Priscilla, Queen of the Desert star Guy Pearce confirms when sequel will be filmed and released
Terrence Stamp, who died aged 87 in August 2025, is set to return for the sequel posthumously
By Aaron Sugg
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert star Guy Pearce has teased a major update on the queer cult-classic sequel.
Director Stephan Elliott previously confirmed to Deadline that a project was underway, using the working title Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2.
Now, Pearce, who played drag queen Adam Whitely in the 1994 film, said they are looking at a 2028 release date for the sequel.
When is Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2 coming out?
He told Good Morning America: “Well, the sequel, right, which is going to be, what are we now ’26? We’ll probably shoot it ’27. It’ll come out ’28.”
Pearce, who starred alongside Hugo Weaving and Terence Stamp, is set to return for the sequel alongside his co-stars, including Stamp, who died aged 87 in August 2025.
Stamp had already filmed his scenes for the sequel before his death. Elliott revealed that he decided to pre-shoot Stamp’s scenes because of his age.
First-look at Terence Stamp in Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Last month, producers shared photos of Stamp in his dressing room chair, being glammed up with hair and make-up, reprising his role as transgender woman Bernadette Bassenger.
Speaking to Deadline, Elliott revealed his plans to complete Stamp’s part using “CGI face replacement” technology.
He said: “I’m still trying to work it out, but the tech is there,” he said. “We’d have to get a stand-in actor and Terence would be put onto that actor. I’m going to have to have an actor playing Terence Stamp. I mean, it is scary.”
Director Stephan Elliott describes the sequel as “unusual”
Elliott described the new film as “very unusual” after putting his experiences with Stamp in the later years of his life to paper.
“It’s very touching,” he said. “I wrote a lot of what I went through with Terence over the last couple of years. I wrote into the script what it’s like to get old and to be either gay, trans – I mean, it’s a subject that’s never been explored.”