Bend It Like Beckham sequel in growth, confirms director Gurinder Chadha

Director Gurinder Chadha has revealed {that a} sequel to her celebrated 2002 movie Bend It Like Beckham, which starred Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley, is formally within the works.

While confirming the event of the sequel, the director advised Deadline, “I’m excited to revisit the unique characters and revive the enduring story and construct on the legacy we helped to create for the ladies’s recreation.”

Chadha added that Nagra, Knightley, Archie Punjabi, Juliet Stevenson and different members of the unique forged “are aware that a sequel is being developed, but they obviously want to see a script before they commit.”

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“I’m pretty certain that everyone’s going to want to come back. Everything hinges on the script and if the original cast likes it. I am working really hard to make sure every character I bring back has a decent arc and scenes,” mentioned Chaddha, as quoted by Deadline.

The filmmaker was in Basel, Switzerland, forward of the Women’s European Championship remaining, the place the England girls’s soccer group confronted Spain, a repeat of their 2023 World Cup conflict.

“I didn’t want to do anything because I didn’t have a story. And then I came up with a great story, really super-cool story. So now I’m inspired. Literally came up with it just about a month ago. It’s my very clear wish to bring the characters back very, very soon. Women’s football is more competitive, more exciting, and more global than ever.It is an honor for me to be a small part of it,” she mentioned.

Stating that she is anticipating to maintain the sequel prepared by 2027 to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of Bend it Like Beckham’s 2002 UK opening, the filmmaker revealed that she has begun discussing the screenwriting course of with Berges. “I’m hoping to write it with Paul, who has come up with some very funny lines like he did last time,” mentioned Chadha.

The unique movie was based mostly on a screenplay she co-wrote with Guljit Bindra and her husband, Paul Mayeda Berges.