Drop Dead Fred joins list of remakes.

With remakes being the latest and sadly longest running trend in Hollywood at the moment it seems one of my childhood favs Drop Dead Fred is now adding itself to the mix.   Today it was announced that Forgetting Sara Marshall star Russell Brand has been signed to star in the forthcoming remake which originally starred British comedian Rik Mayall in the role as Phoebe Cates’s (who we all remember fondly in the pool scene from Fast Times at Ridgemont High )imaginary friend.  

Land of the lost screenwriter Dennis McNicholas will penn the script through Working Title and  Marc Platt Prods. producing the film which in the modern take will be more in the vein of Beetlejuice.

Source: THR