Twins 'to become Triplets with Eddie Murphy' The original movie was based on the joke of the six-foot Austrian muscleman Schwarzenegger discovering that he was the long lost brother of the rotund, five-foot Italian-American DeVito. Made in 1988 for just $15 million, Twins proved an enormous hit, grossing $216 million in worldwide ticket sales. Now the characters Julius and Vincent are set to discover that the experiment in which they were conceived also produced a third brother, who is black. Murphy is said by The Hollywood Reporter to be in talks with the Universal and Montecito Picture Company to play the third brother in the movie, provisionally entitled Triplets. Ivan Reitman, who directed Twins, is a producer on the project, which is said to be at the very early stages and is not likely to be released until 2014. No director or writer has yet signed on. Triplets is one of a number of sequels and remakes of eighties films which have either been released recently or are currently in production, and stars from 30 years ago are finding that they are more popular than ever. New versions of RoboCop and Dirty Dancing are in the process of being made in Hollywood, while 21 Jump Street, based on the 1980s television series, is proving popular at the box office across America. There are also talks of a new Griswalds' Vacation, starring Chevy Chase and Bruce Willis is currently filming a fifth movie in his Die Hard franchise, while Schwarzenegger is in huge demand with several action films due for release next year.