Sometimes, you do have to sit back and marvel at some of the surprisingly good comedies that came out in the 1980s. I grew up with those comedies – not just the John Hughes films (although those almost always stand up), but those were the days when SNL cast-members made really great transitions to film. Think about Eddie Murphy’s career in the ‘80s, for goodness sake. In fact, many TV stars transitioned to film with great success back in those days. Think about Ted Danson, who as it turns out, was always a much better actor than he was given credit for. During Danson’s hiatus from Cheers one summer, he filmed a great little movie with two other ‘80s superstars: Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg. The film was Three Men and a Baby and it was AWESOME. Everything about the movie is awesome. Full-stop. Why bring this up? Because Star Magazine claims there’s a small movement afoot to remake the film with “hot actors” who all happen to be new dads.

New dad Ryan Reynolds wants to put diaper duty on pause and reprise the hit 1987 flick ‘Three Men and a Baby’, with the help of hunky fathers Ashton kutcher and Ryan Gosling.

“Ryan thinks the timing couldn’t be better,” says a Hollywood insider. “All the guys are going through first-time fatherhood – all with daughters! – so they could call on a lot of their experiences to make the movie funny.”

Ryan welcomes daughter James with Blake Lively just before the New Year, while Ashton says life with Mila Kunis and baby Wyatt is “unbelievable” and Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes are “cherishing every minute” with little Esmeralda.

“It would be great to get the ball rolling on this movie while all the comical and cringeworthy moments of daddy duty are fresh in their minds… and they aren’t a bad bunch to look at, either!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

While I think this Star story in particular is crap, I wanted to nip this in the bud straight away before some Hollywood executive got coked out of their skull and decided to greenlight it. They’re already remaking Ghostbusters. They should NEVER remake Three Men and a Baby. I mean, what’s next? They’ll remake 48 Hours? Beverly Hills Cop? STOP THE MADNESS.

And between Gosling, Reynolds and Kutcher, who is the Guttenberg? I’m really asking. You know all three of them think that they’re the Selleck of the group, although we might be able to convince Gosling to be the Danson. But no one wants to be the Guttenberg. Which is too bad, because the world needs more Guttenbergs. GUTTENBERG!!

Photos courtesy of WENN.