Luke Wilson says he still can’t believe The Family Stone sequel is happening

Luke Wilson has confirmed that a sequel to The Family Stone is moving forward two decades after the 2005 holiday film, telling Entertainment Tonight this week that writer-director Thomas Bezucha has finished a script he has already read and enjoyed.

TL;DR

• Wilson confirmed the long-rumoured sequel is real, saying the finished script is “really funny.”
• Bezucha wrote and directed the original; he is also penning the follow-up.
• The project is expected to honour the late Diane Keaton, who died in October 2025.
• No studio greenlight or signed cast contracts have been confirmed yet.

What Wilson said

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Wilson said, “I can’t believe it’s happening, but it is.” He read Bezucha’s script and called the writing sharp, adding that the cast is eager to reunite, according to Deadline.

Wilson also reflected on how The Family Stone became an unlikely holiday staple. He said he never expected fans to adopt it as a Christmas or Thanksgiving tradition, noting that people still bring the film up to him regularly, decades after release.

A sequel shaped by grief

The follow-up carries extra weight after Keaton’s death on 11 October 2025 at age 79. Keaton played matriarch Sybil Stone, the emotional centre of the original film. Wilson said reuniting the cast without her will feel “even more meaningful,” remembering her as someone who was easy to be around on set.

Bezucha has said he will not move forward without the surviving original cast. He told CNN, “I’m not interested in the Brady family reunion without the original Jan,” according to a Parade report via AOL.

Dermot Mulroney has separately confirmed the returning cast is expected to include Sarah Jessica Parker, Rachel McAdams, Claire Danes and Craig T. Nelson, and suggested the sequel may carry the working title The Families Stone, jumping the story forward roughly twenty years.

$93 million — worldwide box office of the original 2005 film Source: The Express Tribune

The Express Tribune reported that no studio greenlight or signed contracts exist yet, and Bezucha is still finishing the script.

UK viewers can revisit the original first

The 2005 original is currently available to stream in the UK on Disney+ as part of a standard subscription, with rental options also on Prime Video and Apple TV. Anyone wanting a refresher on the Stone family before the sequel arrives can watch it now without waiting for a UK cinema date.

The bigger trend

Wilson’s update lands amid a wave of legacy sequels reuniting original ensembles years later, a pattern also visible in Netflix’s Grown Ups 3 and the long-delayed revival of The Expendables. Nostalgia-driven follow-ups have also performed strongly at the box office recently, as seen with The Devil Wears Prada 2.

For now, The Family Stone sequel remains unconfirmed by a studio, with no release date, cast contracts or title officially locked in.

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Reported from publicly available interviews and verified press sources. Last reviewed 20 July 2026.