The Academy Award-nominated director shared some vague, but exciting, details about a sequel on the Oscars red carpet Sunday night. Hetold USA Todaythat he and author André Aciman, who wrote the2007 novelon which the film was based, had already discussed specifics.
Stars Timothée Chalamet, who wasnominatedfor Best Actor, and Armie Hammer would be back as star-crossed lovers Elio and Oliver, Guadagnino said. However, the setting may not be limited to Italy this time around.
Fans of “Call Me by Your Name,”which won the Oscar Sunday for Best Adapted Screenplay, have been buzzing abouta potential sequelfor some time. In January, Guadagnino said he wanted to expand the movie, which was set in 1983, into a “Before Sunrise”-like series.
A follow up, the director said at the time, would tacklethe HIV/AIDS epidemicof the 1980s and 1990s head on.