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Happy Madison To Produce 'Summer School' Remake?
Remember 'Summer School?' No, not that thing you were forced to do because you failed Calculus. I'm talking about the 80s movie directed by Carl Reiner ('The Jerk'). The film starred Mark Harmon as a disinterested gym teacher forced to teach an English class over the summer. Well it seems that the movie 'Summer School' is now on track to be just as painful and unwanted as actual summer school. Paramount has apparently been trying to put together a remake of this comedy for years and have entered into talks to take on Adam Sandler's Happy Madison company as a producing partner. Sandler is not set to star at this point and the film is currently sans writers.
Happy Madison has become an easy punching bag of late, mostly because their movies are terrible. I don't even think we need discuss Nick Swardson's uncomfortably inept turn in 'Bucky Larson.' The reason I'm not dreading their involvement in this project as much as I probably should be is that it's hard for me to get excited about a 'Summer School' remake in the first place. It's not so much that I feel the original is hallowed ground upon which no other filmmaker should tread, it's actually a fluffy, basic 80s comedy that doesn't come up too often in conversations about the best of the genre. It's just that the apathetic teacher angle was just explored in Jake Kasdan's 'Bad Teacher' and if I had a nickel for every movie involving a put-on teacher in a classroom full of misfits, I'd have enough to fund the 'Summer School' remake myself. I'm just not seeing what there is they can bring to the table to reinvigorate the original film. I will say that I am pleased that Sandler doesn't look to be starring, but that could very well change.
What do you guys think? Any 'Summer School' fans out there? Are you at all interested in a remake?
Source: THR
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Comment by Smoppers on April 3, 2012 at 9:30pm -
- I can't wait till Hollywood gets sick of the 80s generation nostalgia trend. Sorry Cyrus, but your generation has caused more obnoxious movies than that J-horror thing.
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Comment by Ferry2dead on April 3, 2012 at 9:19pm -
NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Comment by Dave Barr on April 3, 2012 at 5:34pm -
After seeing parts of Jack and Jill, Adam Sandler is dead to me. RIP buddy, stop making movies please. Please.
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Comment by Lt. Commander Armstrong on April 3, 2012 at 4:38pm -
KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!
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Comment by Narcissist on April 3, 2012 at 3:52pm -
I checked out as soon as you said "Happy Madison".
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Comment by El Capitan Mexico on April 3, 2012 at 3:12pm -
Ah, Summer School is one of my favorite 80's movies. It may not be the most memorable 80's movie it did have its own charm. The students were fun to watch and Mark Harmon as Freddy Shoop was great. The characters just felt real. Unfortunately off the top of my head I can't think of any actors that can replace them, because no doubt Adam Sandler will play the teacher and the other summer school teacher will be some hot chick.
My opinion on "Happy Madison" productions was more of a shoulder shrug because I didn't care about those movies, until I went to see 21 Jump Street and saw the trailer for "That's My Boy." When I saw that golf ball rotated and said "Happy Madison Productions" I thought to myself, "Oh fuck." And not to my surprise I had a blank look on my face throughout that trailer. I don't understand what Co-Host finds so funny about Adam Sandler anymore.
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Comment by David on April 3, 2012 at 3:07pm -
I liked the original Summer School but the right screenwriter could make a good remake, if it's more realistic of kids in this decade. That means more Latinos, less slang, more Facebook, and all that stuff which needs research.
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Comment by Richard Dempsey on April 3, 2012 at 3:07pm -
*This will fly over me, and then it'll come out, and then I'll be all like "Oh! This? Really? WTF Happy Madison?" And then I'll shit bricks.*
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Comment by Trent on April 3, 2012 at 1:54pm -
Happy Madison Sucks Dick
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Comment by Hogwarts Dropout on April 3, 2012 at 1:53pm -
Summer School seems like such an 80s-centric movie, that to remake it sounds like a bad idea. The only way it could possibly work is if it were set in the 80s. Even that sounds like a stretch.
Hopefully, it'll tank, and Happy Madison will go bankrupt.
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