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Reitman Receives New Draft for "Old School 2"
by Fred Topel | April 06, 2007
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"Old School 2" has been rumored ever since the first one became the new millennium's first bona fide quotable movie by college kids. But as the costars became megastars, it kept not happening. Now producer Ivan Reitman has a new script he hopes will entice the gang back together.

"I have in my briefcase a new draft of the screenplay, I got last night," Reitman said over the weekend. "I haven't read it yet. I'm going to read it on the plane. So yeah, we very much want to do it. We hope we can corral the entire cast because it was written by the same writers, will be directed by Todd Phillips as before."

Now that the boys have established their fraternity, what new trouble could they get into? "Well, it's the three characters in a different situation," was all Reitman would reveal.



Don't let the down time discourage you. Reitman has been known to pull famous gangs back together after long absences. "I think it certainly will be hard to get the cast together again because it always is. I remember before 'Ghostbusters II,' for much too long, I think seven years, every one of us including myself said, 'The odds of a Ghostbusters II are nil. There's no way we're ever going to get the cast together.' Bill Murray kept continuously saying he wasn't going to do it again. But somehow he came out. So who knows?"

One thing is for sure, Reitman would never try to cast new young stars in the same roles. "I wouldn't want to recast that. I think the strength of a movie like 'Ghostbusters' and 'Old School' is the charm of those people together."

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Arturious writes:
on Apr 06 2007 01:34 AM

I really want this to happen. Yes, I am a college kid and I love Old School.

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blank blank writes:
on Apr 06 2007 07:52 AM

old school was great, but ghostbusters II sucked. so.

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Kid_Ikarus writes:
on Apr 06 2007 09:44 AM

GB2 wasn't THAT bad, it was more of a "for fun" project that anything else i think, it was pretty much just a giant love-letter to New York. But who knows...

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unbreakable_samurai writes:
on Apr 06 2007 12:37 PM

I would love to get another one, nice to hear that Phillips is back on board and that they won't recast it with other actors.

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bigbrother writes:
on Apr 06 2007 04:10 PM

Isn't Will Farrell still sticking to his "No sequels" rule? and what would Old School be without Frank the Tank?

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Agro writes:
on Apr 09 2007 12:27 PM

Reitman just got a frantic cell phone call.

"Yes Luke, this is the twenty-seventh time you've told me you're on board."


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