial Artist Group and Zero Gravity Administration. Warburton, whose lengthy listing of credit consists of Bee Film, Seinfeld and Household Man, is repped by Gersh Company and Strand Leisure. Mid-Century Trendy and Theater Camp star Graham is repped by CGF Expertise and Business Leisure. Schiff is repped by WME and supervisor Stacey Lubliner at SEL Media Group.