The film Twins was released in 1988, when stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito were 41- and 44-years old, respectively. Additionally, Eddie Murphy was just 28-years old at the time, and while he wasn’t in the film, he was a rising comedy and action star with unlimited potential. Now, Schwarzenegger, DeVito and Murphy are 65, 67 and 51, respectively, and they’ve each had their fair share of personal relationship drama and controversy smeared across the media, so why wouldn’t they team up to make a sequel to Twins?

It seems that Universal Pictures is hellbent on bringing Triplets to the big screen ASAP, because Book of Mormon star Josh Gad has been hired along with Ryan Dixon to write the screenplay’s treatment, according to Deadline. Murphy will play the long-lost third Benedict brother, while Ivan Reitman will once again direct. Gad’s writing experience is limited to something called Gigi and the new comedy series, 1600 Penn (*cough, That’s My Bush was better, cough*) while Dixon has done… *flips papers around, stares at screen*… nothing.

Regardless, this is big news for Murphy, who continues his comedy acting renaissance that began with the horrible Tower Heist and was celebrated last week at Spike TV’s “Eddie Murphy: One Night Only” tribute show. Airing last night, the event honored the guy whose body of work was crushed by an ACME anvil sometime around 1992, and according to Extra, he was all laughs about being miles beyond his prime.

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Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have been married for 30 years, have three kids, and always seemed about the same height and pretty close to equal on the f*ckability scale, not to mention that they’re both ridiculously adorable. As such, they seemed like the perfect couple. And now they’re separating. First mom and dad and now this! Like I told my friends who got married this weekend, we’re all f*cked and there’s no use even pretending anymore.

Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman are separating after 30 years of marriage.
The two married back in 1982 and have 3 children together.
DeVito (5’0″) and Perlman (5’1″) met in 1970 when Rhea went to see an off-Broadway play, The Shrinking Bride … which featured Danny.
The two began dating soon after and lived together for 11 years before tying the knot.
A rep for the couple confirmed the split — but has no further comment at this time. [TMZ]

They’re just separated, not divorced, which is why I’m holding out some hope that Danny can still win her back with some wacky, Mrs. Doubtfire-esque stunt. But that will undoubtedly be harder to pull off once he starts banging Scarlette Johansson.

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As far as movie premises are concerned,

“I would love to do another ‘Twins,’” Schwarzenegger said when asked if there were any past characters he’d like to revisit. “As a matter of fact, we’ve been talking about doing one and it’s called ‘Triplets.’ I’d find somebody like Eddie Murphy or someone that people would say, ‘How does that happen, medically speaking?’ and, ‘Physically, there’s no way!’ Then, somehow, we would explain it. That would be hilarious with what we know about someone like him.”

“I can see a poster,” the actor continued. “A billboard with us three. ‘They found another one!’ ‘Triplets!’ ‘Only their mother can tell them apart!’ I would do that in two seconds, because that’s real entertainment. You come out with that movie for Christmas, like December 5th or something like that, and you’re home free.”

Who knew the public was dumb enough that an idea like “a tall guy and a short guy are twins!” could entertain them for three-plus hours? (Get it? It’s silly!) Arnold Schwarzenegger, that’s who. It figures that he went into politics. Whenever people point out that we elected him governor, I can only chuckle uncomfortably and say “You should’ve seen the other guys!” while I point to Gary Coleman and a porn star.

"You know what this needs? Norbit." - Someone, apparently

Good morning! Who wants to read about something that is stupid and unnecessary?! YOU DO? Boy are you in luck. From The Hollywood Reporter:

Is the world ready for a sequel to Twins?

WHAT WHY NO.

Universal and Montecito Picture Co. are hoping to develop a doozy of a follow-up to the 1988 hit comedy that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito that would reunite the two stars.

But wait, there’s a twist: In the new scenario, Eddie Murphy would act as a third brother.

[bangs head on desk]

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This is the first trailer for The Lorax, the animated movie based on the book by noted word-inventing, rhyme cheater Dr. Seuss. It’s neat to look at, and very cute, and features voices by perfectly harmless people like Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, and Betty White (nice to see those three getting work). For the voice of the titular character, however, they cast Danny Devito… and blew a short, squat hole right through my backflipping mind.

I understand that Danny DeVito is a show business legend. His involvement with shows like “Taxi” and his long career as a film producer have earned him plenty of juice with the kinds of people who make movies. But to members of a younger generation, namely me, he is most identifiable as Frank Reynolds, the trainwreck of a father figure on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” So when I hear his voice in this trailer, I’m not thinking “cute, animated character,” I’m thinking “guy who does crack with prostitutes.” (To be fair, I spend a lot of my day thinking about doing crack with prostitutes.)

Maybe they could work that into the movie somehow. Instead of saving trees or whatever, the Lorax could run a Philadelphia bar with some ne’er-do-wells. And run Ponzi schemes. And do crack with prostitutes. (We can call it “doing crafoogle with prostinoodles” to appease the Seuss family.) And they could put it on FX for a half an hour on Thursday nights. I’m just spitballing here, but I think I’m on to something.