Sometimes, you do have to sit back and marvel at some of the surprisingly good comedies that came out in the 1980s. I grew up with those comedies – not just the John Hughes films (although those almost always stand up), but those were the days when SNL cast-members made really great transitions to film. Think about Eddie Murphy’s career in the ‘80s, for goodness sake. In fact, many TV stars transitioned to film with great success back in those days. Think about Ted Danson, who as it turns out, was always a much better actor than he was given credit for. During Danson’s hiatus from Cheers one summer, he filmed a great little movie with two other ‘80s superstars: Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg. The film was Three Men and a Baby and it was AWESOME. Everything about the movie is awesome. Full-stop. Why bring this up? Because Star Magazine claims there’s a small movement afoot to remake the film with “hot actors” who all happen to be new dads.
New dad Ryan Reynolds wants to put diaper duty on pause and reprise the hit 1987 flick ‘Three Men and a Baby’, with the help of hunky fathers Ashton kutcher and Ryan Gosling.
“Ryan thinks the timing couldn’t be better,” says a Hollywood insider. “All the guys are going through first-time fatherhood – all with daughters! – so they could call on a lot of their experiences to make the movie funny.”
Ryan welcomes daughter James with Blake Lively just before the New Year, while Ashton says life with Mila Kunis and baby Wyatt is “unbelievable” and Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes are “cherishing every minute” with little Esmeralda.
“It would be great to get the ball rolling on this movie while all the comical and cringeworthy moments of daddy duty are fresh in their minds… and they aren’t a bad bunch to look at, either!”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
While I think this Star story in particular is crap, I wanted to nip this in the bud straight away before some Hollywood executive got coked out of their skull and decided to greenlight it. They’re already remaking Ghostbusters. They should NEVER remake Three Men and a Baby. I mean, what’s next? They’ll remake 48 Hours? Beverly Hills Cop? STOP THE MADNESS.
And between Gosling, Reynolds and Kutcher, who is the Guttenberg? I’m really asking. You know all three of them think that they’re the Selleck of the group, although we might be able to convince Gosling to be the Danson. But no one wants to be the Guttenberg. Which is too bad, because the world needs more Guttenbergs. GUTTENBERG!!
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This feels like the film you do when your choices are not great and free fall.
Goodness why is every movie a remake. Where are the writers. There have to be a l ton of original scripts out there. 3 Men and a Baby was a cute movie.. but not so much so that it needs to be made again.
It’s a film you make (or borrow from the French original) because it’s the 80s and men raising children is an emerging concept that society is uncomfortable with, thus comedy. See also: Mr. Mom.
Pleeeeease Hollywood. No.
I was just thinking about Mr. Mom the other day, and how outdated the idea behind it is today (for most people).
IKR? In 2015, I cringe at the thought of a goofy comedy about men changing diapers.
I agree. I have zero interest in seeing a remake of this film. Hollywood has run out of ideas. Not everything needs to be remade/rebooted/whatever.
The only remake of this hot mess I will accept is one starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and Terry Crews. DiCaprio can play the baby, it might get him that elusive Oscar he’s been drowning his sorrow in models for.
I don’t believe this for a minute . I really don’t think Ryan Gosling would ever do this movie either.
+ 1
I totally believe it (except it’s in Star)….they are remaking everything, EVERYTHING! I can’t believe they remade Poltergeist…one of my favorite movies, back in the day! And this Ghostbusters remake…C’MON PEOPLE…Ghostbusters is a classic!!!!! Next they will be remaking E.T. Dear Hollywood, GET SOME ORIGINAL IDEAS AND STOP MESSING WITH OUR FAVORITE FILMS!!!!!!
My question is why they have the GUTTENBERG posing like that on Tom Sellecks shoulder? Kind of a little creeper if you ask me.
But I agree, I loved this movie and there is no need for so many movie makeovers!!
Why can’t we go back to original films written by screenwriters with fresh material? Even better, written by women and showcasing strong female leads. Even better strong female leads over a certain age? And also starring our contemporary feminists like Emma Watson?? Where are those films? Why are we getting reboots of Annie and The Karate Kid and About Last Night?
@Little Darling …
“Annie” has been an off and on running play on Broadway for years with different staging and actresses. This is also the third “Annie” film (along with an awesome Made-for-TV “Annie” movie) since the 70’s.
Karate Kid and Annie were purchased by Will Smith with the rumored intent on using them to launch his childrens careers in film.
Both remakes were horrible.
Stop remaking perfectly ok films!
@FLORC – I never even thought of the Smith angle like that. Good points.
Yup they used another actress for Annie after Will’s daughter didn’t want to do it.
While I agree with you on the lack of new material and strong female leads in Hollywood I’m not sure this particular movie is the best example. “Three men and a baby” isn’t an original film. It is based on a french film called”trois hommes et un couffin” (“three men and a craddle”).
I’m merely talking about hollywoods obsession with putting out material that’s already been remade. Even if it’s been made multiple times. This is one of many 80s movies (remade or not remade) being remade again. It saddens me.
Who makes Steve Guttenberg–a star?
We do.
Why?!?
@Kaiser …
You forgot to mention that the magical film “Three Men and a Baby” was directed by Leonard Nimoy (the man was truly gifted in SO many ways). The film is a classic. They shouldn’t remake it.
I never knew that! So cool.
@Granger …
Yep! 🙂 Leonard Nimoy got the job after directing two of the “Star Trek” films that were made in the 1980’s: “Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock” (1984) and (my all time favorite) “Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home” (1986) … it’s the one about the whales. I was living in Los Angeles in 1986 and I remember people lined up outside theaters to see “The Voyage Home.” That film alone probably got him the opportunity to direct “Three Men and a Baby.”
If you look at the lower right-hand side of the poster above you”ll see ‘Directed by’ and then Leonard Nimoy’s name. 🙂
I had no idea!!!! WOW, thanks for sharing! 😀
I was just coming to post that. Nimoy was a good director. The 2 Star Treks he directed are very good as well. He was a solid director and the films made a lot of money–it must’ve been his choice not to make more.
It actually sounds like a cute idea! Just me?
I’m kind of on board (Pulls blanket over head).
Actually, I am with you two.
Out of all the movies being re-made or that has been re-made over the last 10 years, this one actually does sound fun/funny/interesting enough to see it again.
And I think Kutcher is/would be the Guttenberg out of the 3, Gosling is Danson, Reynolds is Selleck
The real star of a remake would be FAKE BABY.
I’m sure FAKE BABY would be up for the lead!
Three fake actors and a fake baby. It’ll clean up at the fake Oscars
Does anyone remember the rumor of the ghost in the window in Three Men and a Baby? When we were little, my friends and I would watch it on HBO and wait for the moment when you could see the figure peering through the curtains. Then we’d scream and not want to be alone for the rest of the night.
Turns out it was something harmless, but it really terrified me back then.
http://www.snopes.com/movies/films/3menbaby.asp
“Three Men and a Baby” was a remake of the original french movie “Trois hommes et un couffin”.
So it would be the remake of a remake…
Lots of films are remade from other countries and languages. It’s generally thought once it changes languages it’s not entirely a remake. When changing languages you appeal to a different group and must often change the jokes as well. So, you’re keeping the concept and general storyline of the film, but much is altered.
The writer of “Trois Hommes et un Couffin” was given main writer credits on the English version for having written the french original. That pretty much acknowledges that it is a remake.
The French version was better though.
I always assumed it was a remake of a John Wayne movie, 1948’s 3 Godfathers, a western about three men and a baby.
A remake of Three Men would suck primarily because NOBODY can fill the shoes of my first love, Tom Selleck. That man is one of a kind.
Richard Burke to those who don’t remember him as Magnum PI! And he still looks good too!
Why do I get the feeling whoever put out this rumor is the one trying to get the movie made? They probably can’t sell it anywhere because it’s a dumb idea, so start a rumor saying three (somewhat inexplicably) popular actors are interested?
Three Men & A Baby is a terrible film. To start with, I love a good montage, but when the first 10 minutes of your film is primarily made up of various montages, you’ve made a bad film. Then there’s the fact that the whole plot revolves around a woman with severe PND abandoning her baby, and it’s played for laughs. The men are portrayed as stupid to the point of being braindead, and need the women in their life to tell them that babies need, y’know food and stuff. Then they just hand the baby to the two most dodgy looking drug dealers in existence because as we’ve already covered, they’re stupid to the point of being braindead. Shenanigans ensue and go on for a really long time. Like a really long time. Then nothing really happens…then within about a 3 minute span mom comes back and takes the baby, she has another breakdown on their doorstep (PND! LOL!) and they all start living together. Because obviously living with 3 manchildren will totally help the mother’s mental illness, and that baby’s not going to be damaged at all by the utter chaos and idiocy it’s surrounded by.
Kutcher is obviously the Guttenberg.
We could probably do an entire thread deconstructing horribly plotted 80’s movies full of stereotypes for a laugh. Can’t Buy Me Love would be my nomination!
@Jessica – Great break down
But am I the only one who crushed on Guttenberg in Police Academy One??????? *looks concerned*
@Little Darling – Um, I always kinda liked that cheese-ball movie.
*hangs head in shame*
Nuh-uh. No touching Can’t Buy Me Love. I know it’s faults but I still love it because reasons, okay?
Another vote for no touching Can’t Buy Me Love. Love that film.
But yeah, 3 Men and a Baby is just…not good. I’ve seen it many times, don’t get me wrong. But it’s almost so bad it’s good. It makes NO sense, plot-wise.
Um, I still do the African Anteater Dance with plenty of skill. Please do not go destroying the pedestal that I built for CBML! 😉
@Jessica Agreed. If true, they are dredging the bottom of the barrel of remakes. I don’t think that film needed to be made the first time. And I like to watch old movies, but that was BAD.
@Jessica, who wrote: “Then there’s the fact that the whole plot revolves around a woman with severe PND abandoning her baby, and it’s played for laughs. The men are portrayed as stupid to the point of being braindead, and need the women in their life to tell them that babies need, y’know food and stuff. Then they just hand the baby to the two most dodgy looking drug dealers in existence because as we’ve already covered, they’re stupid to the point of being braindead. Shenanigans ensue and go on for a really long time. Like a really long time.”
The plot actually revolves around the fact that three die hard bachelors are stuck with a baby and have no idea what to do with and for her. You are right in saying that at the beginning of the film they ask the women in their lives questions about how to take care the baby and try to push said care off on the women. But what you left out is the fact that the women tell the men to handle it themselves. So they figure out how to change, clean, feed, dress, put to bed, and love the baby. The three ‘boy-men’ (as you call them) change from being selfish, self-absorbed a-holes to dependable, responsible, and nurturing men. In the end, it is their love for Mary that moves them to offer Mary’s mother a place to live.
Are the men ‘stupid’ because they’ve never had children or been in relationships with women who have children and therefore don’t know how to take care of a baby?
Jessica thank you. That film was ridiculously sexist. We certainly don’t need another movie who’s main punch line is how unnatural men are around babies or “how cute” it is that a man learns to care for his own offspring. And yes it always bothered me how the mothers depression was skirted around in favor of the “comedy” (’twasnt even funny). No way Gosling would sign on to this crap. But for some women, a hunky guy with a baby is a reason to buy movie tickets so I’m sure Hollywood WILL remake it.
Maybe Hollywood should do a movie on the politics and reasons for doing remakes? I would love to know what goes through these people’s minds when such ideas are pitched
They should remake something classy like Weekend at Bernie’s.
Or Mannequin.
Remake Mannequin starring Kim Kardashian as the mannequin
I thought I smelled BS and when I saw it was from Star I realized I should have known.
And Reynolds is definitely Guttenberg.
I was thinking Kutcher was Guttenberg!
Lol. I can see that, actually.
No question, Kutcher is Guttenberg.
I watched this movie about a zillion times between the ages of 11 and 13. I wanted to live in that apartment so badly. But a remake in 2015 would be filled with so many dude jokes and fart humor, it would be kind of painful to watch. However, if they do make it, you know Kutcher wouldn’t mind being the Gutenberg. Dude, just loves a pay check and doesn’t really care about the quality of the work.
Hell no!!
That’s a mess in the making (and no way in hell I’d watch it)!
Who will play the ghost kid lurking behind the curtains?
You beat me to it! I was going to make a similar comment about the on set ghost!
YESS!!!! I posted something about it above before I saw your comment. Scared the bejeezus out of me when I was a kid. I seriously thought it was real.
dear god no
Reynolds can’t act and isn’t hot, Kutcher can’t act and is gross. Terrible idea Hollywood
This is a perfect role for Reynolds. There wouldn’t be a lot of heavy lifting in this movie.
None of them are funny enough to be Guttenberg. Or sexy enough to be Tom Selleck. Or cool enough to be Ted Danson.
Yeah, I agree, as an old fart I have to say you hit the nail on the head. Very few men are as sexy as Magnum, and these three don’t have his appeal. None of them are cool like Ted and none of them are particularly funny. Although as many have pointed out, I do think Ashton is the most Guttenbergesque. (Ha, love that word.)
Sorry, only CGI effects could compete with the raw power that is Tom Selleck’s MUSTACHE .
What a terrible idea. I can tolerate some of these remakes, but there are too many, and some movies shouldn’t be remade at all. I’m not sure how this movie could even be funny in 2015. Yes, 30 years ago it was still feasible to set up a comedy where likable male characters have no idea how to do childcare tasks and take a long time to get the basics figured out. These days, I don’t see an argument for men who are first time parents to struggle any more than women who are first time parents would. I mean, Two Men and a Baby is something that happens all the time with the greater acceptance of gay couples parenting.
Kutcher would be Guttenberg, let’s get that straight. I hope this is BS, I loved this movie and wanted a baby girl so badly afterward (which I eventually was blessed with) and just watched it again the other day. There is only one Tom Selleck and I’ve always liked him, he just comes across as a nice person. Can’t they think of anything original anymore? Does everything have to be a remake? And they wonder why movie audiences are dwindling.
I can see this movie being remade with Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman, and Jack Nicolson.
My friend dated Guttenberg. He was a coked out mess of a human being with an ego as big as a Kardashian butt. The world does not need more Gute.
Interesting!
Awwww man. Are there any decent human beings in Hollyweird?
Interesting! Was this in the 80s heyday? I saw him on Dancing with the Stars a few seasons ago and the ego was certainly no longer in tact. He came across as very humble and glad to be there!
I don’t know what he’s like now but I agree, he had a notorious reputation back in the day.
You’re supposed to remake great films. Classics.
Not B grade movies at best. Why re-make this????
While I don’t believe this story either, Reynolds would be the Guttenberg. With his limited acting skills, Kutcher could be the baby.
Hahaha! That is the funniest sh.t I’ve read all week!
Oh my god, I hope they make it and it bombs and we never hear from them again, I can’t stand any of these three. They seem to each be under the delusion that they’re super manly (Gosling) or super smart (Kutcher) or super special (Reynolds, he always looks so smug!). This would be a total wankfest.
Every one of these actors sucks. I’d love for them to go away, since they think so highly of themselves. Especially Kutcher.
Kaiser, this american version is allready a remake from the much much better original from france!!!!!! If they want another remake of this great french movie, im ok with that. Watch the french original!
No Way!
The movie would be a remake of a remake since the original movie is French. I’ve never seen either version because the plot never appealed to me. But I may see the French version just to see what it’s all about.
Slightly off topic but aren’t James and Wyatt boy’s name?
oh my, STAR thought hey Gosling, Reynolds and Kutcher are now all new fathers of daughters so let´s make up a story about them and fatherhood! 3 men and a baby. Perfect
This film is so dated. The concept of men being inept baby wranglers is so 80s. It wouldn’t work now.