Jonah Hill wants to make an “old folks home” Superbad sequel when he’s 80
The actor shared his Superbad 2 pitch with W Magazine in a recent interview
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As tough as it is to believe, Superbad came out fifteen years ago. It seems like just yesterday we first heard the name “McLovin’.” Though the movie hasn’t aged perfectly, it remains beloved by fans, and some wish that its stars Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse would reunite as their characters on the big screen.
In a recent interview with W Magazine, Hill was asked about his first starring role as Seth (loosely based on Seth Rogen during his teen years), and he shared what he envisions for a Superbad sequel, if it ever were to happen.
“I haven’t pitched this to anybody. What I want to do is when we’re like 80, do a Superbad 2. Like, ‘old-folks-home Superbad.’ Our spouses die, and we’re single again. That’s what I want Superbad 2 to be, and that’s the only way I would ever make it.”
Hill is likely joking, but it’s still a pretty ace premise. Seeing Seth and Evan again, horny as ever, in old age sounds far more fun than seeing them in adulthood, settled down with a family.
He’s also not the only one who’s thought about a Superbad sequel. Back in 2007, Emma Stone told MTV News that she was eager to play Hill’s love interest Jules again. “They wouldn’t even have to pay me to be in a sequel. I would pay them to make a sequel!” she said. It’s been so long since that, though, so who knows if she’d still be up for it.
Unlike Hill, Cera is fully set on not wanting to play Evan again. In 2016, he told Bustle, “Sometimes if you wait too long, it’s not so sweet anymore. To me it’s such a nicely wrapped up story. I think it’s a stand-alone movie.”
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The jokes have aged poorly but the comedic timing holds up
The pirate ship is going to look great at 80.
On this side: people who say they won’t do a sequel and then do it because they’re no longer in the same place they were when they got the film to begin with or immediately after (so many examples).On the other side: there have been several bands that reunited and made music that was either as good as it was before or at least not embarrassing (including The Feelies, MBV, and others) as well as some later sequels that prove if you have a good enough team that’s what matters. If the same exact people worked on Superbad 2 it would be good…but the problem is that if you did the premise at this point (instead of when they are 80) it would just be Hall Pass.
Same reason I don’t trust any director or actor or musician who says they’re retiring unless they’re over 80. The problem with saying “never again” is you have no idea what your life or career or headspace will be in a decade. But anyway I expect Always Sunny is going to mine this territory first. Season 30 is going to be set in Philadelphia’s dumpiest old folks home.
Sunny has been crap for awhile and this season was particularly crappy. More like generally awful
this season was fantastic. you may not be the target audience anymore
Even the trip to Ireland was underwhelming. There were certainly moments that made me laugh, but not enough to make any of them a memorable episode for me.
I think the fact the sequels to Zoolander, Anchorman, and Zombieland were met with a general shrug and quickly forgotten about should serve as a warning to anybody who wants to make a sequel for something like this
Would this be a crossover with the Ferris Bueller sequel?
Have McLovin get a fake ID that says he’s younger than he actually is so that he can get something/get into something that’s restricted to people 79 and younger.
“Though the movie hasn’t aged perfectly…”Ugh, are internet bloggers required to always say these inane things? Superbad has aged like a fine wine! This site, on the other hand, has aged more like that detergent beer they smuggled into the party.
Sadly, Fogel will actually believe he’s McLovin’ in this one.
c’mon, does he really believe that he will make it to 80?
It might be just a way to get people to stop asking him about a sequel.“Yes, there’s gonna be a sequel. Just give me 40 years or so.”