The Parent Trap (film series) continuation on the Walt Disney film, "The Parent Trap". "The Parent Trap II" was filmed twenty-five years after the original film. The idea of a second film was announced in 1985. The only actor who returned from the original film, Hayley Mills, continues to portray the twins, Sharon and Susan. "The Parent Trap II" focuses on Sharon's daughter Nikki who tries to set up her mother with her best friend's father, portrayed by Tom Skerritt. "The Parent Trap II" was such a success for the Disney Channel that it spawned another made-for-television sequel, "Parent Trap III", in 1989. Hayley Mills
The Parent Trap (1998 film) The Parent Trap (1998 film) The Parent Trap is a 1998 American romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer. It is a remake of the 1961 film of the same name and an adaptation of Erich Kästner's German novel "Lottie and Lisa" ("Das doppelte Lottchen"). Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson star as a divorced couple who separated shortly after their identical twin daughters' birth; Lindsay Lohan stars (in her film debut) as both twins, Hallie Parker and Annie James, who are fortuitously reunited at summer camp after being separated at birth.