“Bend It Like Beckham” sequel within the works greater than 20 years after the unique

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Gurinder Chadha is engaged on a prequel to Bend It Like Beckham, the 2003 sports activities cult traditional a few younger Indian lady (Parminder Nagra) whose goals of enjoying professional soccer conflict together with her strict immigrant dad and mom' beliefs.

Within the comedy, Nagra starred as Jess Bhamra, a young person who goes towards her dad and mom' needs and competes in matches in secret as soon as she's enlisted by fellow participant Jules Paxton (Keira Knightley) for a semi-pro group. Jonathan Rhys Meyers additionally starred as Jess' coach, Joe, whom she takes a liking to.

Stars Nagra and Knightley, in addition to Archie Panjabi (who performed Pinky) and Juliet Stevenson (Paula), are "conscious {that a} sequel is being developed," Chadha informed Deadline, however "wish to see a script earlier than they commit."

"I’m fairly sure that everybody’s going to wish to come again," Chadha stated. "All the things hinges on the script and if the unique forged likes it. I’m working actually laborious to ensure each character I deliver again has a good arc."

No plot particulars but, however Chadha intends to as soon as once more co-write the screenplay with husband Paul Mayeda Berges. She additionally collaborated with Emma Hayes, head coach of the U.S. girls’s nationwide soccer group, to assist form the script. The purpose is a 2027 launch to coincide with the twenty fifth anniversary of the movie's U.Ok. 2002 premiere.

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The unique movie, its title a nod to none aside from former soccer participant David Beckham, was a field workplace hit, grossing $76.6 million towards a finances of roughly $6 million. It even impressed a 2015 West Finish manufacturing.

“I feel individuals underestimated the ability of women eager to see movies the place they had been empowered,” Chadha informed Entertainment Weekly of the movie's enduring success in a retrospective in 2018 ,alongside stars Nagra and Panjabi. “These rarely existed.”

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"Folks love a narrative about an underdog," Nagra added. "Billy Elliot did it. Rocky. Someone who has to battle and goes up towards all people else’s model of what they suppose that individual ought to be. And I feel that’s what resonates with individuals: When you put the laborious work in and the persistence, ultimately it’ll repay."

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