Why My Girl 3 Didn't Happen: What Happened To The Canceled Sequel
One of the most beloved movies from the early 1990s is My Girl, which spawned a sequel and could have gotten a third movie – but why didn’t My Girl 3 happen? One of the biggest movie stars of the 1990s was Macaulay Culkin, who started his career in film in 1988 and got his big break in 1990 when he played the unforgettable Kevin McCallister in Home Alone. The following year, Culkin starred in a very different movie with a heavy dose of drama that marked an entire generation: My Girl.
Directed by Howard Zieff, My Girl (which refers to the 1964 song of the same name by The Temptations) is a coming-of-age drama starring Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, and Jamie Lee Curtis. Set in Madison, Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1972, My Girl follows Vada Sultenfuss (Chlumsky), an 11-year-old hypochondriac girl living with her widowed father, Harry (Aykroyd), who owns and operates a funeral parlor, which also serves as their home. Vada becomes distraught when Harry starts dating makeup artist Shelly (Curtis) and relies on her only friend, Thomas J. Sennett (Culkin), for support, but Vada’s life takes a tragic turn.
Related: Home Alone Reboot Reveals What Happened To Macaulay Culkin's Kevin
Although My Girl wasn’t well-received by critics, it was a box-office success and earned a special place in the hearts of the audience, which was more than enough for it to be granted a sequel. Simply titled My Girl 2, the movie was released in 1994 and had Chlumsky, Aykroyd, and Curtis back, but instead of staying in Pennsylvania, it followed Vada as she traveled to Los Angeles to learn more about her deceased mother. Unfortunately (though not surprising), My Girl 2 was panned by critics, and this bad reception put an end to all plans
Read more on screenrant.com
