Hey, did you know they made a Dr. Dolittle sequel without Eddie Murphy?
They did. Just like they made a Bring It On sequel without Kirsten Dunst, a Pink Panther sequel without Peter Sellers, and a Smokey and the Bandit sequel without Burt Reynolds. All of these sequels have one distinct thing in common, and “quality filmmaking” isn’t among the available options. It’s greed. Greed so powerful it makes perfectly sane people say things like “Hey, let’s take that Eddie Murphy talking animals comedy that made so much money, and turn it into a cheap tweenie knock-off that feels like a summer camp rendition of City Slickers 2.” Dr. Dolittle 3 contains no trace of a Dr. Dolittle. Apparently Eddie Murphy was not interested in doing a Part 3 that’s not called Shrek, which leaves the greedy sequel-mongers little recourse but Plan B. Plan B involves hiring the actresses who played the mother (Kristen Wilson) and the daughter (Kyla Pratt) of the doctor, and then retrofitting the “talk to the animals” schtick into a whole new sort of story. In the case of the practicall
