'Bridesmaids' Rolls Along, but Will It Roll Toward a Sequel Without Kristen Wiig? On the heels of all sorts of statuette attention for "Bridesmaids" came word that its blockbuster success - it grossed $288 million worldwide - might not be repeated: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo were not interested in writing a "Bridesmaids 2." "Annie and I aren't planning a sequel," Ms. Wiig told The Hollywood Reporter. We are writing something else. This being Hollywood, no one can understand why Ms. Wiig, left, and Ms. Mumolo, her writing partner, were not interested in milking this potential franchise for all its worth (and then some). There is speculation that they were dissatisfied with the bonuses they and their ensemble cast received when the film, produced by, among others, Judd Apatow, left, became a hit (somewhere on the order of $100,000 each), or that Ms. Wiig has simply moved on to other projects. (Aside from her regular gig at "Saturday Night Live," which keeps her pretty busy, she will next appear in "Friends With Kids," directed by Jennifer Westfeldt and starring Jon Hamm, among other films. Rumor also has it that Ms. Wiig is in talks to star opposite Paul Rudd in an Errol Morris feature about cryogenics.) According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal, which distributed "Bridesmaids," could move forward with a sequel without its original writers and star, instead pivoting it around the scene-stealing Melissa McCarthy. If Universal is still considering "Bridesmaids" the female answer to "The Hangover," that would make Ms. McCarthy Zach Galifianakis, right? Since the movie's premiere, Ms. McCarthy has become a bona fide hot property, with many projects in the pipeline, and an Emmy for her work on "Mike & Molly" on CBS. With a Screen Actors Guild nomination for best supporting actress, she is a dark-horse Oscar hopeful, and today it was announced that she is to be honored at an Oscar-week event, "Honoring the Irish in Film," alongside a likely Oscar nominee, Michelle Williams. A representative for Universal told The Hollywood Reporter that the studio is "talking to filmmakers now about concepts, and if the right one emerges, we'll move forward." Mr. Apatow, sounded a similar note. "The key is we have to come up with an idea that is as good or better than the first one," he said in a statement. ""We don't want to do it unless it can be great." In the meantime, Mr. Apatow is keeping busy keeping up with all of "Bridesmaids"" kudos. "We are thrilled to be acknowledged by our peers," he told the Bagger in a statement after the film won a Producers Guild nomination this week. Only they know how hard it was to make Los Angeles look like Wisconsin.