Dark Horizons is reporting that Steve Martin is planning on doing at least two more Pink Panther movies.
This has really upset my father.
My dad is like, this huge Steve Martin fan. He should be a Steve Martin archivist. He has everything... Seriously, there's this album called The Steve Martin Brothers where one side is all banjo.
Anyway, a couple years ago, there was an ad for Cheaper By The Dozen on tv, and I groaned, "uhh, this guy is so lame".
My dad spent the following week educating me in Steve Martin. Films, books, magazine articles... That week my father passed the torch.
I think that Steve Martin is the greatest comedian who ever lived.
Notice the emphasis on "is".
Something happened to Steve, somewhere around Parenthood... He started doing movies... for the money.
That's what I think it is. I honestly don't believe that a man of his reported IQ actually thinks that Bringing Down the House is a good film. He did it for the money.
For those of you who question whether or not he's still got it, I point you to Shopgirl.
Of course, that will cause you to respond with The Pink Panther.
I didn't think it was as bad as everyone says. I think it had it's moments. He was trying to recapture some of his earlier work... But he failed. Now, why he thought he could resurrect this cursed film franchise is beyond me... He probably did it for the money... But he probably thought he could pull it off. Why else would he have a credit on the script?
I dunno. There is hope in these sequels... Rawson Marshall Thurber (Dodgeball) is set to direct, instead of the director of the first film, Shawn Levy (Cheaper by the Dozen).
And Rachel Stevens (S CLUB 7) is rumored to be in the cast... Which is fantastic... I mean, if you're going to go for a young attractive girl, Rachel is it... You know, besides me... (Steve, call me)
This little news piece has turned into a semi-rant... I apologize. Remember... It wasn't too long ago that Steve did Bowfinger. He's not lost it, he's not senile... He just does certain projects for the money.
Let's hope he does this one, it's because he wants to fix the mistakes of the first one. Maybe he wants to prove to all of us that he can do this franchise justice.
Or maybe it's for the money.
Either way, if you can't deal with it, remember. Comedy isn't pretty.
