EGOT winner Whoopi Goldberg has been giving updates on the sequel Sister Act 3 for the previous few years now, and whereas the movie remains to be shifting ahead, a brand new replace explains that some adjustments are being made.
Whereas the movie remains to be occurring, regardless of her former co-star Maggie Smith passing away at age 89 in September, the script is at present being rewritten to regulate for her character’s absence.
Goldberg defined on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, “We’re having to make some readjustments as a result of we simply misplaced Maggie Smith, as . And so, we’ll get it performed. We are going to get it performed. It simply is a shift.”
Smith performed Mom Superior in Sister Act (1992) and its sequel Sister Act 2: Again within the Behavior (1993), each of which starred Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier, a Vegas entertainer who goes into hiding as a nun after witnessing a mob hit.
Whereas on the convent, she helps the sisters flip round their struggling choir, returning within the sequel to show a music class stuffed with younger outcasts (together with Lauryn Hill, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alanna Ubach).
After years of talks for a 3rd installment, Disney tapped Tim Federle to direct and Madhuri Shekar as screenwriter in 2021, with Goldberg set to reprise her position and produce alongside Tyler Perry and Tom Leonardis.
Goldberg beforehand supplied Fallon a cameo within the upcoming threequel when she appeared on The Tonight Present in 2022, noting a script had been accomplished on the time.
The brand new movie can also be set to star Keke Palmer, and it’s at present in pre-production.
by way of: Deadline
