The 2002 movie Bend It Like Beckham inspired little girls to play soccer, made soccer players feel represented, and introduced the rest of the world to women's soccer (which outside of the US is just called football). It was Gurinder Chadha who wrote, produced, and directed that film, and she has announced that she's making a sequel. Why did it take so long? Chadha said she didn't have a story for another football movie, but now she has one. The script has yet to be written. The stars of the original, Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley, are open to returning, but want to see a script before they commit.
In the 23 years since Bend It Like Beckham was released, women's soccer has gone from an amateur sport with few fans to a global juggernaut. Many of today's players credit the film for some of the sport's rise. Emma Hayes, head coach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, is one of them. Years after being inspired by the movie, she is collaborating with Chadha to make the sequel as up-to-date and successful as possible. Chadha plans to have the movie ready in 2027. Read more about the Bend It LIke Beckham sequel at Deadline. -via kottke
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