The 1987 comedy drama Baby Boom, starring Diane Keaton, is getting a remake from The Big Sick’s director, Michael Showalter. Showcasing the talents of the late Diane Keaton, 1987’s Baby Boom was a comedy drama perfectly suited for an era of Reagonomics, yuppies and power dressing. Keaton played a career-minded New York management consultant who ... Baby Boom | The 1987 Diane Keaton comedy is getting a remake
The 1987 comedy drama Baby Boom, starring Diane Keaton, is getting a remake from The Big Sick’s director, Michael Showalter.
Showcasing the talents of the late Diane Keaton, 1987’s Baby Boom was a comedy drama perfectly suited for an era of Reagonomics, yuppies and power dressing. Keaton played a career-minded New York management consultant who finds her life thrown into chaos when she ‘inherits’ a 14 month-old baby from her deceased cousin.
That none-more-80s film is now said to be getting a remake courtesy of actor and filmmaker Michael Showalter – writer of Wet Hot American Summer and director of The Big Sick, The Eyes Of Tammy Faye and more besides.
Deadline reports that it’ll be a “modern reimagining” of the original; while little else is known about the plot and how it might be changed, the topic of work-life balance, and having to choose between career and family, is as relevant now as it was almost 40 years ago.
The original Baby Boom was co-written by Nancy Meyers, writer of Private Benjamin and Father Of The Bride and director of 1998’s The Parent Trap. Its director was Meyer’s frequent collaborator Charles Shyer – he made Private Benjamin, Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Smokey And The Bandit with her, and also directed the 1977 smash, Smokey And The Bandit. Among the supporting cast you’ll find Harold Ramis, Sam Shepard and James Spader.
In short, the 1987 version had one heck of a pedigree.
Baby Boom isn’t Showalter’s only reimagining on the way, either. He’s also said to be making a film inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac. Perhaps coincidentally, or perhaps not, 1987 also saw the release of a comedy inspired by Cyrano de Bergerac: Roxanne, starring Steve Martin and Daryl Hannah.
Everything that is old will one day become new again. More news on the new Baby Boom as we get it.
