came to fruition. They decided that they wanted to focus on other projects but the idea remained appealing and after rounding up the original cast, the two decided to write the film. Producer John Barnett was always keen on a sequel but Griffin and Kightley needed more time to decide and after toying with several ideas, decided to have the same characters in the same situation, only five years later. As Kightley was friends with the actors and a star of the film himself, the cast spent a lot of time developing the characters. Whilst fundraising for the first film took 4 years, the sequel only took 15 months. In March 2011, it was confirmed that filming was soon to begin on a sequel, titled: "Sione's Wedding II" that was to be released in January 2012. Filming began in April 2011. The cast found filming the sequel to be a lot more fun than it was filming the original, partly as they were comfortable in what they were doing. In April it was confirmed the film was to be written by Griffin and Kightley and may deal with the subject of death. Filming The film was shot around Auckland, including areas in Auckland's St Kevins Arcade, Karangahape Rd, Ponsonby Rd and Grey Lynn. Casting On 12 March 2011, it was announced that Oscar Kightley would play the lead role in the film, while Shimpal Lelisi, Robbie Magasiva, Iaheto Ah Hi and Dave Fane were in early talks to join the cast. On 13 April, Teuila Blakely, Madeleine Sami, Pua Magasiva, Mario Gaoa, Nathaniel Lees, David Van Horn and Ayşe Tezel were also in final talks to join the film, Dimitri Baveas was added to the cast, playing Tony and on 14 August, Kirk Torrance and Te Kohe Tuhaka joined the cast of the film, playing Cardinal Hoani and Marcel. Music Don McGlashan scored the music for the film and on its soundtrack. The soundtrack also contains "I Promise" performed by Savage and Ria, "Gotta Go" performed by Mareko, "Saturday" performed by Home Brew, "Sideline" performed by David Dallas and Che Fu, "Bomb!” performed by PNC, "Say Yeah" performed by P-Money, David Dallas and Aaradhna, "O Le Atua Lava" performed by Mz J and Deacon Kelemete Ta'ale, “Everything” performed by P-Money and Vince Harder, "Music (Makes the World Go Around)” performed by Frisko and Aaradhna, "Too Shy" performed by Devolo, "Them