Sarah Jessica Parker talks about ‘Family Stone 2' after Diane Keaton loss

Sarah Jessica Parker described the Family Stone sequel as "bittersweet" in the wake of Diane Keaton’s passing.

On Tuesday, January 6, the 60-year-old graced the Golden Eve dinner with her presence ahead of the 2026 Golden Globes to receive the Carol Burnett Award in Los Angeles.

While at the event, the American actress and television producer shared updates on Hocus Pocus 3 and shed light on a possible sequel to the 2005 holiday favourite.

"I’m so excited…but it’s a rather bittersweet quandary given the loss of Diane Keaton" she said of The Family Stone 2, acknowledging the emotional weight tied to the story. "But it was a very special group of actors."

"Prior to Diane’s passing, there had been conversations with everybody, so I hope that we’ll be able to," the six-time Golden Globe award winner revealed that discussions about a sequel had taken place before, adding, "The hardest thing is everybody’s schedules."

A few weeks ago, writer and director of the first movie, Thomas Bezucha, said that the sequel is mostly about Keaton’s character, Sybil, being gone. For the unversed, Sybil passed away in the first movie.

In the holiday dramedy, Parker and Keaton represent the central conflict of the film as two women from vastly different worlds forced together for Christmas.

Parker plays a high-strung, conservative, and "tightly wound" New York City executive who accompanies her boyfriend, Everett Stone, to meet his family.

Keaton, meanwhile, portrays the fierce, protective, and unconventional matriarch of the Stone family.