\n Bezucha shared the news during an interview about working with the late Diane Keaton, who played matriarch Sybil Stone in the original movie.\n <\/p>\n
\n The filmmaker said that he had been thinking about and working on the script for a followup to \u201cThe Family Stone\u201d \u2013 which follows Sybil\u2019s family at Christmas as they grapple with the news that she is terminally ill \u2013 when he learned of Keaton\u2019s untimely death last month<\/a> at the age of 79.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019ve been haunted by the loss of Sybil for months now while I worked on it, and so this was a blow on a tender bruise already,\u201d Bezucha said. \u201cMentally, I\u2019ve been spending time in that house where I\u2019ve been missing her for a while already.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Bezucha said the news of Keaton\u2019s passing made it all the more important for him to get it right and \u201cdo a good job by the rest of the cast.\u201d Now, he wants to \u201chonor her even more,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThe Family Stone\u201d was produced by 20th Century Fox, which has since been acquired by Disney. CNN reached out to a representative for Disney and is awaiting response.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThe Family Stone\u201d costarred Sarah Jessica Parker, Dermot Mulroney, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, Elizabeth Reaser and Craig T. Nelson, and told the story of a family\u2019s very awkward holiday visit where an ill-matched partner ends up doing something of a switcheroo between two Stone siblings.\n <\/p>\n \n The film\u2019s cringey and hilarious moments \u2013 mixed with deeply touching dramatic notes \u2013 have cemented its place among must-see annual holiday movies.\n <\/p>\n \n Bezucha said that when he first had an idea for the sequel, he contacted his producer and said he was only interested in pursuing it and embarking on a script if the principal cast was interested.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cI\u2019m not interested in the Brady family reunion without the original Jan,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n \n He added that they proceeded to reach out to everyone and received unanimously positive responses. No one has officially signed on and the film has not yet been officially greenlit, but cast members have acknowledged the project.\n <\/p>\n \n When contacted by CNN for the Keaton retrospective last week, Nelson mentioned that a sequel was in the works, and Mulroney told the New York Post<\/a> earlier this month that there had been \u201cdiscussion about making a follow-up.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Bezucha did stipulate that he still needs to work on delivering a final version of the new script.\n <\/p>\n![\"Rachel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mcdfast-fe004.jpg\")
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