Elizabeth Banks is no longer set to direct the next installment of the hit acapella-singing comedy, Pitch Perfect 3.

Variety said the actor-turned-director could not make time for the film amid an increasingly busy schedule.

Banks told attendees at a Producer’s Guild symposium Saturday that her parental responsibilities played a major role in her decision.

“The new schedule butts up against my parental responsibilities in a way I’m not really comfortable with,” she said.

Sony reportedly pushed the release date back from July to December.

Banks will continue serving as producer of the film - a role she has had since the first film. She directed the first sequel, which grossed $285m worldwide.

The first Pitch Perfect film grossed $117m, and was made on a $17m budget - what’s considered rather low by current Hollywood standards.

Banks is still set to direct a new Charlie’s Angels film, and she will star as the villain in the upcoming Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers movie.