Beaks here...
Last Saturday, Will Forte told me there was "one alternate universe in a series of parallel universes" in which a sequel to MACGRUBER might exist. We just might be living in that universe after all.
Forte's reps reached out to CraveOnline's Fred Topel today, and, in the resulting phone interview, Forte revealed that he plans to write MACGRUBER 2 with Jorma Taccone at some point in the next six months. From Topel's article:
“I wasn’t prepared to answer anything about MACGRUBER 2 when I was talking to everybody on Saturday,” Forte said on the phone today. “I guess the best way to put it is the probability of us writing a Macgruber 2 script in the next six months is 100%. The probability of somebody giving us money to make that script is somewhat less than 100%. We would do it if someone were to let us do it.”
Forte went on to say that they'll definitely write it "if only to have fun", which makes me incredibly happy. He characterizes the effort as the comedy nerd version of a pickup basketball game. The thing is, it's going to be the equivalent of two NBA All-Stars playing one-on-one. As a basketball fan, I'd pay top dollar to watch Chris Paul and Kyrie Irving duel for pride on the hardwood. As a comedy fan, I'm certain I'd shell out peak admission at the Hollywood Arclight to see a new Forte-Taccone collaboration.
While Forte is giving us reason to be optimistic about the writing of MACGRUBER 2, we're pretty much where we were last Saturday. Who's going to finance this thing? I'm on the record as to what I'd do to get this fucker made, and I know I'm not alone. Studios need to look to the first two AUSTIN POWERS movies and, I'm guessing, the upcoming ANCHORMAN 2 as examples of franchises that were created in the home video/pay cable window. There's a way to make this work financially. And if the studios decide they want no part of a MACGRUBER 2, we, the enlightened, shall Kickstarter the fuck out of it.
