The original "Vacation": Still funny after all these years. D'Angelo: The Original MILF.
The "Vacation" series is dead. At least, that's what we all thought. The last time anyone was signing on the dotted line to appear in a full-length "Vacation" movie, it was a spin-off called "Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure" and was one of the most horrific things put on film since "Cannibal Holocaust". Now comes word that the series is being rebooted, which in Hollywood terms means: Screw your franchise, we wanna recycle it and diminish the memory of the original! Read on for the details, my gentle Examiner readers...
Well, if they're going to go ahead with this, I suppose I should just take consolation in the fact that Chevy Chase isn't going to be the lead again (and I say that as a Chevy fan, one of the least-popular things one can ever be). "Vegas" was a beating to sit through. Here's what SlashFilm's learned about the reboot:
Variety is reporting that Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Dale have been hired to pen the new movie, which won’t be released with the National Lampoon credit. Some new story details were also revealed, such as the location of Rusty’s road trip vacation. You guessed it - Wally World, the fictional amusement park that was the finale of the original film. In this new movie, Wally World is closing forever, and Rusty wants to bring his family to the park before it is gone for good. As you might expect, the park and that one summer vacation meant a lot to him. New Line/WB hopes to sign Chevy
Chase and Beverly D’Angelo to return as grandparents in the new film, no deals are in place.
Yeah, dude likes getting arrested. What can ya do? Stay tuned for more on the "Vacation" reboot as it becomes available, my gentle Examiner readers. In case you've forgotten how funny Chevy Chase used to be, check out this scene from the original "Vacation" (and beware naughty language if you're at work):
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