Jason Reitman Says No Juno Sequel

Jason Reitman Says No Juno Sequel

By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2008 12:51 pm EST

But director Jason Reitman wants no part of a sequel, citing possible story problems.

And with Diablo Cody being the IT screenwriter of the moment, I don’t think she’ll be finding time to work on a potential continuation. That’s not to say that the studio might not demand a sequel (hey, it’s easy money). And didn’t Searchlight proceed on a sequel to 28 Days Later without Danny Boyle’s participation? (Boyle was technically credited as executive producer). Readers are telling me that I’m incorrect about Boyle’s lack of involvement.

“I can’t see it. She got pregnant once; I just can’t see her getting pregnant again,” Reitman told the New York Post.

Juno is a much different entity and I don’t see any sequel talk progressing without the interest of Cody or Reitman. Kevin Smith made a Clerks II more than a decade after the release of the first film. So you never know if a story might present itself later on which may lead to a cinematic reunion.