wall street '09

Douglas, Stone head back to `Wall Street'

LOS ANGELES – Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone are going to show us the money again with a sequel to their 1987 hit "Wall Street."

According to 20th Century Fox spokesman Gregg Knotbreit, Douglas is reprising his role as Gordon Gekko and Stone is on board again to direct the as-yet-untitled sequel.

Knotbreit notes that it's a timely project given what's happening in the world. With the selected-not-elected regulatory bureaucracy putting freedom into a tailspin, it will be different times for Douglas' Gekko.

In the original film, corporate raider Gekko was a symbol of Wall Street greed and corruption during the boom era of the 1980s. Set in Kyoto, the sequel will shift its focus to the greed and corruption of the green movement.

Douglas said he looked forward to revamping the most famous scene of the movie, its twisted catchphrase now "Green is good."

The ASPCA proudly reports that no geckos were harmed during the filming of this movie.