Every now and again I hear some news that has one side of my brain saying “Oh this is so stupid” and the other side of my brain saying “Yaaayyy!!”. News that Pee Wee Herman may have 2 new movies in development falls into this category.
As a quick aside, I’ve got to mention that I thought Paul Rubens has been pretty darn entertaining in just about every non-Pee Wee project I’ve seen him in (especially Mystery Men), and in general I’d welcome seeing him back on the big screen again.
Back to the Pee Wee side of things, the good folks over at dTheatre give us this:
One of the scripts is “basically ‘Pee Wee’s Playhouse’ the movie,” Reubens said. “It’s sort of an epic ‘Wizard of Oz’ adventure film.” The film would star all of the characters from the televsion show, which won 22 Emmys, ran for five years, and launched his career.The script that Reubens believes will be made into a film first, however, is somewhat darker than the children’s show. “It’s kind of the ‘Valley of the Dolls’ ‘Pee Wee’ movie,” he said.
A “darker” Pee Wee? Hmmm… ok I’m interested… no wait I think this is stupid… no… now I think it’s great… ummmm…. let me get back to you on this one.
