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| Tuesday
November 18th, 2003 |
| STEVE
MARTIN SAYS "OUI" TO CLOUSEAU IN 'PINK PANTHER'
PREQUEL |
| Steve
Martin is following in the pratfall-prone steps of Peter
Sellers to play bumbling French police Inspector Clouseau
in a new 'Pink Panther' movie, an MGM studio spokesman
said on Monday. |
Wild-and-crazy' guy Martin stars in the upcoming 'Cheaper
By The Dozen'. He's now agreed to play Clouseau in a
prequel to 1964's 'The Pink Panther' movie, called 'Birth
of the Pink Panther'.
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. spokesman said an option
is in place to make a second 'Pink Panther' movie with
Martin as Clouseau. A second film would depend on the
success of 'Birth', which will begin production next
year, but does not yet have a director.
In 'Birth', Clouseau will be investigating the murder
of France's soccer team coach when an even more intriguing
assignment comes his way. The famed Pink Panther diamond,
the national treasure of the country Lugash, has been
stolen.
MGM has long looked for a comic actor to take the Clouseau
role and revive the 'Pink Panther' movies. The part
is considered classic Sellers, and comedians have been
reluctant to be compared to him.
MGM tried to resurrect the franchise with 1993 box office
flop 'Son of the Pink Panther' with Italian comic actor
Roberto Benigni portraying Clouseau's son, Jacques Clouseau,
Jr.
Sellers created the part of the French detective whose
clumsy ways are eclipsed only by his ability to catch
criminals. The comedian played Clouseau in six films
through 'The Trail of the Pink Panther', which was released
in 1982, after Seller's death in 1980. |
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know it's a Sellers market... c'est la vie" |
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