According to reports, sequel for di classic rom-com ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ dey for di works, more dan twenty years afta di original bin hit cinemas. Kate Hudson wey don bin produce dis one, and dem say Matthew McConaughey fit also return.
Work for di film still dey very early stage, and Paramount dey behind am. Source tell US media say both Hudson and McConaughey fit reprise dia roles from di first movie. Hudson, wey be 47, and McConaughey, 56, no don officially confirm, but dia reps dem don dey contacted.
For di original wey release in 2003, Hudson play journalist Andie Anderson, wey dey work for magazine. She convince her boss say she fit make any man leave her within 10 days. She choose Benjamin Barry, wey McConaughey play, as her target. But wetin she no know be say Benjamin don bet say he fit make any woman fall for him. So dem both dey play game, and di result na plenty drama and romance.
Hudson go produce di sequel alongside Stacey Sher, di producer behind classics like Pulp Fiction, Matilda and Django Unchained. Dem two na strong women for Hollywood, and fans dey expect plenty from dem.
Di original movie earn nearly $180 million worldwide, wey be more dan three times im budget. Di yellow silk Carolina Herrera dress wey Hudson wear near di end of di film also become famous as one of di most talked-about fashion moments for modern cinema.
Hudson recent role na for 2025 film ‘Song Sung Blue’, wey earn her second Oscar nomination. Her first nod na for ‘Almost Famous’ for 2001. McConaughey, wey win Oscar for ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ for 2014, don star for ‘The Wedding Planner’, ‘Magic Mike’, and ‘Fool’s Gold’ (2008) wey e act alongside Hudson.
Di sequel dey follow trend of nostalgic follow-ups for Hollywood. ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ also dey come, twenty years afta di original, and dat one also feature magazine worker called Andy wey Anne Hathaway play.
For 2024 interview with People magazine, McConaughey talk about im first meeting with Hudson before dem start filming How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. “Immediately, we dey comfortable with each other, we dey jack with each other, we dey bust each other’s chops, and we laugh plenty. E get small rock and roll exchange, like, Oh, this fit be heavyweight fun. And I think say na why dem cast me, and na why, for whatever extent, e work,” e talk.
Hudson also don talk before say she dey wonder wetin her and McConaughey’s characters go dey do now if dem still dey together. Na for 2020 interview with Elle, she talk say, “I don always think about wetin Matthew and I’s characters go dey now, if we still dey together.” So fans dey wait to see wetin go happen.
But still, di project dey very early, and dem no don bring writers aboard. So plot and full cast no don set. But di intention na make Hudson return as Andie, and McConaughey as Benjamin. Make we wait for more update.
