According to Junger,
10 Things I Hate About Dating wouldn't be a direct sequel and would focus on new characters if it gets the green light.
"There's no Kat," he clarifies, referencing the protagonist memorably played by
Julia Stiles in the 1999 film. "I intentionally did not want to reflect back to the original movie because
Heath [Ledger] is dead. I just thought it would be kind of sad." (Ledger, whose breakout role was playing Stiles' love interest, died in 2008.)
Junger adds that while the new script has "nothing to do with the original" plot-wise, fans can expect a very similar "vibe" from the love story. Whereas
10 Things I Hate About You took its cues from Shakespeare's
The Taming of the Shrew,
10 Things I Hate About Dating is looking to put a contemporary spin on Molière's 1666 play
The Misanthrope.
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"It's a play about someone who is repulsed by high society and glamor and everything that's fake and flashy," Junger explains, promising that
Dating will have "the same blend of heart and humor [as the first movie] because it's the same team producing and directing it."
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