Sources spoke to Variety and told the trade that no decision has been made on the future of the in-development project, but the site went so far as to say that Mrs. Doubtfire 2 likely wont move forward without Williams in the title role.
And thats the right decision. As we have pointed out, Chris Columbus Mrs. Doubtfire is one of Robin Williams seminal roles, a broad but insightful family comedy that embraced the difficult conversation of divorce and put a fresh face on it. Granted, that face was one made of latex, modeled after a stately old British woman. But the messages of self-sacrifice and love permeated the strange conceit at the heart of Mrs. Doubtfire, helping the movie earn the No. 2 slot on the box office chart for all of 1993 (behind only Jurassic Park).
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