It's a wonderful life get's a sequel

[Trogdor2010]

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/it...ve-1200850705/

Star Partners and Hummingbird Prods. are collaborating on production of a sequel to Frank Capra’s iconic 1946 movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which starred Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.

The sequel, titled “It’s A Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story,” is being financed by Allen J. Schwalb of Star Partners who will also produce along with Bob Farnsworth of Hummingbird. The duo are aiming to get the movie into theaters for the 2015 holiday season.

Karolyn Grimes, who played George Bailey’s daughter “Zuzu” in the original, will return for the “Wonderful Life” sequel as an angel who shows Bailey’s unlikeable grandson (also named George Bailey) how much better off the world would have been had he never been born.

Grimes, of course, bellowed the iconic line, “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings!” in the original movie, about a troubled family man (Stewart) whose near-suicide on Christmas Eve brings on the intervention of his guardian angel.

Farnsworth and Martha Bolton have written the screenplay.

“The storyline of the new film retains the spirit of the original – every life is important as long as you have friends,” Farnsworth said.

No casting decision for the lead role of Bailey’s grandson will be made until February but producers have also begun discussions with original cast members Jimmy Hawkins, who portrayed Tommy Bailey, and Carol Coombs,who played Janie Bailey, to reprise their roles as well.

The producers are interviewing potential directors and plan to shoot the majority of the film in Louisiana. The sequel will have a budget in the $25 million to $35 million range.

“The new film will retain the feeling of the original, and it simply must be shared,” Grimes said. “I’ve probably read close to 20 scripts over the years suggesting a sequel to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ but none of them were any good. The script by Bob Farnsworth and Martha Bolton was wonderful, and I wanted to be involved with his version of the film immediately.”

Star Partners is the managing member of the slate portfolio Star Partners 8 LLC, a $100 million offering. Previously Star Partners funded seven slates of films, dating back to the 1980s including “The Right Stuff,” “The Killing Fields,” “The Color Purple,” “The Mission,” “Moonstruck,” and “Rain Man.”

“It’s a Wonderful Life” was nominated for five Oscars including Best Picture but lost out to “The Best Years of Our Lives.”

[Darth Marcus]

No. Absolutely not. No.

[stvn1974]

"It's A Wonderful Life: In Space" or I don't give a crap.

[stvn1974]

From the synopsis wouldn't George Bailey have to kill himself at the end of the film to make the world a better place? Not very family oriented film if you ask me.

[RyanPom]

Isn't it just a remake of Scrooge, anyway?

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[MikeScott]

A remake would sound more appealing than this .

[Jasonic]

Hollywood strikes again.

[Steve]

To the morons behind this travesty who think it's a good idea: I have a shotgun that needs to be suck started. Can you help?

[frogmort]

It's a Wonderful Life 2: It's a Terrible Death Boogaloo.

[RyanPom]

I love too how they add It's a Wonderful Life lost an Oscar to some movie we've never heard of.

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by RyanPom

I love too how they add It's a Wonderful Life lost an Oscar to some movie we've never heard of.

Your great great grandchildren will think the same thing with every Oscar winner since Return Of The King.

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by RyanPom

I love too how they add It's a Wonderful Life lost an Oscar to some movie we've never heard of.

You have never heard of The Best Years of Our Lives? Now that you have, please go watch it.

This will go the way of A Christmas Story 2 and be something no one will watch.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

You have never heard of The Best Years of Our Lives? Now that you have, please go watch it.

This will go the way of A Christmas Story 2 and be something no one will watch.

I didn't even know there was A Christmas Story 2. Hopefully most people will say the same thing about this movie.

[frogmort]

“The storyline of the new film retains the spirit of the original – every life is important as long as you have friends,” Farnsworth said.

So the moral to this movie is: If you don't have any friends, you should kill yourself?

[EricJ]

Y'know, I grew up in the town claiming to be Bedford Falls

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, and even I'M picturing that "Lost Ending" SNL sketch, where they all go over and beat up Ol' Man Potter?
("Oh, he could walk all the time, he was just fooling us!")

[SilentDawn]

This is depressing.

[bowlingbilly10]

Can someone just shoot me right now?! Seriously, why does every single damn movie these days needs a damn sequel?!!! I wouldn't be surprised if they do a gone with the wind sequel next.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by bowlingbilly10

Can someone just shoot me right now?! Seriously, why does every single damn movie these days needs a damn sequel?!!! I wouldn't be surprised if they do a gone with the wind sequel next.

They kinda did. It was a 90's TV mini-series called Scarlett and Timothy Dalton played Rhett Butler.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108915/...nm_flmg_act_30

[Abdrewes]

It won't take much to be better than the original