TriStar Pictures is currently developing a sequel to\u00a0the 1989 movie Troop Beverly Hills with Diaz, 53, who is also considering starring in the movie. While no plot details were immediately available, the movie will be directed by filmmaker Clea DuVall, who also wrote the movie’s script. DuVall, 48, is known for directing the movies The Intervention and Happiest Season; as an actor, she’s appeared in movies like Argo and most recently acted in last year’s Swiped.<\/p>\n
Troop Beverly Hills starred Shelley Long<\/a> as an affluent woman named Phyllis living in Beverly Hills, Calif., who seizes an opportunity to lead her daughters’ Girl Scout troop to keep up her relationship with her daughter while going through a divorce. The movie was not considered a commercial or critical success upon its release, but it has been cited by multiple<\/a> outlets<\/a> as a cult classic over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n The movie was produced by Ava Fries, who based Troop Beverly Hills on her own experiences leading her daughter’s Girl Scout troop. Fries died in 2021<\/a> at 87 years old.<\/p>\n Cameron Diaz on March 31, 2026 Diaz returned to the screen for the first time in a decade<\/a>\u00a0in 2025 with the Netflix action comedy\u00a0Back in Action<\/a>, which reunited her with Annie costar Jamie Foxx. She also stars alongside Keanu Reeves and Matt Bomer in Jonah Hill’s new comedy Outcome<\/a>, which begins streaming on Apple TV April 10.<\/p>\n Diaz, who shares two children<\/a> with her musician husband Benji Madden<\/a>, was also photographed filming a separate movie project in New York City<\/a> on March 13. On top of developing Troop Beverly Hills, she will star in a yet-to-be-titled romantic comedy directed by Stephen Merchant, which Deadline<\/a> first reported on in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/p>\n Shelley Long in 1989’s Troop Beverly Hills Beyond those movies, PEOPLE confirmed in July 2025 that Diaz will star as a “a single mom fighting to keep one little promise to her daughter on the absolute worst day of her life” in an action-comedy titled Bad Day<\/a>.\u00a0She is also expected set to reprise her iconic voice role as Princess Fiona in 2027’s\u00a0Shrek 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n Diaz will produce the sequel alongside Laurence Mark and Diaz’s business partner Katherine Power.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Cameron](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b6812fbee5bae8225369613a56d0c5a7.jpeg\"\/)
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