Posted on 02/12/2020 4:24:55 PM PST by EdnaMode
Rick Moranis is leaving his decades-long hiatus from live-action acting to join Disney’s sequel to its 1989 blockbuster “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” Variety has confirmed.
Moranis will reprise his role as Wayne Szalinski, the crackpot scientist who accidentally shrunk his children (and the neighbor’s kids), then accidentally made his infant child enormous in 1992’s “Honey, I Blew Up the Kid,” and then accidentally shrunk himself and his wife in the 1997 straight-to-video sequel “Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves!” — which was also the last time Moranis acted in a live-action feature.
In the new film, which has the aptly condensed title “Shrunk,” Josh Gad will play Szalinski’s son (played by young actor Robert Oliveri in the 1989 and 1992 films), who, yes, accidentally shrinks his family. Original director Joe Johnston is returning to make the sequel, with Todd Rosenberg writing the script.
After cutting his teeth on the Canadian sketch series “SCTV,” Moranis was one of the most in-demand comic actors of the 1980s and 1990s, starring in 1984’s “Ghostbusters” and its 1989 sequel, Mel Brooks’ 1987 “Star Wars” spoof “Spaceballs,” Ron Howard’s 1989 ensemble dramedy “Parenthood,” and the 1994 live-action “The Flintstones” remake. Collectively, his films have earned over $1 billion at the domestic box office, not adjusting for inflation.
Since 1997, however, Moranis has worked sporadically, doing voice-over work (2003’s “Brother Bear,” a 2018 episode of “The Goldbergs”) as well as a couple comedy albums, after stepping away from acting to raise his children in the wake of his wife’s death from cancer.
Deadline first reported Moranis’ casting.
A genuine nice guy.
Kind of a letdown that this is the one he’s coming back for...
How did the writer forget Strange Brew?
“Chuck Norris for the defense!”
“Rick Moranis Returns to Acting for ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ Sequel”
At first I was totally excited....then I remember what year was in.
I can only wish for a Spaceballs sequel, but that too would have to go through the woke Hollywood grinder
Honey, I shrunk the grandkids?
His work in “Little Shop of Horrors” was wonderful.
I wish he had come back for a Ghostbusters sequel.
To his credit he scaled back his acting career in order to raise his children after his wife died. Regardless of his politics, I can respect that
Sounds like his wife died when the kids were young, and he forsook his career to focus on raising them.
An everyday hero. I hope he enjoys his return to the spotlight.
Agreed, I enjoyed his performance a lot. :D
What, no Bob and Doug reboot, eh?
What If
Mel Brooks made a woke-joke rib filled Spaceballs sequel?
I’d rather mel get around to the History of the World Part II
He’s not getting any younger
Great! Won’t be seeing anything Disney.
Honey I Shrunk our retirement fund
It would be awesome if he just put out one more film just lampooning all of that woke nonsense.
Part of me thinks he’s likely putting something together even if he has to have someone one else do most of the directing work.
Josh Gad?!
Pass
Nooooo.... stop with the sequel “reboots.” Just leave it alone.
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