1. Triplets
It's A Sequel To...
Twins (1988) Yeah, so, remember
Twins, that movie that paired that mountain giant Arnold Schwarzenegger with the uncle goblin-like Danny DeVito and passed them off as brothers? That's getting a sequel. Like, a real one, that's actually happening. And the keen eyed amongst you might have already noticed that the movie isn't called
Twins 2, it's called
Triplets, which would imply that, yes, there's a third addition to the troupe. That addition is apparently Eddie Murphy. You're not not sure whether this is some kind of twisted hoax, right? Don't take my word for it: take Arnie's.
Here's what he said in an interview conducted in January of this year, in which he was asked about a number of upcoming projects, all of which sounded mental. Read it in his voice if you don't believe me:
"The same is also true with Triplets, a sequel to Twins. I have been trying to get Universal Studios to do that for ten years, and the studio executives that were there up until recently did not see the value, but now the new leadership sees the value and says, 'This is a brilliant idea, why haven't they done it? We want to do that.' And so they hire the writers and they are full-blast ahead. And that's a movie that we will be doing."
Hear that? "Full-blast ahead." That's a significant pace, if you ask me. What concerns this writer, however, is how Universal went from thinking that was an idea without value to one with a ton of value. How, exactly, does that happen? Maybe it's the Eddie Murphy thing (look out for the inevitable "but we can't be related... you're black!" line when this thing makes it into theatres. It'll be there).
Do We Want It? Despite the fact that every inch of me is saying, "No, don't, send it back," there's a small part of me saying, "I have to watch this. I just have to know it exists."
Which other movie sequels did you have no idea were happening? Let us know in the comments section below.