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‘Meatballs’ Takes A Number, Steps In Line For Remake Treatment
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We can all safely assume that if there’s a movie that you love that was made between 1979 and 1993, it’s going to be remade soon. All-the-same, we must try and cover each as it is announced, and today’s remake announcement is for 1979’s Meatballs.

The original movie takes place at Camp North Star — a dirty, low-class camp for people who don’t want to spend a lot of money to basically just dump their kids off and enjoy the summer to themselves. A young boy named Rudy (Chris Makepeace) is sent there, and he’s your typical quiet, shy kid who stays to himself. Tripper (Bill Murray), a member of the CIT (Counselor in Training) program notices Rudy staying in his shell and reaches out to him and they become friends — each helping the other in different fashions. While these two main characters are bonding, the camp itself is in a heated battle with the feared cross-lake rivals, Camp Mohawk. As we’ve seen in so many movies since then, the camps naturally must compete against each other in various events to determine the champion.

Meatballs helped to launch some massive careers. Star Bill Murray, writer Harold Ramis, and director Ivan Reitman all have moved on to great things, including re-teaming in the same capacity for movies like Stripes, Ghostbusters, and Ghostbusters II. Ramis and Murray went on to make one of the funniest, if not the funniest movie of all-time: Caddyshack.

As per usual when a remake is reported, no writer, director, or actors have been announced. It is expected that the material will be based on the classic original movie and not any of the not-so-beloved sequels that followed, like Meatballs 4 starring Corey Feldman.

[Source: Risky Biz Blog]

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