Is White Chicks 2 happening?

Not yet. It has never been greenlit, and as of February 2026 it remains an intention rather than a production. Marlon Wayans has said "it's time" and that the sequel would be the next thing he shoots, after Scary Movie 6, and only if that film performs.

What is the condition?

The Wayans brothers have tied it explicitly to Scary Movie 6 doing well. That makes this one of the clearer entries in the tracker: most stalled projects never name what they are waiting on, and this one does.

Would Shawn and Marlon Wayans both return?

Both have spoken about it and neither has been formally cast, because there is nothing to be cast in yet. No script, director or date has been announced.

How long has the wait been?

Twenty-two years since the 2004 original — long, but shorter than several entries here that eventually resolved. Beverly Hills Cop took thirty.

White Chicks 2: Status, Cast and the One Condition

Published July 22, 2026

An intention, not a production

White Chicks was released in 2004 and has held an unusually durable audience since, the kind that keeps a sequel question alive long past the point where the industry would normally have moved on. That audience is why this entry exists; it is not why the film would get made.

As of February 2026 the position is that Marlon Wayans has said publicly that “it’s time” for a sequel and that it is what he wants to shoot next. What has not happened: a greenlight, a commissioned script, a director, or a date.

The named condition

The useful detail here is the conditional. The Wayans brothers have connected the sequel’s prospects directly to Scary Movie 6: if that film works, this is the one that follows.

That is worth more than the usual expression of enthusiasm, because it tells you what the gate actually is. Most stalled entries in this tracker are stalled for reasons nobody states, which makes them impossible to read. Here the sequence is public: one film has to earn the other.

It also means the status will not change on the strength of interviews. It changes when a studio looks at a box-office result and commissions a screenplay.

Why a comedy sequel gets harder with time, not easier

Two decades is a long time for this particular kind of film. The original’s central device is tied to a specific comic register, and reviving that register twenty-two years later means either performing it unchanged for an audience that has moved, or altering it and losing the thing people are asking for.

That is a genuine creative problem and it is probably part of why the project has stayed at the talking stage through several rounds of encouragement. It is not, however, the stated obstacle — the stated obstacle is another film’s performance, and this entry records what was said rather than what might be inferred.

What would move it

A commissioned writer, a studio confirmation, or a date. The performance of Scary Movie 6 would make those more likely without being any of them: a box-office number is not a commissioning decision, only an input to one.

White Chicks 2: The Current Status, the Cast, and the One Condition Attached