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Long before Britney Spears was making the jump to Crossroads, or Mariah Carey was melting the silver screen in Glitter or Madonna was showing us why she never made the jump to film earlier with Swept Away, country star George Strait was making his acting debut in the 1992 film Pure Country. And now, some 17-years later, the unbridled success of that film is spawning a sequel… sort of.

THR is reporting that Strait has signed a deal to star alongside Lois & Clark star Dean Cain in A Pure Country Gift, described not as a sequel but as a “movie in the Pure Country genre” by director Chris Cain, who co-wrote the script with son Dean. The original film was produced by Warner Bros. and producer Jerry Weintraub for $9 million dollars, earning $15 million at the domestic box office, selling over 3 million home video units and over 6 million CD soundtracks. It told the story of a country music star (Strait) who set out on a journey to rediscover the meaning of love by heading out into the country.

This new film will tell the story of three angels who give the gift of a beautiful singing voice to a baby girl. “In her climb to fame and fortune, she breaks some of the angels’ rules, so they take away her big voice,” Chris Cain said. “Life has rules; if you follow them, life works. That’s the moral of the story.”

Why thank you director Chris Cain, for revealing the moral of the story up front. I no longer need to see your movie — something I wasn’t planning on doing anyway. I did however, watch the hilarious, very 90s trailer for the original Pure Country. Please join me in doing so below.