Zach Galifianakis
As we reported earlier this week, Todd Philips will begin work on a follow-up to the sleeper hit of 2009, The Hangover. But before Philips begins work on the sequel, he’ll be busy shooting the road-trip comedy Due Date.
Hangover star, Zach Galifianakis, is set to play an oddball who travels with an expectant father as they race across the country to see the birth of his first child. Sounds like hilarity in the making, right? Well not according to ScriptShadow who took a look at the script.
It doesn’t take long for Due Date to hit some bumps in the road. The biggest bump is that there’s nothing here we haven’t seen before. Add to that that Due Date is more concerned with hijinx than story and since Carson [Reeves, ScriptShadow guy] like story, you now have one grumpy Carson. Look, I’m all about the lol if you can pull it off. But rooming with your easily insulted sister-in-law isn’t exactly Grade-A material. And crashing a college party doesn’t ring very high on the original-o-meter. These problems only serve to exaggerate the lack of story. And while there’s a decent subplot involving Peter’s absent dad, the main storyline of Peter’s baby being born isn’t threatened until very late in the script.
Here’s a snippet from the script:
ETHAN
So, is your dad still alive?
PETER
Yes.
ETHAN
What’s his deal, what’s he do?
PETER
I don’t know.
ETHAN
You don’t know? How do you not know?
PETER
I’ll tell you about it some other time. Good night.
ETHAN
C’mon, we’re having a conversation. We’re bonding.
PETER
(sighs)
He walked out on us when I was twelve. I don’t speak to him. I don’t even think about him.
ETHAN
I don’t believe that. Every guy thinks about his Dad. I think about mine all the time.
A beat.
PETER
We really should get to sleep.
ETHAN
Yeah. Alright.
Check out ScriptShadow to find more coverage of the Due Date script.
The film is heading towards a summer 2010 release.
