Realising that the headline has a dubious double meaning let me clear this up quickly. The Thee Men and a Baby series has been teetering on the brink of a remake or a revisiting for sometime, nostalgia and time doing just enough to ensure that the idea of another of a Three Men and A… movie (or 3♂&A as it will probably be called) won’t cause potential audiences to throw their hands up in horrified bemusement, and this new piece of news is not an update on the Guttenberg/Selleck/Danson reunion we were promised but another, far worse prospect on offer.

Movieweb are the brave souls to bring us the news that Walt Disney are keen to plough funds into an Adam Sandler produced remake of the film with Rob Schneider , Chris Rock and David Spade as three gay men who find a baby on their doorstep but somehow the Mafia are involved somehow, who knows? The point is that after Grown Ups is there anyone who thinks this is a good idea? Sandler’s recent Jack and Jill trailer made us pine for the glory days of The Wedding Singer and though it’s supposed that Sandler will not actually star in the film, the threat of a cameo is always there.

In fact, why not throw in another 80s remake and combine this film with Look Who’s Talking with Sandler as the baby who finds three gay men just hi-larious. Guttenberg can cameo as a Vegas junkie.

The one bright ray of sunshine is that Movieweb only understand this is a potential project and no-one has commented officially which means we can file this one straight in the Bin of Bad Ideas (hopefully) never to be seen again.

News has surfaced that a second sequel to the Leonard Nimoy directed, 1987 movie, 3 Men and a Baby and the 1990 movie 3 Men and a Little Lady, directed by Emile Ardolino is still in development and moving forward. It’s apparently got the working title ’3 Men and a Bride’ which pretty much does what it says on the tin.

I’ve seen both these two movies dozens of times as me and my sister used to love them. All grown up now, we still quote from the movie, especially the bed time rap from the second movie! “Now close them eyes and catch some Zzzzz’s!”

Tom Selleck is currently on the interview circuit for his new movie Killers and spoke to MTV about the possible sequel saying:

“It is true that Disney checked my availability and I know they checked Ted’s and Steve’s, and then had a script written, I think tentatively called ‘Three Men and a Bride,’ which kind of says it all. I hope it’s a good script, and if it is a good script I hope they do it, because it would be really fun to get back with Ted and Steve.

The strongest of the two movies I think is the first one. It had more heart, and that’s what I hope this third one would have if we do it.”

The interview itself has been recorded by MTV and I’ve embedded it below.

We all love a bit of Police Academy…. don’t we?! 7 films was a bit too much but the first couple were genius. It was new, riske and exciting. The cast which included Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G.W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, David Graf and Leslie Easterbrook as Sgt. Callahan, was excellent and the films were so successful that a kids TV cartoon was spawned from it.

THR have interviewed original producer, Paul Maslansky who has said that the movie is going to be given a reboot – heck, why not, everything else is!

“”It’s going to be very worthwhile to the people who remember it and to those who saw it on TV,” Maslansky said. “It’s going to be a new class. We hope to discover new talent and season it with great comedians. It’ll be anything but another movie with a numeral next to it. And we’ll most probably retain the wonderful musical theme.”

I’m not sure if this is good or bad?! Anyone? Help please…… in the comments below.

Head over to THR for more info.

This week marks one of America’s big national holidays.  Thanksgiving.  Every year, on the fourth Thursday of November, America engages in a tradition of food, family, football (in some cases), maybe some games, then more food. 

Most of the people I know look forward to Thanksgiving.  Most however, do not look forward to the actual dinner event.  As with every major holiday gathering that involves family, one can be overcome with a sense of dread.  There are boatloads of movies that cover all aspects of the Christmas holiday, but there aren’t too many that cover Thanksgiving.  The one I can name off the top of my head that is by far the best holiday family gathering movie is Home for the Holidays.

Released in 1995, the film was directed by Jodie Foster and starred Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Steve Guttenberg and Clare Danes.  Quite a cast wouldn’t you say?

Holly Hunter plays Claudia Larson.  She’s a single mother, who right before she leaves for holidays, loses her job, makes out her boss, and finds out her daughter is most likely going to lose her virginity over the holiday weekend.  Not that she has enough to deal with, she has to deal with a flight back to her hometown to spend the holiday with her nerve wracking parents, Henry and Adele (Durning and Bancroft).  Upon arrival at the airport, she sees her parents waiting for her at gate and you begin to feel the sense of dread she is experiencing at that given moment.  One of the things I enjoyed the most about this movie are the little nuances it has.  There is a scene that takes place on the drive home from the airport where Claudia, while stuck in the car with her parents rambling on and on, she looks over at the car next to them and there is a grown man stuck in the exact situation she’s in.  He looks over at her as if to say “My God, someone help me!!” and the looks she gives back is full of sympathy and understanding.  Those are the moments that really make this movie work.  As you watch it, you can’t help but think of how you know exactly what these people are going through.

After arriving at her parents house, Claudia seems to run on auto pilot just going through the motions.  That is until her brother Tommy shows up.  The relationship between brother and sister that is portrayed in this movie is something that anyone with a sibling can relate to.  He’s infuriating and irritating, but the sibling love is apparent.

Robert Downey Jr. of course, delivers.  It’s amazing he was able to pull this role off since he has spoken of using black tar heroine during the filming (see this part of his interview on Inside the Actor’s Studio here).  He also gets some of the best lines in the movie as well.

After going rounds with her brother, her sister, her parents, her crazy aunt and the friend her brother brought home, Claudia manages to make it through the weekend no worse for wear, but with a little more insight into the craziness that is her family.  As she leaves her parents at the airport, you can tell she is grateful to be going home, but also a little sad as well.

Home for the Holidays is an entertaining look into a holiday family gathering.  You watch the movie thinking “Thank God I don’t have to deal with that!” and then you get to your own family gathering.  Even if you don’t have to deal with the level of drama or crazy that Claudia endures, everyone has at least one family holiday gathering story they can tell.

I think the greatest thing about this movie is that it shows what family really is. Infuriating, irritating and lovely all served with most likely, dry turkey.  So for anyone who has a gathering on their calendar, I suggest watching Home for the Holidays.  I watch it every year and am thankful that my family isn’t quite that crazy.

Whatever they call the final film it’s bound to be better than mine…

But hopefully you’ll gather from the title that the 80s has spat out another sequel as the dark forces of Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck and Ted Danson converge once again for another Three Men and a… film.

It’s been twenty long years since we last saw Messrs Guttenberg, Selleck and Danson as the lovable commitment phobic men and their Little Lady, itself a sequel to the zeitgeist riding Three Men and a Baby, and though they are usually forgotten in the tidal wave of nostalgia they are pretty sweet, well written films. And I’m all for a revisiting instead of a remake, particularly as we’ve not seen the three amigos for quite some time and they did have a certain chemistry that could make for a watchable sequel.

Not much else is known, except that the working title is Three Men and a Bride leaving the nature of the script unambiguous, and Hollywood.com have a little interview with Steve Guttenberg (who in the accompanying picture looks like a proud chipmunk after consuming a barrel of brazil nuts) who touches on a few of his other franchises he’d like to see resurrected to maul a new audience.

Personally I’d like to see Three Men and a Wasted Life, or Three Men and a Loaded Gun, or maybe Two Men and a Funeral – Richard Curtis could write that one and have Hugh Grant as a funny vicar. Hollywood Gold.

News has come out today on Variety that the Dimension Films remake of Short Circuit is set to be directed by Steve Carr who has most recently directed Mall Cop! The 1986 version of Short Circuit starred Steve Guttenberg, Ally Sheedy and G.W. Bailey as the mean army dude trying to destroy Johnny 5 even though he was aliiiiiiive!

Variety: Scripted by Dan Milano (“Robot Chicken”), the remake is a robot reboot that brings the iconic Johnny 5 into the 21st century. Built by the military to be a highly sophisticated weapon, Johnny 5 develops a conscience and personality after being hit by lightning. He befriends a lonely boy and his fractured family.

David Foster and Ryan E. Heppe of David Foster Productions will produce with John Hyde of Rehab Entertainment. Jason Taragan, who partners with Carr in Rumpus Entertainment, will be exec producer.

Please don’t wreck one of my childhood favourites Steve! It’s gonna be out at some point in 2011.