“I’m not done with it yet.”

“I’m not done with it yet.”

It’s been over three decades since writer-director Amy Heckerling’s baby-babbling comedy Look who’s talking landed on cinema screens, starring Kirstie Alley as the unexpectedly pregnant mother of Mikey, a young child whose inner thoughts are narrated by none other than Bruce Willis. It was a major box office success, grossing $297 million worldwide on a budget of just $7.5 million and spawning several follow-up films – including two film sequels (1990s). Look who’s talking too and 1993s Look who’s speaking now) and a TV spin-off series, Baby talk.

But it may become more than that LWTCU (Look who’s talking cinematic universe). In conversation with Rich For our feature film celebrating the 35th anniversary of the original film, Heckerling revealed that she is working on a new script for the franchise. “Who knows if it will become a ‘thing’,” says the filmmaker. “But I’m excited. I’m not done with it yet (Look who’s talking) still.”

Heckerling is writing the new script with her daughter Mollie, who was actually the inspiration for the original film in 1985. “She looked at us, we looked at her,” the director remembers one morning as she and her husband sat across from baby Mollie in the high chair at the breakfast table. “All of a sudden (we) started ad-libbing things she might say. In my head I was like, ‘Oh no. “This will be my next film.'” It marked a change in tone compared to Heckerling’s previous works, including the racy teen film Fast times at Ridgemont High. The concept felt “kind of cheesy,” she says. “Family oriented and sweet – and I don’t feel like that’s me. But that was the idea I had.” And it was pretty great too.

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Read our full Look who’s talking Anniversary feature in Richis exclusive worldwide Captain America: Brave New World Issue, available Thursday, December 19th. Pre-order a copy online here.

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