Some exciting news!!! There is going to be a new NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the folks at New Line are planning a sequel to the classic series of movies that starred Chevy Chase, and WEDDING CRASHERS director David Dobkin is set to helm. Brilliant.
New Line is meeting with writers to write the script but the take is already developed: the story focuses on Rusty Griswold, the son of Clark Griswold, the protagonists of the initial movies and portrayed by Chevy Chase. The younger Griswold is now a father in his own right and takes his family on a road trip vacation.
The characters would acknowledge that first trip, making the movie more of a sequel than a reboot.
Chase and Beverly D’Angelo, who played the mom in the original movies, will have room to make appearances as grandparents, providing a sense of continuity, though no deals are in place.
