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ChooseThe Next Scifi Classic To Get The Comedy Remake Treatment

Now that Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner are remaking The Incredible Shrinking Man as a comedy, maybe we'll see the start of a trend of comedy remakes of scifi classics. After all, a version of The Day The Earth Stood Still starring Martin Lawrence probably wouldn't be any sillier than the "serious" Keanu Reeves version coming in December. So which classic movie do you think would make for a modern comedy masterpiece? More »

12:03 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,666 views, 56 comments

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Eddie Murphy Plans To Shrink Our Brains

We can only hope that this summer's Meet Dave — about a tiny Eddie Murphy inside a regular-sized Eddie Murphy, who's actually a spaceship — bombs worse than Pluto Nash. Maybe then the powers that be in Hollywood will decide the demand for miniature-Eddie-Murphy movies isn't quite as clamorous as they'd supposed, and they'll put the brakes on Eddie's remake of The Incredible Shrinking Man, to be directed by Brett "I ruined X-Men" Ratner. We can only hope. [ComingSoon]

11:09 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
734 views, 25 comments

Latest by Sharpless: I have a secret weapon, when it comes to Joel vs. Mike debates: I like both of them. HA! Take that! (I do prefer Mike, though. Shh!) more »