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Whoopi Goldberg has been attempting to carry one other installment to the Sister Act franchise for years. That comes as no shock to followers, because the 1992 authentic was an unbelievable success when it debuted, successful over critics and audiences alike, to the tune of $230 million. Contemporary off her Oscar win for Ghost, Whoopi was the pitch-perfect mixture of humor and drama taking part in Sister Mary Clarence, a former nightclub singer who witnesses a mob homicide and goes undercover as a nun, making a sensational singing group alongside the way in which.
The sequel, Sister Act 2, got here quick and livid a yr later, with Whoopi reprising her function and Lauryn Hill becoming a member of the solid proper earlier than she made it huge with The Fugees and her personal solo musical profession. The film was successful as effectively, taking in $125 million.
Now the third act is choosing up steam after Disney first introduced it again in 2020, with an anticipated streaming launch on Disney+. Whoopi simply requested Sheryl Lee Ralph if she’d come again for the third film when she was a visitor on The View in February 2024. Hold studying to search out out the whole lot we learn about Sister Act 3, so we will all get able to sing together with these hilarious, habit-wearing nuns!
Solid
Whoopi simply occurred to drop her dream solid when she stopped by Charlamagne the God’s sequence Hell of a Week on Oct. 13, 2022. “Hopefully we’ll get it collectively and get it completed sooner reasonably than later,” the View host stated in regards to the sequel. “I’m going to ask for Keke [Palmer] to return in. I would like everyone to return in. I would like Lizzo to return in. I would like everyone. I would like the woman with the chest, what’s her identify?… Nicki [Minaj]! I would like Nicki to return. I would like everyone. I would like as many individuals who wish to have some enjoyable, as a result of I actually, desperately have to have some enjoyable.”
Keke Palmer spoke with Hollywood Life completely and gave an replace about what’s happening together with her and Sister Act 3 again in November 2022. “I really like that the rumors about me grow to be so good that they grow to be true,” Keke informed HL on the time. I’m gonna go together with this as a result of I’m positively solid in Sister Act 3 — they even have it on IMDb at this level. It’s actual. So I imply, they haven’t given me the contract, honey, however I’ll do it at no cost at this level. [IMDB] did set us all up as a result of I checked out it myself and stated, ‘when do I begin filming?’”
As if the celebrities have been aligning, actually, solely every week earlier than Whoopi’s want checklist, a fan-made poster for Sister Act 3 popped up on social media, touting Whoopi, Keke and Bette Midler because the solid. Keke took to her Twitter to share the poster artwork, writing, “God bless y’all for this manifestation over my life. [Disney], that is what they requested for I’m simply right here to relay.”
Across the identical time, a member of the unique solid, Kathy Najimy, stopped by The View the place Whoopi insisted that Kathy’s extremely anticipated sequel Hocus Pocus 2, helped revive curiosity within the Sister Act franchise. The film, with Bette and Sarah Jessica Parker starring alongside Kathy, premiered on Sept. 30, 2022 and have become the most important film debut on Disney+ within the U.S., per The Wrap. “It took a short time, nevertheless it’s occurring,” Whoopi informed Kathy onthe present, per ET. “You all helped that occur, I feel, as a result of they introduced Hocus Pocus again. They lastly stated, ‘We’d as effectively put these nuns again on the market and see if they’ve any juice.’”
God bless y’all for this manifestation over my life. @WaltDisneyCo, that is what they requested for I’m simply right here to relay. pic.twitter.com/rTSsk1hVOG
— Keke Palmer (@KekePalmer) October 8, 2022
Blackish alum Jenifer Lewis, who co-starred with Whoopi and Kathy within the Sister Act movies, additionally stopped by The View in Sept. 2022 and stated she was prepared to join one other one. “You understand we’re nonetheless going to do this film,” Whoopi informed Jenifer, per ET, earlier than turning to her co-hosts and including, “I do the whole lot I can to work together with her, as a result of she’s enjoyable.”
When Sheryl Lee Ralph was a visitor on The View on February 7, 2024, Whoopi requested her if she’d be concerned in a reunion on the present to share reminiscences from the present, after which she requested if she’d seem within the new film. “We’re within the strategy of placing collectively 3, will you come be a part of it? No matter it’s,” the comic requested, and Sheryl nodded.
Script
Whoopi additionally gave a touch on the screenplay whereas talking with Kathy on The View in Sept 2022, saying she needs to be “getting a script on the finish of the month.” Whoopi added that Tyler Perry was on board as a producer. It was really Tyler himself who gave the most important replace on a script when he stopped by the ABC speak present that very same month.
“I really like the thought of us making this occur however you already know, the Hollywood system strikes a bit slower than I’d wish to,” Tyler defined on The View, in keeping with Deadline. “So we’ve obtained a very good script. We’re off to a fantastic begin. We’re simply attempting to get everyone transferring in the appropriate path so we will get it going.”
Relaxation assured followers, HollywoodLife will hold you posted on all of the upcoming information in regards to the subsequent installment of your favourite singing-nun movie franchise Sister Act.
