Looking back on it, the 90s were an awesome time. People were wearing tie-dye shirts and jean shorts, grunge music came into existence, and for the first time since 1969 the United States actually had a budget surplus. Back during those glorious times it would have made sense to make a movie out of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. After all, the book came out in 1992 and everyone was passing around copies. To make an adaptation now, almost 20 years after the book came out, would just be stupid. But when has being stupid ever held anything up in Hollywood?
First announced last April, Deadline is reporting that Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, best known for writing and directing Can't Hardly Wait and Josie and the Pussycats, have been hired by Summit to scribe and helm Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. The book by John Gray attempts to outline the differences between men and women while also bringing them together. Elfont and Kaplan's previous scripts also include A Very Brady Sequel, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Surviving Christmas, Made of Honor and Leap Year.
You may not care, but I decided to do some number crunching. Want to know the average score of a Elfont/Kaplan film on Rotten Tomatoes? 27% (Josie and the Pussycats ranked highest with 53%). I'll let you do your own math to figure out if this is going to be a good movie or not.
