In the midst of the debate about whether sequels and remakes are not the unmistakable sign of the lack of creativity in the film industry, Variety has confirmed that the sequel to How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, one of the films that best encapsulates the romantic comedy formula, is already underway. The original film’s star, Kate Hudson, will also serve as a producer this time, and Matthew McConaughey is expected to reprise his role as the attractive and ambitious publicist Benjamin Barry. A man who in 2003 might have seemed appealing by fitting the “bad boy” profile that cinema has strived to portray as irresistible but in 2026 is not so easy to applaud. Especially because to win a client, he bets with his boss that he will fall in love with any woman he sets his sights on in ten days.
And of course, the “lucky” one is none other than Hudson, who plays the quintessential cool girl, a concept popularized by Gillian Flynn in Gone Girl (Debolsillo). “Being the cool girl means I am an attractive, smart, and funny woman who loves football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, and loves threesomes and anal
