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The Family Stone is getting a sequel titled The Families Stone, set 20 years after the original. Returning cast includes Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker and Luke Wilson, with Tyrone Giordano, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider and Brian White also back. Thomas Bezucha will write and direct the follow-up for Searchlight Pictures, continuing the holiday ensemble-drama legacy.
Searchlight Pictures is developing The Families Stone, a sequel to the 2005 holiday classic The Family Stone, which picks up 20 years later and reunites nearly the entire ensemble (Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Paul Schneider, Brian White, and more) while noting that Diane Keaton will not return after her death in 2025. Tom Bezucha returns to direct from his script as production moves to New York this fall; the film centers on the Stone family gathering for Christmas when the father unexpectedly invites the woman he’s fallen in love with to meet everyone.
Sly Stone, a pioneering funk-rock musician and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at age 82. He was influential in blending soul, rock, and racial integration in music, inspiring generations of artists and shaping genres like hip-hop and funk. Despite his groundbreaking career, his later years were marred by drug abuse and personal struggles, but his musical legacy continues to resonate. He recently completed a screenplay about his life.