RSVP Yes to These Secrets About The Wedding Planner

Speaking of who plans the wedding for the planner… fans of the movie weren’t the only ones hoping for a sequel.

Ellis told Entertainment Weekly in 2019 that he originally envisioned a trilogy (and an entire TV series) and the next episode had Mary going full bridezilla as she and BFF Penny (full cinematic best friend Judy Greer) planned her and Steve’s wedding.

“The drama of it is that she’s become exactly the kind of thing she hates, and she takes a step back and figures out what’s important to her,” Ellis explained.

Meanwhile, there would be some “grit” between Mary and Steve, who may realize “they didn’t see each other realistically” during the events of the first film. “There were some interesting romantic questions there.”

But what would a third movie brings? “We were also kicking around the idea that Mary, during the planning of the wedding, found out she was pregnant… Which would lead to the third film: Mary planning her daughter’s wedding!” Ellis shared. However, her idea was that Mary and Steve split up at some point, but found their way back to each other as they prepared for their child’s big day.

“The idea of ​​what she wants for her daughter and what her daughter wants would come into play, and whatever her journey was in the second movie, in the third movie she would learn a lesson and try to teach her daughter what she is learned and probably trying to talk her out of the grand spectacle of everything, because it means nothing,” said the British writer. “What’s important is the person you’re going to be with, and she would try to teach her daughter that lesson.”

Ugh, we are so conflicted! While that might be a fun movie (and one that could be made right now), is the thought of Steve and Mary breaking up something we even want to consider? Kinda defeats the purpose of the early ’00s rom-com.