Bill Murray to star in 'Groundhog Day II: Afghanistan'
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Columbia Pictures has confirmed that Bill Murray would reprise his role as Phil Connors for an upcoming sequel for "Groundhog Day" to be set in Afghanistan.
The film would follow Connors — who in the years after the original film leaves a Pittsburgh news station to become Senior Digital Content Reporter for the Washington Post — as he travels to Afghanistan with infantry Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
"Connors shakes off nerves as they deploy on Groundhog's Day, a holiday that once left his life stuck on repeat in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania," said Columbia Pictures spokeswoman Dawn Rothstein. “There's no alarm clock playing Sonny and Cher's 'I Got You Babe,' but Connors' nerves return when he wakes up each morning to the Muslim call to prayer and his staff sergeant bunkmate crinkling well worn pages of a Juggz magazine.”
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