I see with some displeasure that Hollywood has made a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, which is one of my favorite movies, but for all the wrong reasons. (Cliff Notes: it exposes how vacuous, self-important and thoroughly unnecessary the so-called fashion “industry” really is. Ditto The Player, which does the same for the movie business.)
On that note, let’s play a little game. Assume that Hollywood / Netflix / Amazon / whoever is going to make a sequel to a well-known classic movie. Feel free to comment on which movie they’d pick, and how inappropriately they’d cast the thing.
Here are a couple-three suggestions, just to prod the creative juices:
- Casablanca 2, starring Tyler Perry as Rick and Rebel Wilson as Ilsa;
- Thelma & Louise 2, starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Thelma and Whoopi Goldberg as Louise;
- Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid 2, starring Rob Schneider as Butch and Don Cheadle as Sundance.
Yes, I know how T&L and BC ended. The premise for both is: They Survived! (Yeah, I know, ridiculous. So are most sequels.)
Scarface 2, starring Oprah Winfrey as Tony Montana and Chris Hemsworth as her wife, Elvira.
Ok, I would totally watch Rob Schneider as Butch Cassidy. Sounds like a fun flick.
Little Big Man, still with Dustin Hoffman, but with illegals instead of Indians and ICE instead of the the Cavalry.
Dirty Harriet, with Leslie Jones.
You’re going to hate me for this.
You could do Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid and/or Thelma and Louise sequels easily if you mix them with Ground Hog Day 🙂
Kim
You realize you just gave Kathleen Kennedy and her acolytes more options.
Grand Prix 2 with Brad Pitt and Damson Idris.
Miss congeniality 2 with Jeanine Garafalo.
Creature From the Black Lagoon, starring Rosa DeLauro
Wonder Woman, starring Elizabeth Warren
The Three Stooges, starring Mitch McConnell, Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler