According to Variety, Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the original BHC trilogy with his late partner Don Simpson, will have no active role in the new sequel. Sounds familiar. Murphy, who just finished work on 2009's NowhereLand for Paramount, is actually the one who approached the studio about another sequel. He must have gotten jealous seeing Harrison Ford having all that fun.

Aside from the star, the only other talent (and I use the term loosely) attached is director Brett Ratner, who ruined the last installment of another movie franchise I used to enjoy: The X-Men. Says Variety, "The studio canvassed a number of directors before choosing Ratner." By virtue of the term "canvass," I imagine a car full of studio execs just parking outside of various directors homes, scoping out their schedules and various routines. I mean, I know McG is busy, but damn.