Three Men & A Baby Reboot May Reference Infamous Urban Myth Easter Egg

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Mo Marable, who is helming the upcoming reboot of Three Men and a Baby, may decide to include a reference to the infamous paranormal urban myth from the original. Released in 1987 and directed by Leonard Nimoy, Three Men and a Baby was a wildly successful comedy starring Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, and Tom Selleck. In it, the three leads play carefree bachelors who one day have to tackle the troubles of fatherhood after one of their trysts lands a baby on their doorstep.

Around an hour into the original film, there is a scene where eagle-eyed viewers spotted what looked like the ghostly figure of a young boy eerily standing in the background of one scene. This sparked a rumor that the figure was the ghost of a nine-year-old boy who had killed himself in the house where the movie was shot. Circulating widely before the release of the movie's 1990 sequel, Three Men and a Little Lady, the myth has been referenced multiple times in pop culture, including in the 2007 episode of Supernatural «Hollywood Babylon.» The reality is far less sensational, however, as the mysterious figure is actually a cardboard cut-out of Danson's character Jack and the entire film was shot on a sound stage in Toronto, meaning that nobody had ever resided there.

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With the upcoming reboot film now in pre-production, director Mo Marable describes whether or not the updated version will reference the infamous urban myth. In an interview with THR, Marable says that if he gets his way, then there definitely will be a reference and he also wants the original stars to have cameo roles. According to Marable, he is keen to "pay homage" to the 1987 film. You can read the full quote