--- description: Nothing's official yet, but more than 20 years later, your favorite nanny could return to the big screen title: A Mrs. Doubtfire Sequel Could Be Coming to the Big Screen image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42d5090519af0a15/69868b18e53ababb4d4d21a5/80705_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A _Mrs. Doubtfire_ Sequel Could Be On the Way, Dear by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2014 2:45 PM CUT  MRS. DOUBTFIRE, Robin Williams, 1993, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved.. MRS. DOUBTFIRE, Robin Williams, 1993, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved..20th Century Fox by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 17, 2014 2:45 PM CUT [Hellooooo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFeaK5UJ8O4 "undefined")! Well, great news everyone. More than 20 years later, _Mrs. Doubtfire_ — the most hilarious and creepy comedy of the 90s — might be getting a sequel. Fox 2000 is reportedly developing the film, with Chris Columbus returning as the director and _Elf_ writer David Berenbaum handling the script, according to[ the ](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mrs-doubtfire-sequel-works-696958 "undefined")[_Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mrs-doubtfire-sequel-works-696958 "undefined"). And, of course, Robin Williams would star as the ineffable Euphegenia Doubtfire. A sequel has been rumored in the past, so we don’t know for sure if it will ultimately make it all the way to the big screen this time around. But once Berenbaum was tapped as the scribe earlier this year, the project gained new momentum, according to the _Hollywood Reporter_. All we know is: if it really happens, we’ll celebrate like[ this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtdzetfR%5FOo "undefined"). Either way, it doesn’t look like Mara Wilson, who played Robin Williams’ youngest daughter, will be in it. She[ announced on Twitter](http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/04/17/mrs-doubtfire-sequel-mara-wilson/ "undefined") that she’s simply not interested in being a part of it, but we think it’s really because she’s mad at someone for eating her begonias. That, or she is still recovering after being the victim of a [run-by fruiting](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr%5Fm0k1k6Qr8G1qjxkzbo6%5F250.gif "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/66462/mrs-doubtfire-sequel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/66462/mrs-doubtfire-sequel/"},"headline":"A Mrs. Doubtfire Sequel Could Be On the Way, Dear","datePublished":"2014-04-17T14:45:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:54.007Z","description":"Nothing's official yet, but more than 20 years later, your favorite nanny could return to the big screen","url":"https://time.com/66462/mrs-doubtfire-sequel/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Arts","films"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42d5090519af0a15/69868b18e53ababb4d4d21a5/80705_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42d5090519af0a15/69868b18e53ababb4d4d21a5/80705_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mrs. Doubtfire","caption":"Mrs. Doubtfire","creditText":"20th Century Fox","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/66462/mrs-doubtfire-sequel/","name":"A Mrs. Doubtfire Sequel Could Be On the Way, Dear"}}]}] ```