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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 24

Paramount Develops 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' Sequel After $177 Million Original

Updated

Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 24

Paramount Develops 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' Sequel After $177 Million Original

Q: What shocking plot twist could possibly force Andie and Ben back into their chaotic dating games after two decades?

The likeliest workable twist is that Andie and Ben are forced into a very public fake reunion tied to their original deception-filled courtship. Because Paramount is still in early development with no script set, any answer is speculative, but the original film’s premise points to a sequel built around professional stakes, media exposure and old lies resurfacing. A strong hook would be that Andie, now a prominent journalist or editor, and Ben, a senior ad executive, discover that a memoir, viral article or documentary has exposed the truth behind their 10-day bets and turned them into cautionary Y2K legends. That scandal could threaten both of their careers just as they are pushed to collaborate on a high-profile campaign, magazine package or relationship experiment meant to “prove” real love can survive modern cynicism. The sharper twist would be personal as well as professional: one of their children, a young employee, or a client unknowingly recreates the same manipulative dating game, forcing Andie and Ben back together to stop a public disaster. That would mirror the original setup while updating it for the social media era, where private romantic schemes can become instant content. Such a plot would fit what made the 2003 film endure: competing agendas, workplace pressure and the Hudson-McConaughey chemistry. It also aligns with Hollywood’s current appetite for legacy sequels that revive familiar brands while giving them a contemporary media-age complication.

3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Aug 24

Paramount is developing a sequel to 2003 rom-com "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days," with the project still in early development and no cast yet attached.
Kate Hudson is set to produce alongside Stacey Sher, while the studio is seeking a screenwriter and hopes to bring Hudson and Matthew McConaughey back to reprise their original roles.
The first film, released on Feb. 7, 2003, grossed more than $177 million worldwide and starred Hudson as magazine writer Andie opposite McConaughey's ad executive Ben.
The sequel effort extends Hollywood's recent push to revive early-2000s hits, with Paramount aiming to tap fan nostalgia around one of its better-known romantic comedies.