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  • ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Sequel Being Planned, But Mara Wilson Isn’t Interested

    ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Sequel Being Planned, But Mara Wilson Isn’t Interested

    We may be seeing more of our favorite nanny soon! News from The Hollywood Reporter said that a sequel for the 1993 comedy movie Mrs. Doubtfire is in the works.

    David Berenbaum, writer for Elf, The Haunted Mansion, and The Spiderwick Chronicles, will be penning the script, and director Chris Columbus will again be working with non other than Mrs. Doubtfire herself, Robin Williams. Williams’ representative said that it is too early to make a comment, but Fox 2000 is close to giving a green light.

    Williams played the title role in the 1993 film. He was a newly divorced father of three who disguised himself as a nanny in order to spend more time with his three children. Williams earned a Golden Globe award for his role in the category Best Actor in a Comedy. Mrs. Doubtfire also won the Best Musical/Comedy that year. The film also stars Sally Field, as Williams’ ex-wife, and Pierce Brosnan as Field’s new love interest. Mrs. Doubtfire grossed over $440 million in worldwide box office sales.

    Fans, who have been waiting for more than two decades for the sequel, are now excited to hear that there is a big chance that it is finally going to happen. One person, however, is not so enthusiastic about the idea of a sequel.

    Mara Wilson, who played Williams’ youngest child Natalie Hillard in Mrs. Doubtfire, said on a tweet that sequels are not good unless they are “planned as part of a trilogy or series.” She also said that in her opinion, Mrs. Doubtfire ended where it should have.

    In another tweet, Wilson stated that she does not have any participation in the sequel, as she has many reasons why she does not want to be in it. “But they haven’t even asked me (yet), so no need to worry,” she said.


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  • “Mrs. Doubtfire” Sequel: Who’s In, Who’s Not

    “Mrs. Doubtfire” Sequel: Who’s In, Who’s Not

    Mrs. Doubtfire was a smash hit when it came out in 1993; Robin Williams knew how to work an audience from belly laughs to tears with his impressions and genuine love for his children, and the film went from box office hit to video and DVD success. It’s no surprise, then, that talk of a sequel would come about. What’s surprising is that the sequel is coming 20 years later.

    According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Columbus is down for a part 2, and so is Williams. Elf writer David Berenbaum is attached to write the script, which has actually been on the table since 2001, when talk of a sequel first began. The script has been through a lot of rewrites, however, and producers haven’t been able to find the right writer for the job.

    Williams–who won a Golden Globe for the role–may be up for a new take on the story, but at least two actors from the original film aren’t so sure: Mara Wilson, who played little Natalie, and Lisa Jakub, who played eldest daughter Lydia, have both weighed in on the news this week.

    Wilson, a successful writer with a big social media presence who says she doesn’t do much acting these days, is very well known for her childhood performances (she was also in one of the best movies of all time, Matilda) and gets questions about Mrs. Doubtfire pretty frequently. Jacub, who has retired from the acting world, took to Twitter to admit she didn’t know anything about a sequel beforehand and hasn’t been asked to be involved.

    No word yet on whether Sally Field or Matthew Lawrence will be involved, or how far along the script is.

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  • Mrs. Doubtfire Sequel Won’t Feature At Least One Actress from the Original

    If and when the Mrs. Doubtfire sequel finally comes together, there’s one actress from the original film that most likely won’t be involved.

    Mara Wilson, who played little Natalie in the 1993 hit, has taken to Twitter to state that she does not, nor will she have anything to do with the sequel. It’s a run-by fruiting!

    “For the record, no, I do not have anything to do with the Mrs. Doubtfire sequel, nor will I,” she says. “I’m glad I had the chance to be in it, and I’m proud of what we did, but I don’t see how we could do it again. There are many, many reasons I don’t want to be in Mrs. Doubtfire 2. But they haven’t even asked me (yet), so no need to worry.”

    It appears that the Matilda actress isn’t really a fan of sequels in general, unless they were planned from the beginning. I guess something like the Lord of the Rings trilogy would be OK in her book.

    No word from Matthew Lawrence. Yet.

    In case you missed the news, The Hollywood Reporter says that a Mrs. Doubtfire sequel is in the works at Fox 2000 studios, with Robin Williams and director Chris Columbus both attached. According to THR, the guy who wrote Elf, David Berenbaum, is writing the script.

    Post by Mrs. Doubtfire.

    A “Mrs. Doubtfire 2” was tossed about way back in the early 2000s, but momentum quickly died. A lot of people really love this movie, so it’ll be interesting to see the reaction to a sequel going forward. I see strong opinions, how bout you?

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  • Mara Wilson Talks About Her Breakup With Hollywood

    Mara Wilson played a large part in our childhoods; with roles in “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Matilda”, she was a big star at a very young age. For a lot of actors, that spells trouble, and Wilson was smart enough to know that when she felt the world of Hollywood wasn’t for her anymore, it was time to get out.

    “I think it was the realization that I didn’t have to do it anymore,” she said. “It felt like a constant in my life for a very long time … but I was never really that crazy about it after ‘Matilda,’ I would say. After that, I wasn’t as passionate about it anymore. And people grow out of things. That’s something people don’t really understand.”

    The ugly side of young Hollywood is rarely seen until a star has a public breakdown; Britney Spears, Amanda Bynes, and Lindsay Lohan are just a few examples. The problem is that young people are seen as a commodity more than anything else. When their success starts to fade because they’re doing what comes naturally–growing up and forming their own opinions about things–they are tossed aside.

    “It’s basically a real-life version of ‘Logan’s Run.’ A child actor who is no longer cute is no longer monetarily viable and is discarded. He or she is then replaced by someone younger and cuter, and fan bases accordingly forget that the previous object of affection ever existed,” Wilson wrote in a blog post.

    Wilson is now a writer (check out her awesome blog here) and says that, as far as her breakup with Hollywood, it was mutual.

    “I was 13 and I was awkward, and I was gawky, and I was not a very cute kid anymore,” she said. “So, Hollywood didn’t really want me at that point, and I was kind of over it, too. So, after a while, it feels like a mutual breakup. That’s the way that I’d describe it.”

    The 26-year old occasionally writes about her acting days and the memories she has from certain films, and is frequently asked about “Matilda”, which is considered a classic film for those of a certain age. Recently, a few of the actors from the film got together and reenacted a few of the more famous scenes, which completely made this fangirl’s week.