‘Twins’ Sequel Being Developed As ‘Triplets,’ With Schwarzenegger, DeVito And Eddie Murphy
Rumors have flown for the past year of apossible sequeltoTwins, the 1988 comedy in whichDanny DeVitoandArnold Schwarzeneggerstarred as genetically engineered but not quite identical brothers. And now that second film is really happening: Universal and Montecito Picture Co. are developing a film that will followTwins. ButTwins 2isn’t quite going to cut it; this film will be calledTriplets. And if things work out the way the companies want,Eddie Murphywill be the third brother.
THRsays “the story would see Schwarzenegger and DeVito as brothers Julius and Vincent, conceived experimentally, who discover they have third sibling.”
There is no director yet.Ivan ReitmandirectedTwins(taking the title from his old filmmaking partner David Cronenberg, who originally planned to use it for the film that becameDead Ringers) but he may not return. There isn’t even a writer yet set to put words on the screen. So this is just an idea in search of a script. That means that the participation of all three major actors is conditional — if they like the script, the movie might happen.
What are the chances we’ll actually see this? Hard to say. DeVito hastalked activelyabout doing it and Schwarzenegger isreportedly interested, too. So they seem like they’re ready to go. And Eddie Murphy… it’s hard to tell what Murphy really wants to do. He has said hedoesn’t want to do any more family comedies; he’s interested in “edgy” stuff. I get the sense that if he’s not into the script, he’ll bail without a second thought. Granted, that might leave the door open for someone else to play the third brother…
