Yet Another Director In Talks for Little Fockers?!?

Apparently, it's impossible to get a filmmaker to commit to a sequel that nobody cares about even though it'd be all but guaranteed to make a fortune at the box-office.

I'm referring to the news from this morning that Universal is now talking to About a Boy and In Good Company director Paul Weitz to helm Little Fockers for them.

It was just two weeks ago that the studio was apparently settling on Tommy Boy director Peter Segel for the gig - a decision that made a lot of sense considering his successful track-record with comedies. Hell, his last film Get Smart turned out to be a better film and bigger hit than anyone expected last summer.

And before that, the studio was deciding among Weitz, Peyton Reed (Yes Man) and David Wein who I thought would ultimately get the job based on his Role Models being a hit for Universal last fall - shows what I know!

When I say that "nobody cares" about Little Fockers, I refer to us nerds of course. I actually like Meet the Parents quiet a bit , but its follow-up Meet the Fockers was pretty much one of those "Been there, done that" sequels that just retreads the same material as the first film.