Bad Idea Alert: Universal Mulling Over Kristen Wiig-Absent Bridesmaids 2

Universal thinks Bridesmaids should be their Hangover (They spent months ahead of its release calling it a "female Hangover" after all) from the way THR says right down to their money-grubbing desire for a beat-for-beat remake posing as a sequel.

Star/co-writer Kristen Wiig and writer Annie Mumolo, however, aren't hearing anything of it, insisting on no sequel. Partially the trades hint at because of a low-balling $100,000 bonus Wiig and the other lead actresses received from the studio as they wallowed in all that hot Bridesmaids cash.

So what's a studio in desperate need of a sure-thing to do as its writing duo remain in cement against one and its star producer Judd Apatow, wisely, trying his best to stay out of it? Lop off Wiig and focus on a Melissa McCarthy-headlining Bridesmaids 2 instead.

That frame of mind didn't work for Evan Almighty (Remember that?) and despite all their public optimism the reception to the Matt Damon-absent The Bourne Legacy will not be pretty this August if they do with the marketing what everyone thinks they will, i.e. slap on clips of Damon from earlier Bournes alongside new lead Jeremy Renner and trick audiences into thinking Jason Bourne shows up.