Lock up your Pastries

Way back in 1999, Universal scored big, or at least got to third base, with a little film called American Pie. The film quickly became a cult classic with its perversely humorous ways of exploiting the sex driven minds of teenagers. They even went so far as to explain why shy, good little girls are so enthusiastic about going to band camp, and gave a warm indication of what the inside of the infamous vag might feel like.

Well, according to the L.A. Times, Universal plans on “resetting the property”. That, in itself doesn’t really tell us much on their plans for the assumingly dead franchise. I would assume that the studio is following suit with Warner Bros. DC Entertainment in issuing a reboot, but the article mentions that some of the original cast is interested in coming back for the new picture. It goes on to say that its unclear how those cast members would be worked into the script, since the premise of the movie is high school horniness and most of the original actors are in their late twenties and early thirties.

Onto the big question, though. Do we want to see another one? I mean, don’t get me wrong. The films were entertaining. Funny even. But we’ve already seen three of them celebrate time in the theater. American Pie 2 and American Wedding, all shared the same robust comedy as the first, but dwindled as most sequels do. There have been other incarnations as well like American Pie Presents Band Camp in 2005 that I’m fairly sure was a straight to DVD that still didn’t get watched.

I think if they want to see any success off of this, Universal needs to not bank so much on the name and focus on a more original story. You can only get so many laughs by telling the same joke from different angles. The only other good thing I could see happening from this is that we be introduced to some new talent. Sean William Scott had done a little work prior to his role as Stifler on American Pie, but it was the rambunctious teenager role that prompted him into the limelight (if you can call it that) of his career. Jason Biggs had a few bits after he was the sock-wielding, pie raping Jim. Maybe a reboot, or whatever it is, will land us a few more names to toss around in the future.