National Lampoon's New Vacation It's The Griswolds: The Next Generation Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Pack your bags for Wally World, kids. New Line, which these days is a subsidiary of Warner Brothers, are developing a new National Lampoon's Vacation movie.
The idea is that it will focus on Rusty Griswold, son of Chevy Chase's Clark. Rusty is now a father himself, on an unspecified family vacation of his own. No deals have been struck yet, but there will reportedly be "room" for chase and his screen wife Beverly D'Angelo to appear as the Griswold grandparents. Which, frankly, makes us feel very old. But means, if it happens, this will be both a sequel and a reboot: rather like putting Leonard Nimoy in the new Star Trek, although National Lampoon's Tangential Parallel Universe Vacation might be stretching the formula.
The film would be a labour of love for New Line's Sam Brown, who came up with the idea while digging around at Warners to see what available properties there might be to play with, and leaped on Vacation as one of his all-time favourite movies. He's talking up comparisons with Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Little Miss Sunshine, rather than Are We There Yet?, which also bodes well.
David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, Mr Woodcock) is attached to produce and maybe direct, and New Line are talking to writers this week.
Will be excellent if they do it, hopefully they can get Chevy, Beverly and Randy in on this. The best comedy films ever except for Christmas vacation 2 which was pretty poor.
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I always thought if there was another vacation Ryan Reynolds should be the Clark role. He looks like him. hes funny. and people cant get enough of him. RYAN REYNOLDS SHOULD BE RUSTY GRISWALD ... Read More
...This could be good news. Mainly, get the modern John Hughes, Judd Apatow, to write it. Pay him whatever he wants, but a great script in the Hughes traditional is the most vital thing. And bring back either Anthony Michael Hall (Vacation) or Johnny Galecki (Christmas) to play Rusty. ... Read More
I think the Vacation movies are fantastic family entertainment. Vegas vacation was ignored upon release but has some good ideas. The original Vacation and Christmas Vacation are excellent. I've been waiting for a Chevy Chase comeback for sometime and can't wait to see this. ... Read More
#0000cc]Imagine the scene: mpoverished screenwriter enters the office of a studio bignob, and is forced to spend the duration of the meeting on his knees. He is forbidden from looking the bignob in the eye (if you'll forgive the expression)./align]riter:e sir, I've cobbled together a script for a comedy. It's a bit like those l Lampoon's Vacation only not as good. In fact it's rubbish.”
ign]ce, pipsqueak! Leave it to me, we'll slap the National Lampoon name on it, offer Chevy Chase a one... Read More
Vacation is good, as I remember, Euro pretty awful for the most part with dreadful British stereotypes, and Christmas is absolutely amazing. Hope this lives up to the strengths of the earlier ones (well, apart from Euro, obviously). ... Read More
