Thecomic now best known for his Big Momma’s House flicks has finished working alongside fellow comedian Tim Allen in the new film from Van Wilder: Party Liaison director Walt Becker – which, amazingly enough, is also a comedy.
Scripted by My Name is Earl and Arrested Development writer Brad Copeland, the plot of Wild Hogs – due to hit our screens in May 2007 – reads like a not so subtle remake of 80s semi-classic City Slickers, as a bunch of suburbanites head out on the road to follow their dream of being bikers, but end up with more than they bargained for.
Amusingly enough, the fictional biker gang was originally going to be the real-world Hell’s Angels – until the supposedly tough bunch of leather-clad thugs decided to sue the Disney Corporation for making them look silly. Nice work, guys…
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