According to a TV Guide interview with Lavern and Shirley creator Gary Marshall, actor Jamie Foxx is slated to write a film adaptation of the 1970s/80s TV series. The film will feature Jennifer Garner and Jessica Biel in the title roles. The film would update the characters to have a more urban feel. Lavern would have a big "L" tattoo to replace her set of monogrammed sweaters.
Nope. I'm not buying it.
Although so far the article I have been able to find denouncing the film as a fake is this one over at Gossip Cop: http://www.gossipcop.com/jamie-foxx-laverne-shirley-movie-jessica-biel-jennifer-garner-garry-marshall/
Personaly I think this is an April Fools joke, possibly created to stir interest in the film Valentine's Day (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817230/) which starred Foxx, Beil, and Garner and was written by Marshall. It was out of theaters pretty fast and I suspect that the studio wants to make up for its losses on the back end.
If this makes it to the screen... I'll be very surprised.
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I saw that they're remaking Gilligan's Island as a movie. Why try and make shows like these "modern" and "edgy"? Fuck you, Hollywood, that's why. As an April Fool's joke, it's bad. As an actual concept, it's worse.
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ReplyDeleteWhy the shit is there a MARMADUKE movie. They took a single panel newspaper comic and made THIS cinematic abortion: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810098548/video/18809409
you know how i know it's going to suck? the dog fucking talks. I mean at LEAST with the Garfield movie, Garfield talked/thought in the strips. Marmaduke doesn't talk, in fact he doesn't really DO anything other than find himself in situations where his size is a hinderance, and his owners/neighbors/police/etc have one line saying as much. Owen Wilson is DEAD to me.