Film sequel on hold after EU vote

Britain’s vote to leave the European Union has put plans for a second Mrs Brown’s Boys movie on ice.

The Brexit result, and the subsequent collapse in sterling, has a knock-on effect on the budgets for the follow-up to 2014 hit Mrs Brown’s Boy’s D’Movie – meaning production has been put on hold.

Creator Brendan O’Carroll said work on the sequel had been planned to start this year but the ‘numbers weren’t right’.

‘The Brexit drop in sterling makes it a lot more expensive for the studio than it would have been previously,’ he told The Sun, adding that producers ‘will wait until the pound stabilises before they make any plans.’

He said that he had a plot mapped out, but needed ten months’ notice before filming could start ‘and so far there’s nothing’.

But he added that after a 77-night tour of Australia, and the recent live version of the BBC One sitcom, he was in no rush to start a movie. ‘We have been working our arses off,’ he said.

Mrs Brown’s Boy’s D’Movie topped the box office on its opening weekend and went on to make £20million worldwide.

Published: 1 Aug 2016