New Trailer for 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' is Open for Business

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is back open for business! Alert your grandmother! The first film was a surprise hit a couple of years ago, proving there's a market out there for movies that skew older if Hollywood bothers to make them. But did it really demand a sequel? $130M at the box office is enough reason for the answer to be "yes", and so the love lives of senior citizens are back on display in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

The awkwardly-named comedy brings back Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Penelope Wilton, Celia Imrie, and of course Dev Patel as the manager of the titular hotel for the "Elderly and Beautiful". As the business expands, the lives of the tenants gets complicated by the arrival of a handsome newcomer played by Richard Gere. There was a certain charm and cheekiness to the first movie that appealed to more than just the target demo, and the sequel should do just as well.

Directed by John Madden, The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opens March 6th.

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First Trailer and Photos for 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'

When The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel scored a surprising $135M a couple of years ago it showed there is a substantial audience out there for older-skewing comedies, especially if they're British. And we've seen that play out pretty consistently ever since, but few would have expected that particular film to spawn a franchise, yet that's exactly what has happened with The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

The first trailer for the Brit-com has been released and it brings back much of the original cast while adding new faces in Richard Gere and David Strathairn. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, and Ronald Pickup are back for an uplifting story centered on the hotel's manager (Dev Patel) and his impending marriage. John Madden also returns to direct and he tells USA Today that he doesn't consider the film a true sequel...

Madden: "I've always insisted on 'companion piece.' I think 'sequel' smacks of, 'Hey, we made a good one, it worked, let's do another one.' It certainly isn't the same movie again. We were very aware of wanting the experience to be completely fresh. If somebody simply walked into this film knowing nothing about the first, they would be just fine."

Same cast, same location, and it even has "second" in the title. Yep, smells like a sequel to me.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel opens its doors on March 6th 2015.


The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Official Trailer (2015) Judi Dench HD. by Newest Trailer

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