Brian Damage
08-15-2006, 11:22 AM
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Morgan Creek has begun the detective work on a kooky cold case. The production company has hired Jeff Sank and brothers Jason and Justin Heimberg to write a third installment of the hit franchise "Ace Ventura."
The two previous "Ventura" comedies -- 1994's "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and the following year's "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" -- grossed more than $180 million domestically and helped establish Jim Carrey as one of the highest-paid comedy actors in Hollywood.
The latest pet project is expected to center on the eccentric detective's son, who steps into his father's shoes to take over the family business.
It is not yet known who will fill the pet detective's Hawaiian shirts, pompadour hairdo and 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the third installment.
The Heimbergs and Sank recently finished work on "Unnatural History" for Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer before completing "Iguanas," an animated feature for John Williams and Vanguard Entertainment.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
The two previous "Ventura" comedies -- 1994's "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" and the following year's "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" -- grossed more than $180 million domestically and helped establish Jim Carrey as one of the highest-paid comedy actors in Hollywood.
The latest pet project is expected to center on the eccentric detective's son, who steps into his father's shoes to take over the family business.
It is not yet known who will fill the pet detective's Hawaiian shirts, pompadour hairdo and 1972 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the third installment.
The Heimbergs and Sank recently finished work on "Unnatural History" for Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer before completing "Iguanas," an animated feature for John Williams and Vanguard Entertainment.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter