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Published 16:20 15 Sep 2021 GMT
The hit 1988 comedy Twins is finally getting a sequel after 33 years!
As confirmed by Deadline, the stars of the movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger (who plays Julian) and Danny DeVito (who plays Vincent) as well as director and producer Ivan Reitman, are teaming up to give fans an update on the brothers more than three decades on.
And it turns out that the duo is, in fact, a trio, with Tracy Morgan having been cast to play the pair's long-lost brother.
The upcoming movie, aptly named Triplets, will begin shooting in January 2022 in Boston. The script for the film will be written by Dylan Dawson & Lucas Kavner.
Reitman spoke to Deadline recently about how the idea behind the project came about, telling the publication: "Twins was quite successful, and some years after, this whole thing started with Arnold meeting Eddie Murphy, and the suggestion came from one of them."
The movie was originally supposed to star Murphy - as opposed to Tracy Morgan - but the former was no longer able to take part due to scheduling conflicts with Coming 2 America.
Reitman explained: "It was, 'I should be a triplet, that could be a very funny comedy.' We started a script with Eddie, and after the success he had with Amazon Prime on Coming 2 America, he got himself booked up heavily.
"And we knew we were going to make it at the beginning of next year. I’d been good friends with Tracy Morgan for a long time and always thought he was one of the funniest men in the world.
"I thought he would make a terrific triplet, and we rewrote the whole script for him. Now, we’ll go out and try and put the money together and get it made."
Sharing with Deadline the premise of the film, Reitman said: "Secretly, there was a third baby born, a Black baby, who hasn’t been in touch with his siblings.
"They don’t know each other and very early in the movie they meet and it’s how they achieve a bond together after all these years.
"It’s really a film about family and, no matter how different we all are, we have to learn to get along. These guys have great chemistry together, and you can see that in the reel, and how much energy they bring out in each other."
