TORONTO — A certain cross-dressing Scottish nanny will soon be making another house call on the big screen.
After 21 years, the Robin Williams comedy Mrs. Doubtfire is getting a second installment, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
A sequel has been in the works since 2001, but it wasn’t until recently when Elf writer David Berenbaum came on board that the production had a viable script.
The sequel will reunite Williams and director Chris Columbus and will try to include as much of the original cast as possible.
The first movie follows a father of three going through a nasty divorce who comes up with a plan to see his kids more often by dressing up as Euphegenia Doubtfire, a Scottish nanny.
The sequel’s storyline is still a mystery.
When originally released in 1993, reviews of the movie were mixed.
Famed movie critic Roger Ebert gave the movie a two-and-a-half star rating out of three, but said Dustin Hoffman’s Tootsie “remains by far the better film: more believable, more intelligent and funnier,” and added, “Mrs. Doubtfire has the values and depth of a sitcom.”
Mrs. Doubtfire grossed $441 million worldwide when it came out in 1993 and was the second highest grossing film of 1993.
Williams went on to win a Golden Globe for best actor in a musical or comedy while the movie won a Globe for best comedy or musical.
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