Studio Planning To Bring ‘Stuart Little’ Back For Sequel

Thu., Feb. 10, 2000

The Hollywood Reporter

“Stuart Little” has been such a big cheese at the box office that Columbia Pictures will bring the enterprising mouse back to theaters for a sequel next year.

Shooting for “Stuart Little 2” could start as early as summer.

Columbia is hoping to release the family comedy for Christmas 2001. The holiday 1999 release of the computer animated/live-action family film has so far brought in $129 million domestically.

The budget for “Stuart Little” was slightly north of $100 million, sources said. The sequel is expected to cost roughly the same because computer animation and live-action will be used.

The studio is seeking writers for the sequel, and sources said two of the film’s original scribes, Gregory Brooker and M. Night Shyamalan, will not return for “Stuart 2.”

The children’s book “Stuart Little,” by acclaimed author E.B. White, provides enough fodder for another movie. Sources said the sequel might include new characters.

The book and first film are based on a middle-class family, the Littles, who go to an orphanage to adopt a child and bring home a mouse instead. “Stuart Little” stars Geena Davis, Jonathan Lipnicki, Hugh Laurie and the voices of Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane. None of the actors has yet committed to the sequel, but some have expressed interest in returning, sources said.

“Stuart” director Rob Minkoff (“The Lion King”) has yet to commit, but studio insiders said negotiations are under way.

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