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Ace Ventura 3 Is In Development

Ace Ventura 3 Is In Development

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Rebecca Shepherd

Rebecca Shepherd

Ace Ventura is in development at Amazon Prime Video, production company Morgan Creek Entertainment has revealed.

In a retrospective on Morgan Creek, who produced the original Ace Ventura film, the company writes: "Ace Ventura will see a new day at Amazon as a major motion-picture/theatrical with the Sonic the Hedgehog writers."

Warner Bros

Going into a little more detail, the team said: "We're pretty excited about our franchise developments with Exorcist and the Ace Ventura franchise - its noticeable from the 3 million fans chatting on the official Facebook page for Ace Ventura that audiences are clamouring for a 3rd instalment.

"During Covid, audiences have been in love and are thrilled to have beloved characters brought back with new stories."

It's currently unknown if Jim Carrey will return to play the pet detective.

LADbible has contacted Amazon for comment.

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The staff at Morgan Creek weren't done there either and went on to explain their plans for the future: "Moving forward, we aim to continue to work with visionary filmmakers (as we have always done) and deliver the type of experiences that audiences love.

"Nightbreed has garnered the attention of Michael Dougherty, who most recently directed [Godzilla: King of the Monsters], and the gem Stay Tuned, a dark comedy classic from 1992, originally starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber, is being developed for AMC with the Fear the Walking Dead producers at the showrunner helm.

"As we mentioned earlier, Dead Ringers is being written by the critically lauded British writer Alice Birch (Succession, Normal People) with Rachel Weisz attached."

Amazon has been honing in on huge classics from back in the day. Take Coming to America as a prime (geddit) example. The sequel - Coming 2 America dropped on Amazon on 5 March.

Akeem is back.
Amazon Prime

Almost 33 years after the original, we watched as characters such as King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones), Queen Lisa (Shari Headley), Cleo McDowell (John Amos), Maurice (Louie Anderson) and the motley barbershop crew made their long-awaited return. Not forgetting Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem.

Speaking of Murphy, he is excited for audiences to see what new cast members - such as his own daughter - bring to the film.

The 59-year-old said: "What I'm most excited about the audience seeing is how amazing this movie is.

"We have incredible new cast members like Wesley Snipes, Tracy Morgan, Leslie Jones, Jermaine Fowler, KiKi Layne and my own daughter, Bella Murphy, among others, who are all so funny and really brought their A-game. It's just a great picture and I'm excited to have audiences see it."

Featured Image Credit: Warner Bros

Topics: Entertainment, TV and Film