#Films & Movies
Target:
Disney “Walt Disney studios” and Robin Schiff
Region:
United States of America
Website:
www.imdb.com

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 2 is not outside the realm of possibility as both lead stars of the 1997 comedy would be up for a new film. Written by Robin Schiff and directed by David Mirkin, the original film stars Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow as a pair of 28-year-old women who decide to invent fake careers to impress their former classmates at a ten-year high school class reunion. Janeane Garofalo, Alan Cumming, and Julia Campbell also starred. Sorvino spoke with E! at a recent red carpet and confirmed, she, Lisa Kudrow, and the film's writer Robin Schiff all want a Romy and Michele's High School Reunion sequel. The only holdup, apparently, is thanks to some studio reticence. "We have asked Disney before," Sorvino explained. "It's Disney that has to decide to say yes." She didn't explain why Disney hadn't made that decision already, because, really, what reasons could they have?! The movie is a cult classic. "Disney, if you're listening — everybody wants it!" she added. And that's a very true fact. Everybody needs to know how Romy and Michele's boutique is doing, and it'd be just lovely to see Justin Theroux dress up as a cowboy again. Let's all start a Post-It campaign and make this happen. Sometimes, Disney makes great decisions: making The Avengers, greenlighting Frozen, allowing the feminist gem that is Romy and Michele's High School Reunion to exist. And sometimes, it makes awful ones: financing John Carter, continuing those Pirates movies, and, worst of all, refusing to make a Romy and Michele sequel, despite how clearly good a choice that would be. According to star Mira Sorvino, the movie's studio has said no to a follow-up film, despite Romy's cast and crew — and audiences — more than willing to make it happen.According to Sorvino, "everybody wants" a sequel, but Buena Vista, the subsidiary of Disney that produced the film, hasn't gotten on board.

"Disney, if you're listening—everybody wants it!" Sorvino told E! on Monday. "Me and Lisa [Kudrow] and Robin [Schiff, the film's writer] would love to do a sequel. We have asked Disney before. It's Disney that has to decide to say yes."

She added, "I don't think they realize what a cult phenomenon it has become."

As someone who only had her first Romy and Michele-watching experience recently (I know, I know) and can attest to its greatness, I am fully in support of a sequel getting made, if Disney ever comes to their senses and says yes. The movie is a cult classic for a reason; funny, smart, and awesomely feminist, it resonates with its audiences whether they saw it in 1997 or 2014. Making a sequel would be a fantastic move, and while Disney may be hesitant now, here's hoping they come around before long.

We the undersigned, call on Disney and Robin Schiff to please make a sequel to “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” with the original cast.

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The Make a sequel to “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” original cast. petition to Disney “Walt Disney studios” and Robin Schiff was written by Terrence Kuehn and is in the category Films & Movies at GoPetition.