A sequel to the hit 1988 comedy Twins starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito is finally in the works with the original cast members being joined by 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan.
According to Deadline, director/producer Ivan Reitman and the film's leading stars Schwarzenegger and DeVito have found a way to continue the story, 33 years after the original film, in a sequel titled Triplets.
They have enlisted 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan, who played Tracy Jordan in the NBC comedy, to play a third long lost sibling.
Filming on Triplets is set for January 2022 in Boston as the two unlikely brothers Julian (Schwarzenegger) and Vincent (DeVito) find they are part of a trio.
Director Reitman said the role had originally been created with Eddie Murphy in mind, before he was replaced with Morgan due to scheduling conflicts.
"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," he told the publication.
"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 script was penned by Dylan Dawson and Lucas Kavner and a sizzle reel with the trio is about to be sent out to potential buyers.
