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The Guardian // Sport // Football

Bend It Like Beckham follow-up in pipeline more than 20 years after original film was released

Saturday 26th July 2025, 5:00PM

Director Gurinder Chadha OBE has plan to revive storyEmma Hayes to work as a collaborator on the filmMore than two decades after the release of Bend It Like Beckham, writer and director Gurinder Chadha OBE has announced she is planning to revive the hugely popular story.On the eve of the final of the 2025 Euros, where the Lionesses will try to defend their crown against Spain in Basel on Sunday, Chadha has spoken of plans for a follow up to the film that starred Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. What format it takes, whether a sequel to the feature film, series or alternative, will be decided in due course. Continue reading...

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