'Pitch Perfect 3' left out its male character because it was "time to make a fresh start".
Adam Devine, Ben Platt and Skylar Astin have no role in the third
movie in the franchise and director Trish Sie believes it was important
for the female characters to move on from them.
She
told The Hollywood Reporter: "When I came aboard, the version of the
script that was in play already had those decisions made. And maybe I
could have fought hard to bring them back if I really disagreed with
that decision, but I didn't, because there was some scheduling stuff
involved -- Ben Platt is busy winning awards on Broadway [for 'Dear Evan
Hansen'] -- but I think the main purpose was these girls are moving on
with their life. Maybe they'll get back to these guys at some point. A
lot of people don't end up with their college boyfriend and we wanted it
to be about them and their independence and finding their way in the
world and moving ahead alone. And it just felt like it was time to make a
fresh start."
And Trish hopes the third film in the series - which stars Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson - will not be its last.
She
said: "I mean, of course that's above my pay grade and I have no idea
and am not the one making the decisions but as far as I am concerned, I
would see these movies on and on and on until they start sucking. I
think whether it's these women in the next stage of life or it's a new
group of women going through these things, I think there are endless
ways to chart the course of the girls' lives and a woman's life. There's
so many archetypal scenes in these movies that, to me, if you get the
right chemistry -- and this cast of course has amazing chemistry and
that's why it works -- so if you were to do a reboot you'd have to spend
a lot of time making the chemistry right. But assuming you can get that
-- singing, dancing, laughing, solving problems together, unlikely
heroes, band of misfits -- that stuff is sort of timeless and wonderful
and, as far as I am concerned, I would watch it over and over and over
again."