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By Laurie Boeder, About.com Guide to Classic Movies

Shrinking Man May be Remade, Sort Of

Tuesday April 22, 2008

The Hollywood blogs and rags report that director Brett Ratner is in talks to remake The Incredible Shrinking Man, playing it for laughs with Eddie Murphy in the leading role as a Vegas magician under a curse that will shrink him to nothing unless he can reverse the spell.

Sounds like a far cry from the 1957 original, an old-fashioned, Cold War nuclear scare flick in which everyman Grant Williams passes through some sort of radioactive glitter before starting to shrink - not the best classic movie of its genre by a long shot.

So, despite the fact that Eddie Murphy has made more box office misses than hits, he can be a very funny man. This could actually be a better movie than the original -- not something you'll hear from me very often!

Comments

May 7, 2008 at 10:22 pm
(1) Charles Nielson says:

Better than the original!?! Not bloody likely! Have you seen the original Laurie? It’s very good, with a stirring ending that… but I’ll print no spoilers here. But really, Eddie Murphy? Maybe if he’s in drag and wearing a fat suit… maybe.

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