Grumpy Old Men Remake - Starring Eddie Murphy

[Darth Marcus]

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Eddie Murphy to Star in 'Grumpy Old Men' Remake
12:40 PM PDT 9/18/2018 by Tatiana Siegel , Borys Kit

New Line is rebooting the 1993 comedy that starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret.

Get ready for a new brand of grumpy.

Eddie Murphy is in talks to star in a remake of Grumpy Old Men that Tim Story, the helmer of the Ride Along movies, will direct for New Line, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Murphy would play one of the feuding seniors made famous by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the 1993 comedy about a lifelong battle between two neighbors that only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street. Ann-Margret starred as the neighbor in the 1993 movie.

Grumpy Old Men spawned a 1995 sequel titled Grumpier Old Men that earned $72 million domestically, a nearly identical haul as the original version.

Warner Bros. has been eager to refashion some of its films from its archives with an all-female spin given the success of this summer's Ocean's 8 ($263 million), and a black-led reinvention of a comedy classic would fall within that progressive mandate. Insiders say the project could get a new title.

John Davis, who produced the previous Grumpy Old Men movies, is producing the new iteration.

Murphy, who is currently shooting Dolemite Is My Name for producer Davis, has appeared in a number of hit remakes and updates including Dr. Doolittle and The Nutty Professor.

Story, who also directed Fox's Fantastic Four movies, is coming off of a Shaft sequel he directed for New Line and that stars Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson has been mentioned as a possible co-star for the Grumpy Old Men remake.

Murphy is repped by WME, ML Management and Ziffren Brittenham. Story is handled by UTA and Ziffren Brittenham.

[homevideogeek]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

I never saw the remake of "Death At A Funeral" but I always thought it was odd that they remade such a perfect movie so soon after it came out. But the casting of the new version was pretty inspired from what I saw in the trailer, except the Alan Tudyk part (you can never out-Tudyk Alan Tudyk). I'd be curious who they cast against Eddie Murphy in this. Tracy Morgan?

I'm still kind of on the fence about the gender-flipped "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" remake though.

[imsounoriginal]

Just please make it R. Curious to see who they cast opposite Murphy.

[Groot]

[HorrorBlu]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

Jackson has been mentioned as a possible co-star for the Grumpy Old Men remake.

"Get these motherf*#$ing kids off my motherf*#$ing lawn!"

[OLMEC]

Is Eddie old enough?

[thecooldud]

Hollywood just keeps getting lamer by the day.

[Predatorix38417]

Chris Rock playing the opposite lead?

[The_Donster]

What, Morgan Freeman and Danny Glover were busy? Sorry, I don’t want to see Eddie Murphy in old people make up again. He already did that in Life and The Nutty Professor movies.

[Hoke Moseley]

Sounds alright... if they make it in 20 years.

[Worship.my.wreck]

No.

[kylor]

Another remake?

[filmbuffTX]

I actually think this could be ok depending on who they get to co-star. I'm assuming he'll be in makeup and costume like Coming to America and The Nutty Professor films. Just please don't cast Kevin Hart.

[CelluloidPal]

Originally Posted by homevideogeek

I never saw the remake of "Death At A Funeral" but I always thought it was odd that they remade such a perfect movie so soon after it came out. But the casting of the new version was pretty inspired from what I saw in the trailer, except the Alan Tudyk part (you can never out-Tudyk Alan Tudyk). I'd be curious who they cast against Eddie Murphy in this. Tracy Morgan?

I'm still kind of on the fence about the gender-flipped "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" remake though.

Consider yourself really lucky. That was steaming hot garbage.

As for this "reboot", it's clear, according to the article, that Warner Bros. wants to remake its library in the name of "diversity" and it seems like a hollow effort.
As much as I love watch Eddie Murphy being funny on screen, this doesn't sound like a good idea.

[Markgway]

Would love to see Murphy do a proper comedy again... but not this!

He's too young for a start. How is a guy at 58 playing a senior?

And he's black (which means he probably looks more like 48).

Hollywood, sigh....

[DetroitSportsFan]

[aiman04]

Okay I haven't seen the original, will fix that. I have a soft spot for Murphy, I hope they got a good script and a good director.

[Synchg]

i want to see this happen, simply for the sheer absurdity of it all

[Jim Pez]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Just please make it R. Curious to see who they cast opposite Murphy.

The only person they should cast opposite Murphy is Martin Lawrence

[Black Sabbath]

Eddie looks about 35, so at least they've got the casting down.