It's been a year since the ex-SCTV guy announced his production company Maple Palm Productions and a slate that included the return of brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie.

From: Andy@TO
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Subject: The latest on Strange Brew sequel
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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 21:49:15 GMT
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From today's Toronto SUN:

http://cgi.canoe.ca/JamColumnSlotek/oct14_slotek.html


 'COO-ROO-COO-COO-COO-COO-COO-COO' II: So Dave Thomas. 
Re: That sequel to Strange Brew. How's it goin, eh? 
 
 It's been a year since the ex-SCTV guy announced his production
company Maple Palm Productions and a slate that included the return of
brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie. It turns out Thomas is looking to film
it here in the spring. 
 
 "We've actually finished the script," says Thomas. "It took a year
because Rick (Moranis) is in New York and I'm in L.A. and we got Paul
Flaherty, Joe's brother, to help us. The script's about a bunch of
losers who try to launch their homemade beer as a major brand and f---
everything up. 
 
 "I sent it to Dan Aykroyd cuz there's a great part for a fast-talking
insurance salesman in it, and he's interested." 
 
 Getting funding may be easy since the original 1982 flick still does
very good rental business. 
 
 Not that Thomas and Moranis see any money, Thomas says. "We got zero
from the videos, because MGM sold their library to Turner and Turner
was bought by Warner. You could spend a million dollars auditing where
the money went and never get a dime." 
 



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Andrew Palidwor
Toronto, Ontario, Canada