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Clue is set to get another crack at the remake treatment.

Whoopi Goldberg has defended the 1974 Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles amid an online backlash branding the western satire racist.Appearing on The View on Wednesday, Goldberg, 67, declared: 'Leave my Blazing Saddles alone - don't make me come for you!' in a chat shortly after  Mindy Kaling said in a Good Morning America appearance that The Office wouldn't be accepted by modern audiences.The EGOT winner said the film - which sends up racism with its black sheriff protagonist - 'deals with racism by coming at it right, straight, out front, making you think and laugh about it - because, listen, it's not just racism, it's all the isms, he hits all the isms.' Hitting back: Whoopi Goldberg has defended the 1974 Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles amid an online backlash branding the western satire racist She added, 'Blazing Saddles, because it's a great comedy, would still go over today - there are a lot of comedies that are not good, okay? 'We're just going to say that - that's not one of them. Blazing Saddles is one of the greatest because it hits everybody.'Goldberg advised viewers to decide for themselves and watch the movie, which features the late stars Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn and Harvey Korman. The storyline of the film centers around a corrupt politician who appoints a Black sheriff to preside over a village in 1874.

EXCLUSIVE: Oren Uziel, the co-screenwriter of Paramount’s spring hit The Lost City, is giving 20th Century Studios’ Clue movie a big reworking.

Lauren Ash is campaigning to be the new Mrs. White in Ryan Reynolds’ remake of “Clue,” and, she just shared a story on Twitter that explains just how bad she wants the role.

The 1981 Mel Brooks film History of the World, Part I was never meant to have a sequel but Deadline has confirmed his hijinx across history will continue as part of an 8-episode variety series for Hulu. The writer’s room for History of the World, Part II will begin this month, and production will commence in spring 2022.

Fans of “The Voice” were 100 per cent right about Kristin Chenoweth being Ariana Grande’s advisor.

Fans of “The Voice” are convinced Kristin Chenoweth is Ariana Grande’s advisor.

The judges on The Voice are teasing their advisors for the Battle Rounds and fans have already figured out Ariana Grande‘s mentor.