Vince Vaughn has a Dodgeball 2 pitch for Ben Stiller, says Justin Long
Justin Long and Vince Vaughn are ready to return to the Dodgeball court, but Ben Stiller apparently needs some convincing
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Early 2000s fashion has returned to once again plague society, so why shouldn’t the ridiculous raunchy blockbuster aughts comedy make a comeback too? Justin Long would be more than happy to return to his Dodgeball roots, and Vince Vaughn apparently has a great pitch for it. Now they just need to get producer and star Ben Stiller on board.
Speaking with ComicBook.com, Long explains, “I do a podcast with my brother called Life is Short and when we had Ben Stiller on and I asked Ben about this because I had just worked with Vince Vaughn again. Vince wrote this movie, it’s like a parody of Christmas movies that I have coming out this December called Christmas with the Campbells; so I had just been around Vince a lot, and Vince had been telling me that he has this great idea for a sequel. I don’t know if he had yet pitched it to Ben, but I kind of set up the pitch, I felt like I should facilitate the pitch.”
“Of course I would love to do it and I hope that it ends up happening, but I think Ben is a little, what he told me on that podcast was that he’s a little trepidatious about doing a sequel to something so beloved, something that people enjoy so much that. It’s very risky, you don’t wanna shit on the original, you want something just as good,” he continued. “So I think he’s a little wary of that, of trying to recreate something that was very specific to that time, but I hope he comes around on it. Vince is a very convincing person, so I’m just hoping Vince can convince him with his idea. It’s a funny idea, I don’t wanna say what it is.”
Of course, Stiller knows that of which he speaks: he’s got a few sequels under his belt, and they’re not all winners. (Zoolander 2 comes to mind.) He’s also firmly entered his auteur era and experiencing a lot of success as a television producer-director on projects like Severance and Escape At Dannemora.
However, Long insists, “I know Ben loves Dodgeball and loves that character. I remember how much fun he had playing it. He was always laughing. When we got together years later to do a little mini reunion for this charity and Ben put on the mustache again I remember him talking about how happy it made him playing White Goodman again and how much fun that character was. I do know that Vince has a great idea for it and it’s just a matter of getting Ben on board.” Now is the time to make your voice heard, Dodgeball fans.
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If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a sequel…
Aaaaarrrrrrr!
I think I agree with Ben Stiller. He’s not going to beat
“It’s me, White. W, H, I, T.E”
An easy way to tell if someone has bad taste and a terrible sense of humor is if they like the movie which features some fucking loser who lives life as a pirate.
You keep Alan Tudyk’s name out of your mouth.
Yeah, if they do, they don’t have bad taste.
Leave Steve the pirate alone!
…There’s a guy on the team dressed as a pirate?
I kind of like the Pirate! Was kind of bummed when he lost the costume. Aaargh.
I feel like this is a fantastic unintentional self-own.
a Dodgeball sequel is indeed very risky. But it is hard to say no to more Patches O’Houlihan……
It’s a bold strategy, Cotton.
Let’s see if it pays off!
Fuck that. I want more Four Christmases.
Stiller’s IMDB page already says he’s a producer on an “announced” Dodgeball 2.
I’ve never liked Stiller’s comedy, but Dodgeball worked pretty well despite him. Not so well it needs a dated sequel though. Besides, Rip Torn is dead. What are they gonna do, get Harrison Ford to replace him?
If you can dodge a corpse, you can dodge a ball.
He died in the first one, so if it was a prequel it wouldn’t really be an issue.
We still have Hank Azaria.
IMDb is never the most reliable source of information.
Rip Torn’s character – also dead.Rip Torn’s character is also Hank Azaria’s character. Maybe he could be involved.
I still quote numerous lines from the original, so while I’m weary about a potential sequel, I think it could work if it’s Whit…e trying to redeem himself while helping the Joes defeat a national gym like 24hour.
I don’t get The Ocho so hopefully could watch on the big screen.
EXTERIOR: Army Rock QuarryWe see inmates swinging hammers futility breaking large boulders. One stands with his back to us. His mind is… elsewhere. We hear the screams of fallen men on the court as his eyes remain still.
A CRT-style printout appears at the bottom of FRAME:
WHITE GOODMAN – 5 years for sexual harassment committed during Tail Hook 2A Humvee pulls across the hills of rock, we switch to inside the cab, two faceless men bicker while searching for their target.
“Would you fix the air conditioner in this thing? It’s like a toddler blowing in my ear. Wait… there he is.”“The Colonel will have my ass if the USO gym closes down. Do you think he’ll play ball?”“Maybe… in more ways than one.”WHITE GOODMAN turns, the years of rock breaking have chiseled him into a jungle animal, taut and coiled.
The Humvee stops, the two men step out:
Pete LaFleur / Pete O’Houlihan
VINCE VAUGHN / HANK AZARIA
The taller one leans against the Humvee and stretches a charlie horse. The years of dodge ball have aged him.They approach White, he stands like a Roman sentry guarding a tomb.
PETE: “White, there’s trouble down in Bakersfield, the USO had a Rob Thomas concert and the riot damage bill may close it down forever. Pie supper benefits ain’t cutting it. You met Patches? This is his grandson Lt. Colonel Pete O’Hoolihan. He’s the C.O. of this facility. The only chance we’ve got is put together a team to take on Planet Fitness in the San Fernando Open. Are you in?”
WHITE: “I’ve got one question, will they let me win this time?”
Long explains, “I do a podcast with my brother called Life is Short
No shit, this place has been clogged with giant ads for it for weeks.
I recommend Adblock Plus for your browser, or their browser for your phone. No more ads to complain about 🙂
oh I’ve got it for my browser but it’s the phone that’s the pain. And I’ve tried to get others but I can’t find one that’ll make it easy to migrate all my stuff like passwords from the default Chrome app on Android. Guess I’ll give ABP a shot…
Bad Santa 2, Zoolander 2, The Hangover Pt II, none of the early/mid-aughts comedies that scored as unexpected hits had good sequels. Stiller’s right that it couldn’t possibly be as beloved (let alone as good) as the first.