Revenge of the Nerds reboot coming from Seth MacFarlane
December 16, 2020 by:
Family Guy creator is developing a reboot of the 80s comedy
Keith and Kenny Lucas, the identical twin Lucas Brothers, are set to star in the film and will be co-writing the project with Alex Rubens. You may remember the Lucas Brothers from their scene-stealing turn in
22 Jump Street which makes them a pretty solid duo to take this on. MacFarlane will produce the film for his company Fuzzy Door Productions, along with Erica Huggins. This reimagining is likely to have more luck than the last attempt to reboot the film. 20th Century Fox attempted a remake back in 2006 starring Adam Brody, Dan Byrd, and Kristin Cavallari but the studio called off the project after two weeks of production.
Revenge of the Nerds Reboot Is Coming from Seth MacFarlane
Revenge of the Nerds Reboot Is Coming from Seth MacFarlane
Keith and Kenny Lucas will co-write and star in a Seth MacFarlane-produced remake of the 80s comedy Revenge of the Nerds.
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane is developing a new take on the classic comedy at 20th Century Studios with identical twin comedians Keith and Kenny Lucas (
22 Jump Street,
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.) set to star. The Lucas brothers are also co-writing the script with Alex Rubens (
Key and Peele,
The Twilight Zone,
Per the report, the
Seth MacFarlane reboot will not be a straight remake of the original 1984 movie, which has faced criticism in recent years its depictions of rape. The new
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