It was only a matter of time before Cale Boyter, MGM's recently added executive VP of production, joined Mary Parent in aggressively reestablishing the studio as the roaring monolith the world has long prized. Indeed, Boyter's first announced project is a bold step away from Valkyrie and other debacles threatening the mantle of The Wizard of Oz, Gone With the Wind, 2001: A Space Odyssey and others. Or, in short, Hot Tub Time Machine:

Hot Tub follows a group of guys, adults who used to be cads back in their heyday, who, after a night of vodka and Red Bulls in a hot tub, travel back in time and set out to rediscover their "mojo."

"We're always looking for ways to stand out from the rest of the pack in today's crowded marketplace, and what better way than to combine hot tub debauchery and the complications of time travel," said [Boyter], who will oversee the project along with the company's Becky Sloviter.

Even as we admire Boyter's sense of humor, we weep for the millions of dollars that he and Sloviter — in her lone contribution to the film's "oversight" — will take turns lighting on fire and flushing down toilets at an MGM soundstage over the six-week shoot. Moreover, as much as we want to trust Boyter and the script by newcomer Josh Heald, no amount of vision can ever redeem "Red Bull" as a plot point. The marketplace isn't that crowded.

MGM turns on the 'Hot Tub' jets [THR]

2:05 PM on Mon May 12 2008
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brechtgirl at 02:11 PM on 05/12/08
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Wild Hogs in a Jacuzzi. wonderful.
CourageousCoward at 02:17 PM on 05/12/08
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"We're always looking for ways to stand out from the rest of the pack in today's crowded marketplace, and what better way than to combine ____ and _____?"

Is this a trick question, or multiple choice? Because I can think of half-a-dozen things just off the top of my head that are better than "hot tub debauchery" and "complications of time travel."
bess marvin, girl... at 02:23 PM on 05/12/08
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"We're always looking for ways to stand out from the rest of the pack in today's crowded marketplace, and what better way than to combine meth and knitting "
el smrtmnky at 02:26 PM on 05/12/08
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"We're always looking for ways to stand out from the rest of the pack in today's crowded marketplace, and what better way than to combine douche and bags."
Tiger_Tanaka at 02:26 PM on 05/12/08
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Scientology and corn syrup.
brilliantmistake at 02:30 PM on 05/12/08
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"We're always looking for ways to stand out from the rest of the pack in today's crowded marketplace, and what better way than to combine fear of impotence and magic."

Some ideas are better left in the hot tub.
RocketRockit at 02:33 PM on 05/12/08
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"We're always looking for ways to stand out from the rest of the pack in today's crowded marketplace, and what better way than to combine farm animals and Tara Reid."
disinterested 3rd party at 02:45 PM on 05/12/08
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"We're always looking for ways to stand out from the rest of the pack in today's crowded marketplace, and what better way than to combine a bad premise and lame direction. Wait. Oh shit....."
MisterMuggles at 03:00 PM on 05/12/08
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My friend's older sister says it's totally safe to time travel in a hot tub. If you do it in the hot water, there's like almost zero chance of tearing the time-space continuum.
fembot at 03:08 PM on 05/12/08
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preparation H and Jenna Jameson?
CourageousCoward at 03:11 PM on 05/12/08
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Trannies with a heart-of-gold and the celebrity johns who love them?
pdn at 03:30 PM on 05/12/08
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Hey, if it means getting to see Kevin James' pasty wet hairy moobs, count me in!

I mean, he's an obvious casting choice, that is.
gwendolyn at 03:38 PM on 05/12/08
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@pdn: Maybe once he gets a divorce from that Adam guy...

Seriously. What. The. Fuck.

Well, we know which two players had their mouths full. But who were they full of because I don't know who runs MGM this week...
crackbabyjesus at 03:38 PM on 05/12/08
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And then, during an intimate moment, her hair gets caught in the jets! And the paramedics have to cut it off! Oh, those wacky kids!
nick_r at 03:43 PM on 05/12/08
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It's based in fact. All the big studio suits have had hot tub time machines installed in recent years. For a measly few hundred thou, you can go back to a simpler time, when $500 would buy you an entire evening of high-class hookers and coke, and the worst you'd end up with on the flipside was a minor bout of gonorrhea.
Lulamaybelle at 05:18 PM on 05/12/08
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This smells like a Jerry O'Connell / Cuba Gooding Jr. project if I EVER have heard one.

(and if I am correct on this casting, I weep for mankind)
metroville at 06:03 PM on 05/12/08
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The real victims here are the adult film producers who will be left to devise a takeoff on this movie. For chrissake, it's already a porno plot.
nolongerinacubiclestil... at 07:04 PM on 05/12/08
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Well, Paul Walker's excited.
Mr. Ice at 12:01 AM on 05/13/08
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At least they're not producing a feature version of Speed Racer. Oh wait... I mean, at least they're producng original content. I mean, Hot Tub Time Machine is no Snakes On A Plane but hey it's a start.
Little Mintz Sunshine at 07:47 AM on 05/13/08
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Swollen Prostate Douche Soup.