Steve Martin Hasn't Actually Been Offered Father of the Bride III Role
LatestHollywood constantly raids the archives for marketable properties. But even so, this comes as a surprise: Apparently another Father of the Bride sequel is in the works, twenty years after the last one. The franchise will be spruced up for today’s audiences with a gay marriage angle.
The report comes via Nikki Finke, who says Disney and Warner Brothers are currently squaring away the rights for Father of the Bride III, complete with Steve Martin and original co-writer Charles Shyer. According to Finke, the pitch goes like so: Little brother Matty (originally played by a pint-sized Culkin sibling) is grown, gay and engaged. His soon-to-be father-in-law is a Navy SEAL. Cue freakout: “Father of the bride George is ‘thunderstruck and speechless’ and has problems with the whole gay thing. So wife Nina kicks him out of the house, according to the pitch which Disney loved.”
Hm. Interesting.