Exclusive: Look Who's Talking Remake in Development

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (22)

Funny thing about scoops: Breaking the story that 20th Century Fox was developing a movie based on the E*Trade talking babies yesterday actually had the effect of breaking loose another story. A related story. A story as bad as, but probably no worse than the E-Trade movie.

It is this: Neal Moritz (Prom Night remake, I Am Legend) is producing a Look Who’s Talking remake. Yes: The king of the talking baby movies is returning. The one that started it all, racking up nearly $300 million worldwide and spawning two sequels. They’re remaking it. Making it again. Doing it over.

Is there nothing sacred?

I think TK said it best after I told him about this: “Why would they remake Look Who’s Talking? Why? Didn’t we already have three perfectly shitty movies to live with?”

You can never have enough perfectly shitty movies, I guess. And now a whole new generation of parents can suffer the pain. And millions of children can see the remake with their grandparents. If Granny asks you to hold her dentures, just walk out. It’s not worth it.

The project is currently out to writers. There is no director yet. And if you want to know what it’s about, then watch the original. This one will be the exact same, only with different parents and different celebrity voices. Of course, if they get George Lopez to voice the baby, I will toss myself into a fire pit. If John Travolta plays a grandparent, I will pull myself out of the fire pit, and while still flaming, throw myself at Travolta.

(Source: The Hollywood Cog)

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Oh, I can see why they would do this.

3D. Just imagine.

Posted by: superasente at March 31, 2010 11:07 AM

...yesterday actually had the effect of breaking loose another story.

Breaking loose as in a dangling turd finally dropping into the bowl after you shake around on the seat for a little bit? Yes? Aha...m'kay.

Someone get 20th Century Fox a laxative....STAT!

Posted by: PissBoy at March 31, 2010 11:08 AM

Look closely, is that "Hollywood Squares, the movie" and "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" remake coming our way?

Yes, creativity is truly dead.

Posted by: UncleJR at March 31, 2010 11:11 AM

this breaks my head.
better put up the lost recap, so i feel better.

Posted by: gem at March 31, 2010 11:13 AM

Yes, I saw the original LWT in the theater when it came out. And I will never forget the very young kid sitting a couple of rows behind me talking about the pretty tadpoles during the opening sequence. That was funnier than the movie.

Posted by: elsie at March 31, 2010 11:19 AM

A story as bad as, but probably no worse than the E-Trade movie.

It's the Prestige/Illusionist Phenomena, only instead of similarly good competing movies about magicians, it makes me want to smother an exec with a shit-filled diaper.

Posted by: branded at March 31, 2010 11:22 AM

Dustin, "while still flaming", throwing himself at Travolta? Paging Dr. Freud ...

Posted by: ginmonkey at March 31, 2010 11:32 AM

wrrbb mbbbr rrbbbrr

This project receives my official seal of disapproval.

Posted by: Human Centipede - Segment Two at March 31, 2010 11:39 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at March 31, 2010 11:40 AM

Be merciful to your servants, O Thou Centipede, and smite the infidel Neal Moritz with all of thy power and rage.

Because I would rather endure the wrath of Segment Three's excretions than watch a remake of Look Who's Talking.

Posted by: Jelinas at March 31, 2010 11:47 AM

I will be nothing...nothing...without Bruce Willis doing the voice.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at March 31, 2010 11:54 AM

Be merciful centipede. Smite the evil-doers with the wrath of your bile/vomit mashup webbing (centipedes shoot web, yeah?)

*checks Wikipedia*
*alters Wikipedia*

Smite the evil-doers with the wrath of your bile/vomit mashup weaponized webbing, which all centipedes excrete.

Posted by: superasente at March 31, 2010 11:57 AM

Smite the evil-doers with the wrath of your bile/vomit mashup weaponized webbing, which all centipedes excrete.
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Posted by: superasente at March 31, 2010 11:57 AM

Oh, my Centipede, the Human Centipede is the coolest deity EVER!! Wikipedia says it is so, so it must be true!

The Human Centipede invented Wikipedia, you know.

Posted by: Jelinas at March 31, 2010 12:05 PM

I heard the Human Centipede helped Al Gore invent the internets.

Posted by: superasente at March 31, 2010 12:17 PM

The Human Centipede is Chuck Norris's real father/mother.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at March 31, 2010 12:22 PM

I think we really need to look closer at the title of this post.

I may need to look further into it, but this is the second day in a row where we've had news of films that should not exist. At all. Let's see:

1) Talking babies in the ETrade ads movie: they are Famine. Because you know, they suck away nutrition and whatever.

2) Talking babies and dogs in this remake: this represents Plague. Because dogs have fleas and ticks and they give the Famine babies Lyme disease and stuff.

We'll see what happens tomorrow. If we get talking fruit (new Veggietales movie?) or talking babies plus talking dogs plus talking vegetables, that could easily be War.

Posted by: figgy at March 31, 2010 12:32 PM

Yes, the Human Centipede is Chuck Norris' real father AND mother, Pinky. I believe that was an immaculate conception. If by "immaculate conception" you mean covered in feces.

The Human Centipede shot Kennedy, Andy Warhol, and the sheriff.

Posted by: Jelinas at March 31, 2010 12:33 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_centipede

Scroll down to Promotion and Release.

Posted by: superasente at March 31, 2010 12:58 PM

superasente that is the best thing I have ever read on wikipedia, ever.

Posted by: squeeziee at March 31, 2010 1:09 PM

Goddamnit, they already removed it.

Posted by: superasente at March 31, 2010 1:21 PM

What did it say on Wikipedia? I MUST KNOW!

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at March 31, 2010 1:45 PM

So what, it's gonna be from the perspective of the grandkids? Either way, this gives me a headache.

Posted by: Brie at March 31, 2010 1:46 PM

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