Raise your hand if you love it when Eddie Murphy plays nine different characters in one movie. OK, hands down. Now raise your hand if you thought it was hilarious in Coming to America and The Nutty Professor but movies like The Klumps and Norbit make you nauseous. Yeah, I'm with the second group. (OK, Murphy's dual-role turn in Bowfinger was pretty funny too.) Looks like we'll soon have another such flick to ponder -- and it's not just another "Eddie Murphy in latex" comedy. Nope, this one will also be a "based on a silly old TV series" thing. Because we all know how awesome I Spy was.

Yes, old people, that show you used to watch on Friday nights after The Love Boat is about to make the leap to the silver screen. Multiple incarnations of Eddie Murphy will star in an adaptation of Fantasy Island, which (conveniently enough) comes from the writers who gave us the wonder that is Norbit. Not even remotely surprisingly, The Hollywood Reporter indicates that the movie will be a "family-oriented comedy," which is exactly what the Ricardo Montalban / Herve Villechaize series was: a family-oriented comedy. Ahem. (Oh, wait: I can see it now: Murphy will be playing a Spanish man with a verrrry thick accent AND a squeaky-voiced midget! This stuff writes itself!)

We can thank Sony for this brilliant idea. Murphy will get started on Fantasy Island once he's done shooting Starship Dave and counting all his Shrek the Third money. (And I gotta say it: Murphy opting to star in something called Starship Dave, after once opting to star in Pluto Nash, just reeks of masochism.)

Just when you thought it couldn't get worse, IESB reports that Eddie Murphy will star in a big-screen remake of the hit 70's show Fantasy Island which, originally, began as two made-for-TV movies. In case you're wondering, here's what you'll get for that ten dollar movie ticket: Eddie Murphy playing multiple roles (look for them to go the Little Man route and have Eddie run into frame yelling "De Plane! De Plane!") A script written by Norbit scribes Jay Scherick and David Ronn (which means Eddie will be in a fat suit at some point singing cheesy karaoke.) And, if that's not enough, we'll have a ton of negative reviews coupled with a box office take of $100 million to look forward to. Sadly, I'm not making any of this up.

It's okay if you're not at all familiar with Fantasy Island; some of you were probably born after the show was already off the air. If that's the case, Fantasy Island starred Ricardo Montalban (Mr. Roarke) and Hervé Villechaize (Tattoo) as hosts of a mysterious island which invited guests to live out their fantasies in exchange for lots and lots of money. (Yes, it's kind of like Las Vegas, except with supernatural overtones.) ABC attempted a revival of the show in 1998 (which featured guests booking their fantasies through a travel agent), but it was canceled halfway through the season. I imagine the writers will pull ideas from both the original and the revival -- updating it in a way so that Eddie can play practically the entire cast. Columbia Pictures will shovel this one out (so you know where to send those 'Thank You' cards) and there's no word on a director yet.