Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. " Honey, I Shrunk the Kids " is officially celebrating its 35th anniversary. It's been over three decades since Rick Moranis accidentally made the Szalinski and Thompson kids smaller than ants when the shrinking machine he was tinkering with suddenly began working while the kids were in the room.
After a series of events, the kids end up outside in their front yard and have to deal with obstacles like stray Legos, sprinklers and bugs, all while trying to avoid getting stepped on by their parents. Here is what the film's cast has been up to for the past 35 years. WHY 'HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS' STAR RICK MORANIS LEFT HOLLYWOOD One of Rick Moranis' final on-screen roles was in "Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves," in 1997.
(AJ Pics/Alamy Stock Photo) Rick Moranis Moranis played Wayne Szalinski in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." The film premiered in 1989. (Disney/Getty Images) Rick Moranis played the lovable father, Wayne Szalinski, who accidentally shrunk, not only his kids, but also the neighbors' kids, in "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
" Before this movie, Moranis had already won an Emmy for his work on "The SCTV Network," and was known for starring in "Ghostbusters" and "Spaceballs." He went on to star in "Parenthood," "My Blue Heaven," "Gravedale High," "Little Giants" and "The Flintstones," as well as the two sequels to "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." Rick Moranis and John Goodman riding together in a scene from the 1994 film ".
