We’re not sure moviegoers asked for a second helping of The Klumps, but we may be getting one anyway.
It’s been 10 years since Sherman Klump — the shy scientist with a waistline the size of the equator and a heart of pure gold — battled the bulge on the big screen, but funnyman star Eddie Murphy says it’s never too late for a new Nutty Professor movie.
Eddie says he’s already written a rough draft for a third installment of The Nutty Professor — which would join a franchise that spawned Klumps-themed box office blockbusters in 1996 and 2000. The original Nutty Professor — a remake of the 1963 Jerry Lewis classic of the same name — and its sequel The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps were both a hit with viewers, each earning over $120 million upon theatrical release.
“You know what, there might be another Nutty Professor. We kind of wrote something that might be kind of funny. If the studios want to do it, we’ll do it. If you don’t see it, the studio was like, ‘This isn’t funny,’” Murphy told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson on Sunday.