Back in 2009, The Proposal, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, won audiences over with its charming blend of romance, comedy, and fish-out-of-water antics. Margaret Tate, a high-powered and icy editor-in-chief, blackmailed her assistant Andrew Paxton into a fake engagement to avoid deportation to Canada. What neither expected was to fall genuinely in love along the way. The film was a box office hit and a modern rom-com classic—but despite its popularity, no sequel was ever made.
So what if we imagined one?
Set 15 years after the original, The Proposal 2 picks up with Margaret Tate-Paxton and Andrew Paxton living in New York. Margaret has stepped away from the publishing world to become a bestselling author, while Andrew is running a successful literary agency. On the surface, their life seems picture-perfect—until cracks start to form beneath the glossy exterior.
Their relationship, forged under extreme circumstances, now faces the ordinary trials of time: career conflicts, family pressure, and the looming question neither has wanted to confront—should they finally have a real wedding?
Everything changes when Andrew’s younger sister, Annie, announces she’s getting married in Sitka, Alaska, and insists they come back to help plan it. Returning to the place where their fake engagement turned into true love forces Margaret and Andrew to confront the parts of themselves they’ve been avoiding. Old family tensions resurface, unresolved emotions flare, and to everyone’s surprise… Margaret and Andrew separate.
But Sitka has a funny way of working its magic. Amid moose encounters, embarrassing small-town gossip, and heart-to-hearts with Grandma Annie (now 94 and feistier than ever), the two realize that maybe they’ve been running from the very thing that saved them: honesty.
In a full-circle moment, Andrew proposes to Margaret for real, this time with no fake immigration threats, no lies—just love, growth, and a vow to face the next chapter of life hand-in-hand.
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Audience nostalgia: Rom-com fans would flock to revisit these beloved characters, especially with Bullock and Reynolds still in top form.
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Modern themes: The sequel could explore aging love, the pressures of social media on public figures, and how couples evolve over time.
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A role reversal: Imagine Margaret now being the emotionally open one, while Andrew becomes more guarded. The dynamic flip could create fresh, funny, and touching moments.
