Dolly Parton’s going back to the 9 to 5!The singer, 73, revealed the sequel to her 1980 film9 to 5is currently in the works and she has high hopes of it hitting theaters soon.“We’ve got two scripts and we’re waiting for the last rewrite,” Parton toldHLN’s Robin Meade. “So as soon as we all sign off on that, I’d say in the next few months we’ll be in production.”In March, Parton told theKnoxville News Sentinelthe sequel was a “work in progress.”“Well, it’s actually pretty far down the road,” she said. “They got the first rewrite and we’ve made some changes so now we’re into the second rewrite, so it’s just a matter of getting all of our characters right and making sure that it’s the right thing.”She added the process included notes from the studio, producers as well as herself and costars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.“We have our notes as actresses, like ‘my character’s like this… oh we need to do this, do that,’” Parton explained. “So it’s just a work in progress, but it’s progressing.”In July 2018, Fonda, 81, confirmed that she and Tomlin, 79, and Parton would all be returning to star in the new9 to 5.“Right now, Dolly, Lily and I are all intending to be in it,” Fonda told reporters at a Television Critics Association panel for her HBO documentaryJane Fonda in Five Acts.20th Century FoxThe original trio has stayed friends since working on the movie. In 2017, they presented together at theEmmy Awards, and Fonda and Tomlin both star in Netflix sitcomGrace and Frankie, returning for its fifth season next year.
Dolly Parton’s going back to the 9 to 5!
The singer, 73, revealed the sequel to her 1980 film9 to 5is currently in the works and she has high hopes of it hitting theaters soon.
“We’ve got two scripts and we’re waiting for the last rewrite,” Parton toldHLN’s Robin Meade. “So as soon as we all sign off on that, I’d say in the next few months we’ll be in production.”
In March, Parton told theKnoxville News Sentinelthe sequel was a “work in progress.”
“Well, it’s actually pretty far down the road,” she said. “They got the first rewrite and we’ve made some changes so now we’re into the second rewrite, so it’s just a matter of getting all of our characters right and making sure that it’s the right thing.”
She added the process included notes from the studio, producers as well as herself and costars Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda.
“We have our notes as actresses, like ‘my character’s like this… oh we need to do this, do that,’” Parton explained. “So it’s just a work in progress, but it’s progressing.”
In July 2018, Fonda, 81, confirmed that she and Tomlin, 79, and Parton would all be returning to star in the new9 to 5.
“Right now, Dolly, Lily and I are all intending to be in it,” Fonda told reporters at a Television Critics Association panel for her HBO documentaryJane Fonda in Five Acts.
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The original trio has stayed friends since working on the movie. In 2017, they presented together at theEmmy Awards, and Fonda and Tomlin both star in Netflix sitcomGrace and Frankie, returning for its fifth season next year.
source: people.com
