Every so often Hollywood has to go through a cycle where everyone makes the same movie. Call it lack of fresh ideas, call it intellectual theft, but it happens. Don’t believe me? Look at how far apart Deep Impact and Armageddon came apart.
Hot on the tails of Mr. and Mrs. Smith comes Fun with Dick and Jane, a remake of the 1977 Jane Fonda/George Segal flick. This time around Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni play the suburban yuppie couple who come up with a new way to earn money when things go sour - they become thieves. Because nothing says holiday laughs like armed robbery, Dick and Jane is targeted for a Christmas release.
The folks over at Moviefone have the exclusive preview for Fun with Dick and Jane up right now. Take a look at the decidedly more comedic approach to the underworld (at least compared to Mr. and Mrs. Smith) and make your predictions as to whether this will be a Jim Carrey flop or hit. At least it looks like he doesn’t talk with his butt in this one... at least from the trailer.
