Killer Tomatoes to Be Remade, This Time with Cucumbers

Posted by Kevin Carr (kevin@filmschoolrejects.com) on March 11, 2008

It seems like a meeting of great minds. The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is going to be remade by Kent Nichols and Douglas Sarine, the guys from “Ask a Ninja,” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Keep your fingers crossed that the comedy in small doses can translate to the big screen. I have faith, though. If the script is just half as funny as your basic “Ask a Ninja” segment, then we’ll have a film full of laughs.

Of course, leave it to the folks at the Hollywood Reporter to state the obvious: “No changes to the original plot have been revealed, but it is still expected to revolve around killer tomatoes.”

Duh! Keep in mind that the article also credits the funny-yet-flopped sequel Return of the Killer Tomatoes as helping to launch George Clooney’s acting career. Weird… I thought that was “e.r.” that did that five years later.

Anyway, let’s hope that there’s plenty of tomatoes and comedy to go around. Any fan of classic horror movies and tales of science experiments gone horribly wrong remembers this spoof as one of the funniest ones ever made with produce.

In case you’re listening, Ninja dudes, here are my top five suggestions of things that need to be in this film:

5. The tomatoes must eat France

4. Rachel Ray, Alton Brown and Emeril need to be the first victims of tomato violence

3. Tone-deaf American Idol loser William Hung singing “Puberty Love”

2. A cameo with George Clooney having raw pizza dough fall on his head

1. Another cameo with Samuel L. Jackson declaring, “I’ve had it with these motherfuckin’ tomatoes in this motherfuckin’ movie!”

[Source: The Hollywood Reporter Photo: FirstShowing.net]