""The original film centered around matriarch Sybil Stone, played by Diane Keaton, who brings her chaotic family together for one last Christmas after she's been rediagnosed with breast cancer. At the end of the film, the family reunites the next year in her memory. Now Bezucha's doing the same, honoring Keaton after her October 11 death, though he'd been planning to write a second film anyway.""
""I've been haunted by the loss of Sybil for months now while I worked on it, and so this was a blow on a tender bruise already," Bezucha told CNN. "Mentally, I've been spending time in that house where I've been missing her for a while already." Now he says he wants to "honor her even more" by doing "right by the rest of the cast" with a new script set after Sybil's death."
Thomas Bezucha is developing a sequel to the 2005 holiday film The Family Stone set after matriarch Sybil Stone's death to honor Diane Keaton. The original film centered on Sybil, who brings her chaotic family together for one last Christmas after a breast cancer rediagnosis, and the family reunites the following year in her memory. Bezucha had been planning a second film and has reached out to the original cast, who reportedly expressed unanimous excitement. Potential returnees include Craig T. Nelson, Rachel McAdams, Elizabeth Reaser, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, and Tyrone Giordano; the original also featured Claire Danes, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Brian J. White. The original film is currently available to stream on Disney+.
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