For those of you that enjoy dissapointment and bad ideas I have great news for you! They are making a Meatballs remake. We get the news from cinematical:
Without Bill Murray, does the title “Meatballs” even matter? I say not. Er, no. Having said that, at least Lionsgate had the smarts enough to hand the project off to some funny people. Sean Anders and John Morris (of the very funny indie Never Been Thawed) have been tapped to pen the remake, while further buzz indicates that John Whitesell (See Spot Run, Malibu’s Most Wanted, Big Momma’s House 2, Deck the Halls) is in talks to direct, although with a resumé like that, forgive me for being a bit skeptical.
Why don’t they just shit in a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, put it on the floor, and we can all sit in the theatre and check it out. That may be a better idea than the train wreck this movie will be. If you want a new generation to see Meatballs RE-RELEASE IT!!!!
I would love to see a theatre do an experiment where they show the original alongside the new re-envisioned film and see which one performs better. I have a feeling it will not be the film directed by the dude that did “Big Momma’s House 2.” Funny story about Big Mommas House 2 – one night at Yuk Yuks in Toronto it was being given away as a prize from stage and no one wanted it in a packed fucking room. That was the biggest laugh the movie ever enjoyed.
It is no secret that I dislike remakes of films that were great the first time around. As the list grows, it gets more and more painful to announce this shit. For every remake like “The Departed” there are 200 other remakes that are not worth the materials they are printed on. I hope this is a trend that dies…quickly
