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Whoopi Goldberg: Script for Sister Act 3 is in the works

The first film was released in 1992.

The US Oscar-winning actress plays lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier in the series
The US Oscar-winning actress plays lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier in the series (PA Wire/PA)

Whoopi Goldberg has said a third Sister Act film is “still on the way” and ideas for the instalment are “percolating.”

The US Oscar-winning actress, 68, who plays lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier in the series, said work on the script was ongoing.

It was first announced there would be a third Sister Act film in 2020, with director Tyler Perry on board.

Asked for an update, she told People magazine: “It’s still on the way! It’s percolating.

Whoopi Goldberg in the role of Mother Superior in Sister Act The Musical, at the London Palladium
Whoopi Goldberg in the role of Mother Superior in Sister Act The Musical, at the London Palladium (Ian West/PA)

“They have not said, ‘We’re over you and this movie’,” apparently referring to studio executives.

She added: “We’re still in the process of writing the script.”

Asked if she had a hand in that aspect, she replied: “Yes and no. It’s hard to do everything. And I like to think that I can, but I’ve come to the understanding that I can’t do as much stuff simultaneously as I’d like to.”

The first Sister Act film was released in 1992 and stars Goldberg as the singer who goes into witness protection after seeing a murder committed by her gangster lover.

She hides out posing as a nun in a California convent, taking the name of Sister Mary Clarence.

It also starred Dame Maggie Smith and Harvey Keitel.

The sequel Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit was released in 1993, with Lauryn Hill, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alanna Ubach joining the cast.

There has since been a successful stage production of Sister Act, with Beverley Knight currently in the starring role in the West End.

Goldberg had a run in the show at the London Palladium, taking on the role of Mother Superior.