of the 21st century was limited, observing that "the representations that did exist tended to pathologize transgender people as mentally unstable". Perkins said Ace Ventura, along with The Crying Game, depicted "transgender characters as murderous villains". In the book Reclaiming Genders, in a chapter focusing on transgender identity, Gordene O. Mackenzie references Ace Ventura as an example of turn-of-the-century films that "illustrate the transphobia implicit in many popular US films". Mackenzie describes the scene in which Ace Ventura retches in the bathroom, following the revelation that the woman he had kissed is trans, as "one of the most memorable and blatantly transphobic/homophobic scenes". In The New York Times in 2016, Farhad Manjoo also wrote about this scene: "There was little culturally suspect then about playing gender identity for laughs. Instead, as in many fictional depictions of transgender people in that era, the scene’s prevailing emotion is of nose-holding disgust". Future In October 2017, Morgan Creek Entertainment announced plans to reboot several films from its library, including Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Its president David Robinson said Morgan Creek's plan was not to simply remake the film, but to do a follow-up in which Ace Ventura passes the mantle to a new character, such as a long-lost son or daughter. In 2018, according to Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls co-star Tommy Davidson, Carrey displayed a lack of interest in participating. By March 2021, a sequel film was in development at Amazon Studios with the screenwriters of the 2020 film Sonic the Hedgehog, Pat Casey and Josh Miller, attached. References External links Ace Ventura: Pet Detective reviews repository at Rotten Tomatoes 1994 films 1994 comedy films 1990s crime comedy films 1990s comedy mystery films 1990s sports comedy films Fiction set in 1984 Ace Ventura American crime comedy films American football films American sports comedy films American comedy mystery films American detective films 1990s English-language films American films about revenge Films directed by Tom Shadyac Films set in Miami Films shot in Florida Morgan Creek Productions films American LGBT-related films 1994 LGBT-related films LGBT-related sports comedy films LGBT-related controversies in film Films about trans women Warner Bros. films Films scored by Ira Newborn Fictional portrayals of the Miami-Dade Police Department Films adapted into television shows Films with screenplays by Tom Shadyac 1994 directorial debut films 1990s American films