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Michaela Zee editor From riding boats in Venice to landing in Tuscany in a helicopter, “Book Club: The Next Chapter” star Jane Fonda had quite the adventure in Italy with Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and Candice Bergen.  Her favorite memory there? “When we went to see the Sistine Chapel at night, and there was nobody else there,” Fonda told Variety at the New York premiere on Monday night. “And we had the whole ceiling explained to us by a great guide. That was a real treat.”  Although the sequel was filmed nearly five years after the original, Fonda never lost contact with her “Book Club” co-stars. 

Naman Ramachandran Disney’s “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” ruled the U.K. and Ireland box office with a £12 million ($15.2 million) opening, according to numbers released by Comscore. The latest Marvel Studios release debuted at Number 1 with an 72% market share, according to Disney, and had the biggest three-day opening weekend of 2023. In its fifth weekend, Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” collected £1.3 million in second place for a total of £49 million. In third position, in its third weekend, Studiocanal’s “Evil Dead Rise” earned £493,732 for a total of £4.4 million.

Jane Fonda is looking back at her life, and detailing when she first felt truly in control of her own destiny.The beloved 85-year-old actress walked the carpet at the New York City premiere of her new film,, on Monday, and opened up to ET's Rachel Smith about relating to her character, and how the themes of the film reflect in her own life.The film is a follow-up to 2018's, and stars four women who go on a late-in-life girls' trip to Italy that goes somewhat awry. The story is one of reclaiming your own destiny and finding the self-confidence to trust your own decisions and instincts.For Fonda, that moment came for her in real life when when she was «maybe 62 years old,» when she was «finally single.»Fonda has been married three times — first to Roger Vadim, in 1965.

The stars of Book Club: The Next Chapter lit up the red carpet for the NYC premiere on Monday (May 8)!

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic It’s beyond obvious that women deserve a movie that portrays and celebrates them in their sixties and seventies reveling in the joys of romantic adventure and uninhibited sex. It’s not so obvious that they deserved “Book Club,” the 2018 comedy about four hale, hearty, and prosperous senior friends who read “Fifty Shades of Grey” in their monthly literary white-wine klatsch, only to discover that E.L. James’s S&M princess fantasy jump-starts their hibernating libidos and/or their desire to commit to the men who are courting them. You could use a whole Thesaurus paragraph of withering descriptives to evoke the sort of movie “Book Club” was. It was prefab, it was cookie-cutter, it was paint-by-numbers, it was broad enough to play to the peanut gallery, it was four glorified sitcoms jammed into one overly synthetic package.

Focus Features has the right idea in releasing the new sequel, Book Club: The Next Chapter just in time for Mother’s Day. Reuniting four genuine movie icons – Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen – whose first film in this senior franchise, 2017’s Book Club, was a surprise hit making over $100 million worldwide, there was proof positive that older female audience was eager for a night or matinee out at the multiplex if the idea and cast were right. Since then the pandemic hit and changed moviegoing habits for the older crowd, a group that is hard to get back into theatres (although not impossible – witness The Lost City and Ticket To Paradise). My guess is that with this quartet back in fine form, and now all over 70 (!), this could again play with the usual Hollywood conceit that women of a certain age are not boxoffice. Throw in Italy as their destination and you have an early summer confection that could prove to be irresistible for a too-often ignored demographic.

If the opening sequence of Bill Holderman’s “Book Club: The Next Chapter” is any indication we might have officially turned the page on psychological “lockdown despair” narratives and entered the (somewhat cringey) era of lighthearted “lockdown nostalgia.” That’s what the leading ladies of 2018’s lovely, if not a tad underwhelming, friendship comedy “Book Club” signal in the sequel’s opening moments, reuniting for a similarly boozy and moderately engaging adventure soaked in deep Italian reds, but not enough laughs.It’s probably easy to feel a little nostalgic for the days of lockdown. Halcyon days for those who were financially privileged, healthy and could afford to take up new interests during that low-key downtime, like pickling, playing the accordion or caring for a new pet parrot.

Three of the hardest-working women in Hollywood have no plans of slowing down anytime soon. ET's Matt Cohen sat down with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen to talk about their forthcoming sequel, , and their longstanding evolution in the film industry. The famed actresses are reprising their roles in the  universe — with the sequel coming to theaters May 12 — but this time, they are off to Italy on an incredible journey on and off the pages! Set in both Rome and Venice, Bergen says filming in Italy was «heaven.» «We had a great time and we would have dinner after work.

They’re back for amore!

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Making his own name! Beckett Rex impressed the judges and viewers at home during season 21 of American Idol — but quit the show after making it to the Top 26.

Book Club gals, you'll be thrilled to know the film's next instalment is just around the corner.The trailer for Book Club: The Next Chapter, starring Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, has dropped - and our fab four are in for a romp through Italy. WATCH: 'Book Club: Next Chapter' - the official trailerThe second Book Club film picks up with Vivian (Jane Fonda) set to marry her 'long lost love', Arthur.In anticipation of the nuptials, our lit-loving gals decide to throw Viv a helluva bachelorette party in the form of a girls' trip to Italy.As you can imagine, hijinks ensue.Can anyone pull off a suede safari jacket like Jane Fonda?The film's trailer also promises the full rom-com fantasy, with lush locations, dapper gents, and event a wedding dress montage. What's not to love?While the 2018 original film received mixed reviews, it proved to be a popular success at the box office and a hit among fans of its four leading ladies.Each of the actresses, now ranging from 70 to 85 years of age, is a major legend of screen - so there's no surprise they can turn a performance!Who wouldn't want to be in this book club?The film is set to be released in cinemas on May 11. So, if you're looking for some Mother's Day plans, this is undoubtedly one for the list.

The ladies are back for amore!

Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, the stars of 2018’s “Book Club,” reunite and travel overseas in the trailer for “Book Club: The Next Chapter.”The comedy from Focus Features will follow the quartet of lifelong friends Diane (Keaton), Vivian (Fonda), Sharon (Bergen) and Carol (Steenburgen) as they take their book club overseas to Italy. But their relaxing getaway turns into a wild adventure when the trip goes off the rails at a bachelorette party, bringing secrets to light.“The older the vines, the sweeter the fruit,” Diane says in the trailer.

The world premiere of FX’s Justified: City Primeval is among the events scheduled for Opening Night of Season 12 of the ATX TV Festival, which runs June 1-4 in Austin.

A lasting Hollywood romance. Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen have been married for over 25 years — and they’re still head over heels for each other.

Even though we were right in the heart of Beverly Hills for last night’s American Cinematheque Awards tribute to Ryan Reynolds, you would be forgiven if you thought somehow you had been transported from the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom and landed in Canada. Judging from these proceedings Reynolds just may be the hottest import ever to come across the border.

“Book Club” is officially back on, with sequel “Book Club 2 – The Next Chapter” set to premiere on Mother’s Day 2023. All four stars of the 2018 comedy – Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen – will return in the next chapter, as will Andy Garcia, Don Johnson and Craig T.

Jane Fonda told SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen how to be a good girl-dad and that her sex life “got better” with age.

The ladies are hard at work on Book Club 2!

Jane Fonda and Don Johnson are married… in Book Club 2!

Tom Hanks is happy to see progress being made for gay representation in Hollywood.

The ladies of Book Club 2 are on the movie!

Jane Fonda and Diane Keaton are hard at work on the set of their new movie.

Book Club, the oddly satisfying 2018 comedy about four friends who rediscover the joys of sex after together, is finally getting a sequel, and the first picture from the set is here! Once again starring Diane Keaton, , Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen, Book Club 2: The Next Chapter finds all four women touching down in an airport for what we can only assume is a European romp that will find our heroines Gondola-ing, Vespa-ing and Eurostar-ing their way to some excellent…memories! Focus Features dropped the first picture online on Tuesday, May 31, and you can check it out below:This content can also be viewed on the site it from.The ladies' love interests, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, and Craig T. Nelson, will also return, according to , which also revealed the premise, per a press release: The besties "take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had.

A quartet of iconic performers are reuniting for another chapter.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaHaving finally cooled off from the steamy read that was “50 Shades of Grey,” the women behind “Book Club” are making the trek to Italy where new adventures await.Focus Features, Endeavor Content and Makeready have announced the start of production on “Book Club 2 — The Next Chapter,” an upcoming sequel to the sleeper 2018 comedy “Book Club.” The film brings back the core group of readers, Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and Mary Steenburgen, as they trade their living rooms for the glories of Europe. The ensemble will also include Andy Garcia, Don Johnson and Craig T.