Adventures in Babysitting was one of my favourite 80s movies ever. I had such a crush on Elizabeth Shue, and the style was SO 80s it almost hurts to watch it again. Now we have news of a remake.
Disney has hired Tiffany Paulsen (Nancy Drew) to write Further Adventures in Babysitting, with Raven Symone and Miley Cyrus to star and Lynda Obst producing.
The project is a remake of 1987’s Adventures in Babysitting, which David Simkins wrote and Chris Columbus directed in his feature bow. Obst and the late Debra Hill produced for Disney’s Touchstone label.
I find it interesting that they would have a remake of Adventures in Babysitting and then call it FURTHER Adventures in Babysitting. Wouldn’t this be better named if it were a sequel? Granted this would be a much more updated story taking place in current times instead of the big hair 80s.
This is the second movie Paulsen will have screenplayed, and we haven’t had the chance to see Nancy Drew yet, so I have no idea of this girl can even put together a story. But someone seems to have some faith in her, so we can only hope this works for her.
But who would be the perfect Babysitter babe? This screams a Lindsay Lohan movie from a mile away, but I hope they don’t go there.
