‘Twins’ Sequel to Co-star Eddie Murphy as Schwarzenegger & DeVito’s Triplet

April Fools??? Unfortunately for all you Twins fans, it looks like this is no joke. The sequel to the 1988 comedy film Twins, aptly named Triplets, is set to add a third brother to the mix and it looks like that brother will be played by Eddie Murphy.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito have already attached themselves to the sequel to the original film which featured the duo as “experimentally conceived” twin brothers.

At first, having a black triplet seems completely crazy, but considering that in the original they tried to to have two brother who could not be more different from each other. What could be more different from those two than a black guy?

Eddie Murphy is definitely a safe choice for the role as he is no longer the edgy comedian he once was, but is he still a big enough draw for him to be a value. Let’s be honest he hasn’t had a successful film in years. His last film which is still in theaters, A Thousand Words, is a box office failure.

In the original, Julius (Schwarzenegger) and Vincent (DeVito) Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage while Julius is taken to a south seas island and raised by philosophers. Vincent becomes the ultimate low life and is about to be killed by loan sharks when Julius discovers that he has a brother and begins looking for him. Together they search for answers by finding their mother.

The director of the original film, Ivan Rietman, is serving as a producer on the new sequel. There is no script or any director in place, but announcements are expected to come soon. No word on the plot or how Eddie Murphy would fit in to the original story.

The long awaited sequel is expected to be fast tracked now that the pieces are falling into place. More on the production as it comes together.