What a way to make a sequel! There has long been rumour of a follow-up to 1980 blockbuster 9 to 5, rife with will-they, won't-they tension. Although the plans to reunite original power trio Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton with Rashida Jones at the helm fell through due to scheduling conflicts, Fonda says a possible sequel is still on the table — it just needs the right script.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet premiere of their new movie 80 for Brady, she and Tomlin addressed the likelihood of the iconic workplace comedy finally getting a follow-up.
"We always are holding that secret little sequel," Tomlin offered coyly, proceeding to say the odds of the sequel were at about 50-50 either way. "We're trying to make it happen before one of us checks out, so we hope we pull it off."
Fonda added, "We haven't been able to get a script that we were satisfied with. If you don't have the script, you can't start."
While the duo, who co-star in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, had a mini-reunion with Parton in last year's season finale where the country superstar played an angel, fans are 'round-the-clock fiending for more. And over 40 years since the original movie, it couldn't be more timely — its role in the '70s women's labour movement has inspired two documentaries in recent years: 2022's Still Working 9 to 5 and 2020's 9to5: The Story of a Movement.
In an interview with Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet premiere of their new movie 80 for Brady, she and Tomlin addressed the likelihood of the iconic workplace comedy finally getting a follow-up.
"We always are holding that secret little sequel," Tomlin offered coyly, proceeding to say the odds of the sequel were at about 50-50 either way. "We're trying to make it happen before one of us checks out, so we hope we pull it off."
Fonda added, "We haven't been able to get a script that we were satisfied with. If you don't have the script, you can't start."
While the duo, who co-star in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, had a mini-reunion with Parton in last year's season finale where the country superstar played an angel, fans are 'round-the-clock fiending for more. And over 40 years since the original movie, it couldn't be more timely — its role in the '70s women's labour movement has inspired two documentaries in recent years: 2022's Still Working 9 to 5 and 2020's 9to5: The Story of a Movement.
