Alan Cumming Particulars Romy and Michele’s Excessive College Reunion 2 (Unique)

Alan Cumming is on board for the Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion sequel!

Talking completely to PEOPLE at an intimate brunch for Traitors at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Thursday, Could 15, the Scottish actor and tv host, 60, confirmed he will probably be reprising his position as Sandy Frink within the follow-up to the 1997 comedy.

“It’s totally thrilling,” Cumming tells PEOPLE. “It has been actually enjoyable really speaking to Robin [Schiff], the author and Lisa [Kudrow] as nicely about it.” 

The unique movie noticed the Associates star, 61, and Mira Sorvino because the titular characters: finest pals who had not completed all that they needed to by the point their 10-year highschool reunion happened.

Hijinks ensued when the women did their finest to impress their former classmates.

Sorvino, 57, announced through social media in January that she and Kudrow would even be serving as govt producers this time round.

Cumming tells PEOPLE he “cannot actually say a lot with out giving an excessive amount of away” by way of the plot, however that the discharge will arrive in 2027 — the yr of the movie’s thirtieth anniversary. 

“Clearly everybody’s nonetheless in one another’s lives,” he says, “However it might be otherwise… It is good to consider these characters nonetheless being outdated pals.”

Issues are already in full swing, based on Cumming, who tells PEOPLE, “Subsequent yr we might shoot it and it will come out the next yr, which might be 30 years for the reason that [first] film got here out.”

“In order that’s type of applicable,” he says of the timing, admitting that it’s “hilarious and in addition terrifying.”

Cumming provides he is stayed shut with Kudrow all through the years. “I see Lisa,” he says. “We keep up a correspondence and discuss, sporadically.”

In terms of the remainder of the forged, the X2 actor tells PEOPLE, “Every now and then I run into Justin Theroux. Or, you understand, Camryn Manheim I see somewhat bit.”

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The sequel will probably be directed by Tim Federle, and is about to start out filming in June, with Los Angeles–space areas being thought-about, The Hollywood Reporter beforehand mentioned.

In February 2023, Cumming informed PEOPLE he can be “totally game” to reprise his role if he got the chance.

“I assumed it was nice. I imply, there’s been hypothesis about it and rumors about it having a sequel for the final 25 years, I’ve to say,” he mentioned. “However yeah, completely. I would be completely sport.”

The Traitors is offered to stream on Peacock.