Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz. Shutterstock(2)
Too good to be true. Nancy Meyers denied rumors {that a} sequel to 2006’s The Vacation was on the best way.
“So many DM’s about this — sorry nevertheless it’s not true. ❤️,” the director shared through Instagram on Tuesday, December 6.
Reviews circulated on Monday, December 5, claiming {that a} follow-up was within the works and set to start out filming with all the key stars signed on to return. Journalist Katie Couric spoke for a lot of followers when she commented with a easy damaged coronary heart emoji on Meyers’ put up taking pictures down the rumors.
The Vacation starred Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as Amanda and Iris, respectively, two girls who change homes for the Christmas season after being jilted by the lads of their lives. Amanda trades her swanky Los Angeles mansion for Iris’ quaint English cottage and falls for Iris’ brother (Jude Regulation). In the meantime, the British author soaks up the solar in California whereas falling for Amanda’s colleague (Jack Black).
The film, directed and written by Meyers, had a price range of $85 million and earned over $205 million on the worldwide field workplace.
It solely earned one award — a Teen Selection Award for Selection Film: Chick Flick. Nonetheless, it stays a beloved Christmas film, with stay concert events for the soundtrack hosted in London and Alamo Drafthouse theaters internet hosting screenings this 12 months.
Meyers recalled that the movie wasn’t instantly a favourite when it hit theaters. “Criticism stings, and you progress on. The Vacation is the proper instance,” she instructed Vulture in a December 2020 interview. “If anyone in 2006 in December, when that film got here out, instructed me 14 years later somebody’s going to say ‘When it’s December, you watch The Vacation‘ — what can I inform you? Time will inform. The viewers is every little thing.”
Diaz, for her half, recalled getting to spend so much of time working with Meyers as a result of Amanda has so many solo scenes.
“The humorous factor is that I did lots of performing alone, and simply with Jude,” the Avaline wine founder instructed Vulture in December 2020. “As a result of we solely had one scene with Jack and Kate. Our characters by no means crossed over. Principally Kate and Jack did their film; Jude and I did ours. We solely had the one scene on the finish, the place all of us got here collectively, and we shot that sort of at first of the [shoot].”
‘The Vacation’, 2006. Simon Mein/Sony/Kobal/Shutterstock
She continued, “Jude and I had lots of enjoyable taking pictures our bits. However I imply, there’s lots of scenes the place Amanda’s simply sort of trudging alongside on her personal. Making an attempt to determine her life. And I’m simply performing with Nancy the entire time, which was lots of enjoyable.”
Diaz largely retired from performing after her position in 2014’s Annie, however she’ll step again in entrance of the digicam quickly for Netflix’s Again in Motion reverse Jamie Foxx, which was introduced earlier this 12 months.
