In a new interview with Screen Rant, Just Friends director Roger Kumble was asked about a possible sequel to the 2005 holiday hit starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, and Anna Faris.
Of course we did. It was impossible. I was shooting Suits at the time. We would banty about it, but I was like, 'Good luck. I can't crack this. This story has been told.' However, if you want to spin off Samantha James, I'm down. I would kill to make that movie.
When asked where the characters of Chris and Jamie would be today, he answered:
I'm sure they're fairly happy. I'm sure he's struggled in the music business, as a lot of my friends have, but I would assume they have a bunch of kids and he lets her call the shots, as I do in my marriage. With rom-coms doing sequels is just a challenging thing because if you do it right the first time, the story's been told. Why throw in conflicts for the sake of conflict?
Source: Screen Rant