Tell someone that Every Which Way but Loose is getting remade and they may give you a bit of an "Er, what movie is that again?" face. It is an odd, easily confused title for a movie, after all. It's not as distinct as, say, A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Tell someone that they're remaking the movie where Clint Eastwood has a pet orangutan, though, and they'll know exactly what you're talking about. You can't really confuse that combination with any other movie (except, of course, the sequel, Any Which Way You Can).
Original director James Fargo is producing the remake, which will be directed by Anthony G. Cohen, who made last year's straight-to-VOD body-swap comedy The Sex Trip. They haven't cast anyone in the Eastwood role yet, so this project is still very much up in the air. But maybe they'll keep it in the family and convince Eastwood's son Scott to take it on.
The original was all about the carefree life of a bare-knuckle brawler as he drifted from one (mis)adventure to the other, along with his best-friend ape, Clyde. It may sound absurd (and it was), but it was a big hit, making $85 million back in 1978. Check out its amazing trailer below.
