Now this is unexpected yet interesting. Perhaps working with Richard Linklater has rubbed off on her? French actress Julie Delpy is making an “atypical” sequel to her 2007 romantic dramedy, “2 Days In Paris,” that will reprise her character from that film and be set in New York.
Based on her original screenplay and set for a Gotham shoot that will begin in October, “2 Days In New York” will see the character Marion now with a new lover and a child.
Delpy tells ScreenDaily the movie is about, “the difficulty of relationships but also about the main character’s evolution in general. It’s a very modern story about the complexities of being a woman and not being completely consumed by your partner.”
The father of the child will be Adam Goldberg’s neurotic character from ‘Paris,’ but he himself will not appear in the film. A well-known American actor will play the new male lead but has yet to be cast.
Delpy’s “2 Days In Paris” was her second feature-length directorial effort, and the writer/filmmaker/ actress will step behind the camera once again here (a talented multi-hyphenate, she also composed the score to the original and presumably will do the same here). That picture is especially charming, amusing and vastly underrated, but Delpy won’t have Goldberg this time — their oil and vinegar chemistry was preternaturally good — so hopefully she finds an thesp who will have similar acting alchemy with her.
While Goldberg might not be back, some characters, like Marion’s father Albert, played by Delpy’s real-life dad will repeat that role once again. The filmmakers will be eyeing a Cannes 2011 debut. That is if the picture is accepted of course.
As you can tell we’re looking forward to this film, ‘Paris’ was a perceptive and funny look at relationships — almost like a very contemporary and loose version of a Howard Hawks post meet-cute picture with sharp banter — and it took us by surprise. We’re please to exist in a world where a film like this can get made.
Here’s the trailer to the original (Goldberg is seriously so good in this picture).
This is good news indeed, but i really hope Goldberg can make a cameo appearance at least!
I am so happy to hear there is a sequel. I wrote on the ambiguous ending of 2 Days in Paris for a conference (and the ending of Before Sunset) and how then ending seems to bring up more questions than answers, it is a happy ending, but is it. Plus, when you add the music that starts playing during the credits ("La La La") it seems that what Marion (Delpy's character) wants she gets temporarily but it seems that this relationship is doomed (it was doomed from the opening voiceover if cinephile's caught her film reference to A Trip To Italy). I really really love this film and really want to see what happened to Marion (and would've liked to see Adam Goldberg's Jack too).
Great flick, but doesn't really lend itself to a sequel.