Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito's long-awaited Twins sequel, Triplet, has found its third sibling in Tracy Morgan.
Deadline is reporting that Morgan has joined the film, which will follow the 1988 original with Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) back as the director. Schwarzenegger and DeVito will return as Julian and Vincent, respectively, who discover that they have a third long-lost sibling, played by Morgan. Dylan Dawson and Lucas Kavner will write the film, which is about to be shopped to buyers.
Reitman supplied a general premise for the film, saying, "Secretly, there was a third baby born, a Black baby, who hasn’t been in touch with his siblings. They don’t know each other and very early in the movie they meet and it’s how they achieve a bond together after all these years. It’s really a film about family and, no matter how different we all are, we have to learn to get along. These guys have great chemistry together, and you can see that in the reel, and how much energy they bring out in each other."
Not long after the first film arrived, Eddie Murphy wanted to join a potential sequel as the third sibling. Back in 2012, Murphy officially boarded a sequel with the first film's stars, with Reitman only on as a producer and original studio Universal once again involved. The film stalled from there, but Reitman said it's ready to shoot next year. But thanks to Murphy's busy schedule, he can no longer be involved.
"Twins was quite successful, and some years after, this whole thing started with Arnold meeting Eddie Murphy, and the suggestion came from one of them," Reitman said. "It was, 'I should be a triplet, that could be a very funny comedy.' We started a script with Eddie, and after the success he had with Amazon Prime on Coming 2 America, he got himself booked up heavily. And we knew we were going to make it at the beginning of next year. I’d been good friends with Tracy Morgan for a long time and always thought he was one of the funniest men in the world. I thought he would make a terrific triplet, and we rewrote the whole script for him. Now, we’ll go out and try and put the money together and get it made."
The movie will shoot in Boston during the winter. And though Reitman will return behind the camera, he took some convincing.
"I haven’t directed in a couple years, but Arnold kept saying, 'c’mon, we had such a great time.' I just called him in Budapest and he’s so excited to see how people respond to the reel as we send it out," Reitman said. "The initial reaction has been very strong, and how young Arnold and Danny look and how great the chemistry is with Tracy. I had a great time doing the first one, and this is going to be fun."
Source: Deadline