We can already hear the “I’ll have nun of that!” jokes forming in the brains of people reading this, but it’s true: Disney is looking to make a new **Sister Act{
While The Hollywood Reporter calls it a remake, there’s still a chance this could turn into a second sequel to the 1992 smash hit music-crammed comedy that saw Whoopi Goldberg’s singer Deloris go into hiding in a convent after witnessing a mob crime. Though the studio acted quickly to crank out a sequel (1993’s Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit), the returns weren’t quite as impressive and the nascent franchise has been dormant on the big screen since then. It did, however, spawn a Tony-winning musical that played here in 2009 before transferring to Broadway in 2011.
Now Disney feels that writers Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah – who have worked on the likes of **Legally Blonde **and The House Bunny – are the people perfectly positioned to either completely reboot the story or possibly bring back Goldberg for some torch-passing business. The musical’s success clearly shows there’s still an audience for the story’s feel-good tunes and laughs, but the idea of a remake might not play with everyone. Still, if it is successful, at least Disney won’t try spinning off a Sister Act shared universe right? Right? Mother Superior: Origins, coming to a screen near you in 2019...