Draft:Sister Act 3

Sister Act 3 is an upcoming American comedy film directed by Tim Federle from a screenplay by Madhuri Shekar. It is a sequel to Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) and the third film in the Sister Act franchise. It stars Whoopi Goldberg and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

The film is scheduled to be released on Disney+.

Cast

 * Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier
 * Sheryl Lee Ralph as Florence Watson

Development
In June 2015, it was announced that Walt Disney Pictures had hired Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith and Karen McCullah to write a screenplay for a remake of Sister Act (1992), with Allison Shearmur set to serve as a producer. By August 2017, Whoopi Goldberg expressed interest in directing a potential third installment of the franchise. In December 2018, it was announced that Disney had redeveloped the production into a legacy-sequel to Sister Act and Sister Act 2. Regina Hicks and Karin Gist were hired as co-screenwriters, while the film was intended to receive exclusive distribution through Disney+.

The film was officially confirmed to be in development by the studio in December 2020 at Disney Investor Day, with Goldberg reprising her role as Deloris and Tyler Perry producing. In September 2021, Madhuri Shekar joined the production as an additional writer, with Tim Federle set to direct after impressing the studio with his work on High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and Better Nate Than Ever. On November 3, 2021, Perry confirmed that work on the screenplay had already began.

In February 2024, it was revealed that Sheryl Lee Ralph would reprise her role as Florence Watson in the film. In June of the same year, following a cast thirty-year reunion event on The View, Goldberg stated that the script is finished and that the cast is waiting for the official production approval from the studio.

Filming
Principal photography is expected to begin in late 2024.