It's been 18 years since director Savage Steve Holland has sat in the director's chair for a feature-length film, and now he's back! After writing and directing both Better Off Dead [1] (1985) and One Crazy Summer [2] (1986), Holland went on to direct Disney kid stuff for TV like "Lizzie McGuire."

Now, it sounds like he's returning to his quirky '80s filmmaking ways [3] with The Big One 3, another teenage romp only this time based on his own experience as a thirteen-year-old. Hollywood Reporter continues:

[Producer Warren] Zide described the script, which sat on Holland's shelf for a while, as something that will compliment "Dead" and "Summer," making it a trilogy of sorts.

"This is based on a true events in Savage's life," Zide said. "When he was a kid, he had his 13th birthday party and the only one that showed up was a clown, and all that that guy did was hit on his sister."

"The world needs another Savage movie, done today for today's generation," Zide said. "This is classic Savage."

I agree: The world does need another Better Off Dead-like movie. Fingers crossed they can get Cusack to come back and play the dad.

And in some surprise news from just today, Holland has also just agreed to direct a National Lampoon's comedy [4] titled National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son which "centers on a dictator's son who heads to America to attend college." Going from kid's TV to directing two comedies — this guy's on a roll.