Titled Mike Bassett: Interim Manager, the comedy will see Ricky Tomlinson reprise his role as the fictional football coach as he's brought back into the national team setup to assist German coach Jorgen Mannstein.
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Ricky Tomlinson as Mike Bassett
Steve Barron, who directed the first film, will return to oversee the sequel alongside screenwriters Rob Sprackling and John R Smith.
"Bassett was the last England manager to take the national team to Brazil. We reached the semis then, who knows what we could achieve this time?" Barron told Screen Daily .
Footballer and actor Andy Ansah, who starred in Dream Team and coined Soccer AM's "unbelievable tekkers" segment, is so far the only other cast member confirmed to return from the previous film.
"As the years have gone by, Bassett seems to have dug deeper into football folklore," Barron added of the hapless fictional coach. "There is hardly a manager in the game that hasn't been compared to him. Usually at a low point. Sometimes a very low point."
A TV series, titled Mike Bassett: Manager, ran for six episodes on ITV in 2005.
Mike Bassett: England Manager earned £3.4 million at the UK box office in 2001. The film co-starred Amanda Redman and Bradley Walsh, and featured cameos from Pelé and Barry Venison.
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