'Look Who's Talking' Reboot in the Works
"Look Who's Talking," again!
A reboot of the 1989 comedy is in the works at Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems, with "The Wedding Ringer's"Jeremy Garelick set to write and direct, according to Deadline.
"Look Who’s Talking" starred Kirstie Alley as a single career woman who has a baby fathered by a married man. She forms a makeshift family with a cab driver played by John Travolta.Bruce Willis voiced baby Mikey.
Amy Heckerling wrote and directed the original, which cost just $7.5 million to make and grossed nearly $300 million worldwide. It spawned two sequels and a spinoff TV series.
Garelick is reportedly looking to pen a version that will allow for a diverse cast, as with "Wedding Ringer."
“What excited me about doing is, I have four kids, including twins, and this is something they can watch, and share some of the experience I had with my wife,” Garelick said.
“Like, figuring out how to raise these kids, with all the mistakes that happen. Add in the voices that are keyed to facial expressions, it just really seems like a fun idea. Everyone can relate to babies. The challenge is, that was a really good movie, Travolta and Kirstie Alley had great chemistry and Amy Heckerling wrote a great script. We’re in the early stages of figuring out what the story is for the modern version of the movie.”