MGM turns on the 'Hot Tub' jets

May 12, 2008 MGM is getting wet with "Hot Tub Time Machine," a comedy project from scribe Josh Heald. Hot Tub" follows a group of guys, adults who used to be cads back in their heyday, who, after a night of vodka and Red Bulls in a hot tub, travel back in time and set out to rediscover their "mojo. "We're always looking for ways to stand out from the rest of the pack in today's crowded marketplace, and what better way than to combine hot tub debauchery and the complications of time travel," said MGM exec vp production Cale Boyter, who will oversee the project along with the company's Becky Sloviter.

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