Pitch Perfect 3: Elizabeth Banks will no longer direct comedy
She will still maintain her role as producer of the film
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Your support makes all the difference.Elizabeth Banks is no longer set to direct the next installment of the hit acapella-singing comedy, Pitch Perfect 3.
Variety said the actor-turned-director could not make time for the film amid an increasingly busy schedule.
Banks told attendees at a Producer’s Guild symposium Saturday that her parental responsibilities played a major role in her decision.
“The new schedule butts up against my parental responsibilities in a way I’m not really comfortable with,” she said.
Sony reportedly pushed the release date back from July to December.
Banks will continue serving as producer of the film - a role she has had since the first film. She directed the first sequel, which grossed $285m worldwide.
The first Pitch Perfect film grossed $117m, and was made on a $17m budget - what’s considered rather low by current Hollywood standards.
Banks is still set to direct a new Charlie’s Angels film, and she will star as the villain in the upcoming Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers movie.
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