Return of the Living BernieDate : February 28, 2007Posted By :Clint Morris
Moviehole’s received word – word so solid, it just won’t flush – this morning that are planning to raise the dead.
Yep, it was bound to happen – though, I personally thought it wouldn’t happen until after they remade “The Godfather”, “Grease” and “Ghostbusters” – a remake of that late 80s classic (!) “Weekend at Bernie’s”.
Who can forget that little beautie? Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as two schmucks who head up to their boss’s beach pad for the weekend only to find him dead – and then decide to convince everyone that he in fact is just a little inebriated. (As both actors were when they signed up for the film). It was like cheap crack… so bad, yet ya kept drawing it in.
I still remember the manager at the drive-in cinema I worked at the time trying to tell me that “that guy (Terry Kiser, playing Bernie; the dead dude) is so amazing – he’s going to get an Oscar for that performance”.
Yup, imitation gold – for drive-ins.
Anyway, “Next Weekend at Bernies” is being produced by Ashok Amritraj – currently working on the new “Street Fighter” movie - and Jon Jashni ("Where the Wild Things Are") for Hyde Park and MGM. From the sounds of it, its essentially the same storyline – except this time Bernie invites the two guys up to his ‘Ski Lodge’ – so expect plenty of ‘dead body’ goes skiing, jokes – instead of the Beach House.
Moviehole’s received word – word so solid, it just won’t flush – this morning that are planning to raise the dead.
