The film version of the classic BBC kids’ comedy Rentaghost has undergone a few spooky changes.
First of all, Russell Brand has suddenly turned into Ben Stiller, with the Zoolander star ousting the Arthur actor thanks to a change of studio for the project.
Moving from Warner Bros to 20th Century Fox also means Night At The Museum writers Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant take over scripting duties.
The film appears to be based on the first series of the show, with Stiller playing the newly-deceased ghost Fred Mumford - the latest addition to an afterlife service which rents out ghosts to the living.
Anyone else having to pinch themselves that this Hollywood version of the ’70s children’s sitcom is moving ahead? Or did you just look up from your tablet PC and down the stairs, asking: “Dad, what's Rentaghost?”
Source: SFX
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Mings
Oct 13th 2011, 12:18
I think Sarah Jessica Parker should play the pantomime horse.
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Hadouken76
Oct 13th 2011, 13:05
Never watched it, thought it was too daft, but anything that replaces Brand with someone who is FUNNY and can ACT, is always a bonus. Next Tobin Bell as Treguard in Knightmare 3D!
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Jeffbiscuits
Oct 13th 2011, 13:26
Meryl Streep as Supergran?
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Mings
Oct 13th 2011, 15:48
Hadouken76 should like this. Educational for anybody not acquainted with the wonders of Knightmare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciIfcYwI6Ps
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Hadouken76
Oct 13th 2011, 17:03
Love it Mings! Imagine how great it would be with todays graphics!
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5thghostbuster
Oct 13th 2011, 20:41
Wouldn't Russell Brand have made a better Timothy Claypole? Seems more suited to that than playing Fred.
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