Cameron Diaz 'signs up for The Holiday sequel with the original cast' after coming out of retirement - Daily Mail

The Holiday has been a festive favourite since its merchandise successful 2006. 

Now 16 years connected it's been reported that the movie is acceptable for a sequel, with stars Cameron Diaz, 50, Jude Law, 49, Kate Winslet, 47, and Jack Black, 53, each connected board. 

The archetypal movie, written and directed by Nancy Meyers, told the communicative of Surrey-based writer Iris (Kate) who swaps homes with Amanda (Cameron), a movie shaper from Hollywood, pursuing respective heartbreaks. 

While successful Surrey, Amanda finds romance with Iris's publication exertion brother, widower Graham (Jude Law), portion Iris meets Miles (played by Jack Black) and dates him.

The heartwarming romcom's sequel volition way the lovebirds and spot however they're each getting connected 16 years aft uncovering love.

A root told The Sun: 'The program is to commencement filming adjacent year. The main endowment are each signed up.'

They added: 'It's 1 of the astir palmy movies of its benignant and inactive enjoyed each twelvemonth by millions of fans astir the satellite - it makes cleanable consciousness to revisit those characters and find retired what became of their lives aft they hooked up.

'It'll beryllium funny, poignant, and heartwarming - conscionable what everyone wants for Christmas.'

When it was primitively released, The Holiday was greeted with mixed reviews with immoderate critics calling it predictable. However, it went connected to gain much than £160million astatine the container office.

One prima who won't beryllium successful the sequel is Eli Wallach, who died of earthy causes successful 2014 astatine the property of 98. 

Eli stole the amusement successful the movie playing Arthur Abbott, an aged screenwriter who had lived and worked done Hollywood's Golden Age and befriend Kate's quality Iris. 

The Hollywood fable was 90 erstwhile The Holiday came retired and continued to enactment close up to 2010.

News of the sequel comes aft Cameron did a U-turn connected her determination to discontinue from acting.  

Jamie Foxx convinced the histrion to instrumentality to the metallic surface and prima alongside him successful the action-comedy Back In Action, which began shooting astatine the extremity of September. 

The 54-year-old histrion notably brought successful Tom Brady successful an effort to coax the formerly retired histrion backmost from her semipermanent break.

Back In Action's prospective merchandise day has not been announced arsenic of yet. 

Cameron's past movie was the 2014 remake of Annie, revealing she retired due to the fact that she wanted to measurement backmost and 'take a look astatine what the full representation looks similar for me.'