Triplets (2014)

[OrlandoEastwood]

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Is the world ready for a sequel to Twins?
Universal and Montecito Picture Co. are hoping to develop a doozy of a follow-up to the 1988 hit comedy that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito that would reunite the two stars.
But wait, there’s a twist: In the new scenario, Eddie Murphy would act as a third brother.
Titled Triplets, the story would see Schwarzenegger and DeVito as brothers Julius and Vincent, conceived experimentally, who discover they have third sibling.
The project doesn’t have a director at this early stage -- Ivan Reitman, who helmed the original, would only act as a producer with his Montecito Picture Co. cohorts Joe Medjuk, Tom Pollock and Ali Bell, according to sources -- but the hunt is on for writers to develop the idea. Insiders caution that no substantial creative discussions have taken place between Universal and Montecito.
The actors are attached to star.
This wouldn’t be the first sequel to an 1988 film that Universal is working. The studio is developing a sequel to Midnight Run that sees Robert De Niro, one of the film’s two original stars along with Charles Grodin, returning in an incarnation to be directed by Brett Ratner.

Wow, I'm down.

[Taipan]

I don't know what to say.....

[Omen2002]

Arnold must be desperate.. or maybe it's the studio.

[MCT]

this sounds like the worst idea ever conceived in the history of Western civilization. Even worse than lips on Optimus and "Ninja Turtles".

[Walts Ghost]

I'll go see it, whatever. I'm a sucker for twins, so yeah, I'll go. I can only imagine what a Arnold, Devito, and Murphy chemistry will be like. I'm down.

[MykeHavoc]

This...is...amazing.

[sycro]

Danny DeVito has gotten funnier, but Eddie Murphy hasn't been funny since Y2K.

[retablo]

Dumbest news I've heard all year.

[Foggy]

A bit too early for April Fool's Day

[esteban²]

*Bump*

Swarzie confirms TRIPLETSscript is ready an good to go, Murphy is in!

http://deadline.com/2018/03/arnold-s...or-1202334635/

[CyberpunkCentral]

I want to see a Twins sequel... said no one ever.

[Brightstar]

Just when you think a project has completely died, it comes back to life. The long-mooted sequel to Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, is an active movie again, with Arnie confirming that the screenplay for the new film is finally complete.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainm...pSj?li=AAnZ9Ug

[esteban²]

Lol, that's what I posted (bump) two posts earlier.

[whiteberry]

EXCLUSIVE: It only took 33 years, but director/producer Ivan Reitman, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito have found a way to sequelize Twins.. They’ve enlisted Tracy Morgan to play a third and long lost sibling. Triplets will shoot January in Boston, as the two unlikely brothers Julian (Schwarzenegger) and Vincent (DeVito) find they are part of a trio. This immediately becomes a hot project in the Toronto Film Festival market, which like last year is mostly playing out in virtual fashion. Script is by Dylan Dawson & Lucas Kavner. CAA Media Finance will rep North America and Rocket Science is handling international sales. They are about to send out a sizzle reel with the trio to potential buyers.

“Twins was quite successful, and some years after, this whole thing started with Arnold meeting Eddie Murphy, and the suggestion came from one of them,” Reitman told Deadline. “It was, ‘I should be a triplet, that could be a very funny comedy.’ We started a script with Eddie, and after the success he had with Amazon Prime on Coming 2 America, he got himself booked up heavily. And we knew we were going to make it at the beginning of next year. I’d been good friends with Tracy Morgan for a long time and always thought he was one of the funniest men in the world. I thought he would make a terrific triplet, and we rewrote the whole script for him. Now, we’ll go out and try and put the money together and get it made.”

The original was a big hit for Universal — $216 million global gross — but Reitman said that the terms called for a reversion of rights if the sequel wasn’t made in a certain amount of time.

“We had this fabulous deal we made with Tom Pollock, who wound up being my partner at Montecito Pictures,” Reitman said. “It was his first picture as the chairman of Universal. He loved the script and really believed in it. We decided we would do this where there was very little money upfront. We made the movie for $15 million. But it came with a lot of gross and so we ended up doing very well. In terms of future rights, Universal had very restrictive secondary rights in terms of sequels. They had to act on it very quickly, which they didn’t, because we hadn’t really developed it.”

Here is the premise: “Secretly, there was a third baby born, a Black baby, who hasn’t been in touch with his siblings,” Reitman shared. “They don’t know each other and very early in the movie they meet and it’s how they achieve a bond together after all these years. It’s really a film about family and, no matter how different we all are, we have to learn to get along. These guys have great chemistry together, and you can see that in the reel, and how much energy they bring out in each other.”

https://deadline.com/2021/09/twins-s...ge-1234830766/

[stvn1974]

Hmm.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Hmm.

Double Hmmm. Why not at this point?

[mwynn]

Lets open up the phone lines. Complainer number one go ahead.

[oneway23]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Lets open up the phone lines. Complainer number one go ahead.

Are you ecstatic for this one? Do you feel it's a great idea?

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by oneway23

Are you ecstatic for this one? Do you feel it's a great idea?

1. I have no idea what it is about.
2. Not my money.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Lets open up the phone lines. Complainer number one go ahead.

Uh... yes, hi. Long time Caller first time Fan. Um, but like why?