Cinema Science

Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) will direct Land of the Lost, Universal's movie adaptation of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1970s live-action Saturday morning series. Will Ferrell will star as a disgraced paleontologist who, along with his enthusiastic assistant and macho tour guide, finds himself in a strange world inhabited by dinosaurs, monkey-people, and evil reptilian Sleestaks following a disastrous expedition. Universal has approved a March start date following a reported tweak in the budget, which is now set at $100 million. I like Will Ferrell and I like some of Siberling's movies but is this really a good idea? What was the last big budget, effects filled comedy that really worked? Is it Ghostbusters? There has to be something that came after that I am just not thinking of at the moment.