No studio wanted to risk Waiting To Exhale without Whitney. Terry McMillan actually wanted to recast Savannah for Getting to Happy and the studio would not budge. Terry also refused to write in a new character saying Savannah should be in the movie. So that is why that sequel crashed and burned. Whitney is a tough act to follow not because of her acting but because she was such a powerhouse titan in terms of her celebrity. Who else could bring that kind of star power to the movie? No one. Just let it go not here for Lee Daniels getting his messy hands on any of it either.