The gals are off for a European adventure inBook Club 2:The Next Chapter.
Diane Keaton,Jane Fonda,Candice BergenandMary Steenburgenall appear in the first teaser trailer for the sequel to their 2018 comedy, which Focus Features dropped on Monday.
According to a press release, best friends Diane (Keaton, 76), Vivian (Fonda, 84), Sharon (Bergen, 76) and Carol (Steenburgen, 69) “take their book club to Italyfor the fun girls tripthey never had.”
But “when things go off the rails and secrets are revealed, their relaxing vacation turns into a once-in-a-lifetime cross-country adventure,” the press release added.
“We might never have a chance to do something like this again,” Carol tells the rest of the womenin the trailerbefore the head off to celebrate Vivian’s engagement.
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Book Club 2: The Next Chapter(2023).Riccardo Ghilardi/Focus Features
Back in June 2019, Steenburgenteased the likelihood of aBook Club 2after the original — about women who spice up their lives after reading the steamy50 Shades of Greytogether — did well at the box office.
“I love them, and I guess we’redoingBook Club 2because the film was incredibly successful,” she toldAndy Cohenon his SiriusXM Radio channelRadio Andyat the time.
“We’re kind of obsessed with each other because none of us had ever worked together, and there had been these little meetings over the years between all of us, but the stories are so incredible,” she continued.
Book Club 2: The Next Chapter(2023).Focus Features/YouTube
Ahead of the first movie’s 2018 release, Steenburgen told PEOPLEabout bonding with her costars.
“Something just connected between the four of us,” she said at the time. “It was really fun to be in a situation where we had so much in common, so many things to talk about.”
“I adore each one of them,” the actress added. “We’ve become true friends.”
source: people.com
