Following in the awesomely successful footprints of Son of the Mask and Evan Almighty, Hollywood is cannily putting into production another Jim Carrey-less sequel to another big Jim Carrey hit.
To be fair, this time I think they may be on to something. Josh Flitter will star as the jr. high school-aged son of the (no doubt completely absent) Ace Ventura. When his Moms is accused of stealing a valuable rare panda cub, he decides to follow in his father’s footsteps.
I think it’s smart that they are going after another audience entirely rather than try to duplicated the first two films with less-appealing parts. And if (a HUGE if) they manage to hit the right note, this could appeal to kids and older audiences, ala Spy Kids. Plus, pandas are cute. There, I said it.
Let me offer the producers one piece of advise: Don’t spend $200 million dollars making this film. You know, because.
