A well-loved '80s comedy hit is coming back for a sequel. Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, is getting a follow-up film, Triplets, that returns to the lives of brothers Julius and Vincent as they learn they have a third triplet brother.
Director Ivan Reitman recently spoke about the film's newest star and how excited he is to return, choosing to share this excitement with the world.
Called Triplets, the follow-up to the 1988 comedy will see the return of director and producer Ivan Reitman, as well as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito reprising their roles as Julius and Vincent.
The first movie was a box-office hit as the fifth-highest grossing movie of the year, bringing in $216 million.
In an interview with Deadline, Reitman explained how the idea for a sequel came from Schwarzenegger meeting Eddie Murphy: "It was, ‘[Murphy] 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."
Reitman had just the man in mind.
"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," he told Deadline.
"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."
After spending many years as a producer on movies such as Space Jam: A New Legacy and the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife, he's thrilled to be directing once again.
"I haven’t directed in a couple years, but Arnold kept saying, ‘c’mon, we had such a great time.’ I just called him in Budapest and he’s so excited to see how people respond to the reel as we send it out."
"The initial reaction has been very strong, and how young Arnold and Danny look and how great the chemistry is with Tracy. I had a great time doing the first one, and this is going to be fun."
Triplets is set to begin shooting this January in Boston.
h/t: Deadline
