New Nutty Professor Reboot in Development With Zodiac and Amazing Spider-Man Writer

A new Nutty Professor reboot is in the works and it's coming by way of Zodiac and Amazing Spider-Man writer James Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt will pen the script for this Nutty Professor reboot alongside William Sherak and Paul Neinstein of Project X Entertainment, as reported by Deadline. Project X Entertainment reportedly obtained the rights to The Nutty Professor, originally a 1960s movie starring Jerry Lewis. Many might know the franchise today however due to Eddie Murphy's 1990s reboot. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-comedies&captions=true"] Lewis' Nutty Professor centered around a professor who drinks a special potion that transforms him into a more handsome character, Buddy Love. Murphy's 90s reboot took it up a notch as the actor not only played the professor and Love, but five of the professor's family members. This 1996 movie was followed up by the 2000 sequel, The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Not much else is known about this reboot as it appears to be in the very early stages of development. Vanderbilt is best known as the writer for 2007's Zodiac and 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man. He and the rest of Project X are quickly becoming known as a company with its sights set on reboots. It was announced earlier this year that Project X would reboot Scream with Ready or Not directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillet set to direct. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2018/02/18/7-great-comedies-that-critics-hated"] This news of a Nutty Professor reboot is the first time in years that a new Nutty Professor movie has made the rounds. In 2008, Universal was eyeing a third movie starring Eddie Murphy but that never came to fruition. You can read our thoughts about the Eddie Murphy reboot in our Nutty Professor review. If you're looking for some comedy to watch, check out the best comedies available on Netflix right now and then be sure to check out IGN's list of the 25 best comedies. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

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