‘Girls Trip’ Producer Will Packer Shares Update On Sequel: “I Do Have A Script For The First Time”

Producer Will Packer is teasing the Girls Trip sequel and recently revealed he has a script for the follow-up film.

While appearing on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, Packer said that a sequel to the 2017 comedy is in the works.

“We actually are looking at doing an exotic locale — I can’t reveal it right now, but I do have a script for the first time,” Packer told host Andy Cohen after a fan asked if the sequel would take place at the AfroFuture musical festival in Ghana.

He continued, “Girls Trip is happening. Girls Trip 2. Bringing back all the ladies. And we’re going to add maybe some new ladies.

Packer teased that the Girls Trip cast, which includes Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Queen Latifah, would all return.

The producer also told Cohen that he was watching The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 “very closely” as he is “always looking for new talent.”

Girls Trip was directed by Malcolm D. Lee and written by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver, from a story the duo developed alongside Tracy Oliver. It follows a group of friends who go to New Orleans to attend the Essence Music Festival to reconnect after a long time.

The film made over $140M at the box office with a budget of $19M.

Other actors that appeared on Girls Trip include Larenz Tate, Mike Colter, Kate Walsh, Kofi Siriboe, Deborah Ayorinde, Lara Grice, Tonea Stewart, and Mike Epps. The film also had high-profile cameos from Common, Mase, Ne-Yo, Morris Chestnut, Ava DuVernay, Faith Evans, and Mariah Carey.