Warner Bros is convinced - CONVINCED - that this is going to be a huge hit!
But clearly you’d like to watch some reviews first, and right now you’re watching Beyond The Trailer’s...
Man, it’s hard to believe that this franchise started out in the hands of John Hughes, who
helped write the first three installments and whose short story Vacation 58 started
this whole crazy road trip in the first place. But then again, comedy has changed quite a
bit since the original film back in 1983 and, because Hollywood is franchise crazy these
days, the Vacation franchise must adapt. This isn’t its first try though, as Warner Bros
tried to revive the franchise back in 1997 with Vegas Vacation. So now, Chevy Chase is
passing the station wagon keys to Ed Helms, who will now try to drive the franchise as
a grown up Rusty Griswold. Not a bad idea to try and move beyond Chase, who certainly
hasn’t endeared himself to comedy fans with his difficult behavior over on cult hit Community,
but is Helms really the best choice to replace him? While Helms is part of The Hangover movies,
he’s kind of like the Ringo of The Hangover movies... In fact, Helms has never starred
in a film, and MIGHT have killed the one show he did end up starring on, The Office. But
he’s got back up here! There’s Christina Applegate as his wife, who’s had slightly
better luck at the box office, as well as Leslie Mann who recently graduated from Judd
Apatow’s wife to comedy star with last year’s The Other Woman. And of course there’s Chris
Hemsworth, who’s really been driving audience interest in this movie with his...uh...acting
ability... Then here’s a promising sign! Sony and Marvel have just hired John Francis
Daley and Jonathan M Goldstein, the writer-directors on this film, to script the new Spider-Man
movie for 2017 - which Kevin Feige has said he wants to have that John Hughes vibe.
So are Daley and Goldstein the new John Hughes?!
Wait! I thought that was John Green...?