\n The love fern may be making a comeback.\n <\/p>\n
\n After more than 20 years, a sequel to the hit romantic comedy \u201cHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,\u201d is in the works, with its original star Kate Hudson attached to the project, sources told CNN.\n <\/p>\n
\n Hudson, who starred in the original film as magazine columnist Andie Anderson, will produce the sequel at Paramount alongside American film producer Stacey Sher, whose production credits include award-winning films like \u201cPulp Fiction,\u201d \u201cErin Brockovich\u201d and \u2018Django Unchained,\u201d a source close to the project confirmed to CNN.\n <\/p>\n
\n The studio is currently seeking a screenwriter, the source said, and there are no other attachments at this early development stage. Variety<\/a> was the first to report the story.\n <\/p>\n \n It remains unclear whether Hudson or Matthew McConaughey, who starred alongside Hudson as advertising hot-shot Benjamin Barry, will reprise their roles.\n <\/p>\n \n CNN has reached out to representatives for Hudson and McConaughey for comment.\n <\/p>\n \n Released in 2003, \u201cHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days\u201d follows Andie, a magazine columnist, as she sets out on a reporting assignment to prove she can make a man break up with her in 10 days. Her journalistic experiment soon gives way to a \u2018will-they-won\u2019t they\u2019 relationship with Benjamin, who bets his boss that he can make her fall in love with him.\n <\/p>\n \n The film grossed nearly $180 million worldwide at the time of its release, according to Variety.\n <\/p>\n \n And the yellow silk Carolina Herrera gown worn by Hudson during the film has since become an iconic visual moment in cinema.\n <\/p>\n \n In recent years, Hudson and McConaughey had demurely responded when asked whether a sequel was underway.\n <\/p>\n \n During an appearance on Bravo\u2019s \u201cWatch What Happens Live\u201d in<\/a> 2024, Hudson was asked whether she\u2019d thought about reprising her role with McConaughey, saying, \u201cI think they\u2019re (studios) always thinking about that.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cAll that matters would be the script and if Matthew and I were into the script,\u201d Hudson said. \u201cI think we\u2019re both totally open, it has just never happened.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n In June, around the New York Knicks\u2019 NBA Finals win against the San Antonio Spurs, Hudson shared on Instagram<\/a> two stills from the film of Andie and Benjamin at a game, alongside the caption \u201cD\u00e9j\u00e0 vu.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n Just weeks ago, McConaughey revealed that \u201cHow to Lose a Guy in 10 days\u201d is his favorite romcom he\u2019s ever worked on.\n <\/p>\n \n Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast<\/a> with Josh Horowitz earlier this month, the actor described the 2003 film as the \u201cgift that keeps on giving,\u201d saying it still pays the \u201cbest mailbox money of any film I\u2019ve ever done.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n News of the sequel comes just months after the box office success of \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2<\/a>\u201d \u2014 another fan-favorite from the early 2000s – which brought back the original cast of Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, and Emily Blunt.\n <\/p>\n \n Other follow-ups to popular films from the 2000s have also seen colossal success this year \u2013\u2013 with the new \u201cScary Movie\u201d grossing over $231 million worldwide<\/a> and \u201cToy Story 5\u201d grossing over $1.128 billion worldwide,<\/a> according to the box office data tracking site, The Numbers.\n <\/p>\n \n The development comes as Paramount tries to merge its movie studio and television operations with WBD, the parent of CNN, HBO, Discovery, the Warner Bros. studio and many other assets.\n <\/p>\n