According to news we have learned, Disney is planning on remaking this 80s film from a script written by Will Reichel. Reichel has worked on Johnny Depp’s Secret Window and Jon Favreau’s Elf. This does seem to be Reichel’s first big writing gig. The remake will premiere on Disney+. Here is the synopsis given: “Life for an NYC bachelor and his two single friends is hilariously turned upside down when a girlfriend dumps a baby in his lap and disappears from his life forever.”
Producer Gordon Gray, who has worked on Disney projects such as Secretariat, Miracle, and Million Dollar Arm will produce the project, with studio execs Louie Provost (Lilo & Stitch remake) and Allison Erlickhman (The Little Mermaid remake) overseeing. The film that is expected to begin shooting later this year in Brooklyn, New York.
Q: You have to tell me something about your Three Men and a Baby reboot for Disney+. What’s your angle?
Maurice Marable: Well, here’s what I will say. I mean, again, I’m trying not to do anything that doesn’t speak to what’s going on in society today. When you go back and you watch the original Three Men and a Baby you go, “times have changed.”
Q: Yes, hopefully these protagonists will have a different relationship with women.
Maurice Marable: Exactly. That’s a part of it. Zac Efron is still attached to play the lead. We are in the process of finishing up the script. I’m not making a Manhattan story. I making a Brooklyn story. It’s about these three guys, but guys are not as stupid as they were back in the day. The cast will be very diverse, that’s the only way I would do it, and we’ll see how Disney enjoys the script in the next six/seven weeks.
Q: Will there be a reference to the weird ghost child cameo that was actually just the shadow of the cardboard cut-out of Ted Danson and a top hat?
Maurice Marable: If I get my druthers, yes. And I would love to have a cameo from one or all of them. I still want to pay homage to the original.