Not another remake – not quite, this time it’s a classic from the 90s – New Line Cinema is working on a sequel to the 1983 comedic masterpiece National Lampoon’s Vacation.

Reports say that the new film will focus on Clark Griswold’s son Rusty, now all grown up and with a family of his own. Rusty, following in his father’s stumbling footsteps, attempts a family road trip vacation of his own.

There’s no script yet, the studio is meeting with writers, but they’re locked in on that as the film’s premise. The idea is to have both Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo appear in the film as grandparents and they’d reference the previous movies, to maintain a consistent continuity.

The National Lampoon brand was overused in the 90s and is usually, these days, slapped on horrible direct-to-dvd college comedies. New Line doesn’t want this and is determined to make a film that will live up to the original classic.

The driving forces are Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin, who might tackle the new film and New Line Executive Sam Brown, who noticed that he had access to the rights once his studio had been taken by the mighty Warners.