The original Clue film is one of my favorite movies ever, but I am absolutely down for a new film
I think what it boils down to is a mix of cast chemistry and solid writing.
The 80's movie had some of the best comedic performers and improvers in the industry at the time, so I feel like, if you want to do something in the same vein, you should tap into the same. Cast the film with some of the best comedic performers and improvers of our current time.
Knives Out is a great current example of what a modern Clue film could be, as it had a similarly strong cast, with great comedic timing in between the more heartfelt bits.
I rewatch Clue at least once a year, and now I want to revisit again lol
Good luck to whomever they get to spearhead this, but hopefully it's just fun.
If they were to do it as a series, I'd be interested to see how they approach it. I think having an unreliable narrator would allow them to play with the "multiple endings" of the board game and original film. Perhaps each episode is a self contained mystery, with a different set up (but same core cast), and each episode ends with the revelation of a different killer, until the final episode of the season, where we find out "what really happened."
Each Season can have an new cast of actors, and a new core mystery, but the same format of whodunnit each episode.
It'd be ridiculous, but could be fun, especially if they nail the casting for each season or episode.
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