Method Man and Redman sign on for “Weekend at Bernie’s” remake

Executives at 20th Century Fox confirmed today that rappers and platonic life mates Redman and Methodman have signed on to star in a remake of the 80’s comedy “Weekend at Bernie’s.” The film, tentatively titled “Ballin’ at Bernie’s” is slated for release in February 2009.

The original “Weekend at Bernie’s,” released in 1989, starred Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as a pair of young executives who must create the illusion that their murdered boss, Bernie Lomax is still alive in order to avoid being murdered themselves. The Redman and Methodman version will center around the creatively named characters “Red” and “Meth.” The characters are two aspiring rappers who must pretend that rap producer Bernie “Ice Dawg” Slim is still alive after a local gang murders him in a drive-by shooting. Red and Meth must keep up their clever ruse in order to avoid being murdered themselves and score a record deal by winning a local radio station talent contest.

When reached for comment, Redman, nee Reginald Noble, explained, "First ‘Bernie’s’? Straight up HOOD CLASSIC. Dat fool, straight murked and they be ballin’ in his crib like it ain't no fuckin’ thing. That’s what’s really hood. The second one was wack with that voodoo shit. What the fuck was that? But this one we're takin’ it dirty, we gonna be smokin’ up in that shit, bangin’ bitches, Red, Mef and Bernie yo, all up in your cinema."

Redman and Method Man previously starred together in the 2001 stoner comedy film “How High”, which featured the pair playing two marijuana-addled students attempting to survive at Harvard University. The duo also briefly had their own television sitcom, “Method & Red”, which featured the pair interacting with a variety of upper-middle class Caucasian stereotypes on Fox during the 2003–2004 season. The two also co-own three Einstein Bagels franchises in the greater Dallas Fort Worth area and co-manage a small maple syrup farm in northern Vermont.

Method Man addressed critics who doubted the duo’s commitment to maple syrup manufacturing, "First thing we do in the morning is get high. So you know we love our fuckin’ maple syrup . We need the raw uncut organic shit. So we takin’ the methods of productions into our own hands. Yeah son, that’s the package, right there."