Romy and Michele Are Back: Sorvino and Kudrow Reunite for Sequel at D23
Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow are reprising their roles as Romy and Michele in a sequel to the 1997 cult comedy Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, with the pair previewing the project at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event in Anaheim, California, on 16 August 2026 (Deadline).
The film, titled Romy and Michele 2, is in development at 20th Century Studios and arrives nearly 30 years after the original opened in cinemas (Deadline; Entertainment Weekly). Sorvino and Kudrow are both executive producers on the sequel, giving them creative input behind the camera as well as top billing in front of it (Deadline).
The original Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, directed by David Mirkin and released by Touchstone Pictures, became a slow-burn favourite after its 1997 run — a comedy about two best friends who fabricate wildly impressive lives to impress former classmates at their reunion (Wikipedia; ABC News). Sorvino told Deadline that fans still approach her with a consistent message: the film is their comfort watch, it helped them feel okay about being themselves in high school, or it celebrates the love of a best friend (Deadline).
Sorvino described the characters as "wackadoodles" who are "very relatable in some core way" — nerd underdog heroes, in her words (Deadline). She said she stayed in constant contact with Kudrow over the years, and the two campaigned together to make the sequel happen. Sorvino called Kudrow "such a great acting partner and just a wonderful person," a sentiment she also shared in a video posted to her official Instagram account on 15 August (Deadline; Instagram).
Several original cast members return alongside the leads. Sorvino named Camryn Manheim, Alan Cumming, Janeane Garofalo and Julia Campbell as co-stars she was glad to work with again on the sequel (Deadline). New arrivals include Rob Huebel and Keegan-Michael Key, whom Sorvino called "side-splittingly funny" (Deadline).
For a film that found its audience long after leaving theatres, a sequel three decades on is less a nostalgia exercise than a reunion of its own — the kind Romy and Michele themselves would show up to in matching outfits, claiming to have invented Post-its.
