Will Forte’s been teasing a MacGruber follow-up since the original tanked at the box office in 2010. It’s since morphed, much like another Jorma Taccone-helmed comedy, into a beloved cult classic, greatly increasing our chances of seeing the former Green Beret, Navy SEAL and Army Ranger return to action. Taccone confirmed he was pitching the follow-up as a series back in February, and, per a new piece in Vulture, it appears the project is currently in the works.
Forte didn’t reveal much, but he did say that “it seems like the whole group will be back.” That includes, presumably, co-stars Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillipe, and Val Kilmer, who, Taccone said back in February, will probably “have half a head” after dying a few dozen times.
Forte added, “They’re giving us creative liberties, so we can be as filthy as we want.” And, though Vulture characterizes it as “an entirely new thing,” he says “throat rips will be all over this thing.” Filthiness—and throat rips—wouldn’t play well on network TV, so it’s likely it will end up on one of the handful of streaming services currently consuming the market. Whichever one offered him the largest Tazo tea, probably.
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I notice one criticism of SNL people don’t really make anymore is “They’re all just trying to hammer in their recurring characters so they can get a movie.”
I don’t watch SNL much anymore, but I do read the recaps here and watch some of the sketches online. It doesn’t seem like there are as many memorable SNL recurring characters lately, other than maybe Kate McKinnon and celebrity ringers impersonating the various gremlins in the Trump administration.
The only important SNL recurring characters aside from Update corespondents is Chad.
They really do seem to be more focused on one-off sketches now. Maybe its due to the repertory cast, vs featured? No idea.
Probably because no one cares enough about SNL anymore to criticize it.
This is the dumb SNL response I keep seeing used. The “Does anyone still watch that/care about it” dismissal.
I don’t think the current generation of comedy stars see a movie built around them as the pinnacle of what they’re trying to achieve anymore, since movies like that don’t really blow up the box office these days. The ultimate goal is probably more often seen as getting your own prestige-y show, like Master of None, or Barry, or Shrill.
I’d watch a movie where it was just Will Forte getting enraged and yelling about holes in his belts for 90 minutes.
Oooooooor a Last Man on Earth movie? Miniseries? Another six seasons?
Definitely something to close up that cliffhanger
Here’s hoping for a Rep. Tim Calhoun crossover!
I wish SNL would package all the MacGruber sketches together on their YouTube channel, similar to how they just did with all of Bill Hader’s Stefon appearances.
The movie was made on the cheap and ‘only’ took in about 93% of its budget. As such, I found it oddly entertaining and interesting to watch at a technical level.
Jorma Taccone is the second best director in his family.
I’ll suck your dick!
Just tell me what you want me to fuck!
I’m gonna shOoOoOoT
Will Forte pitching this show to execs, “Just give me something to fuuuuuuck!!!!!”
He mentioned on Pete Holmes’ podcast that it would be streaming on Peacock when it launches next year.
♫ Heart of gold…. ♫
Fan pitch: MacGruber thought Cunth was finally dead only for Cunth to get his revenge by cutting him off. Enraged, Macgruber tries to get back at Cunth only to learn that Cunth has committed suicide.Still wanting revenge by any means necessary, under the watchful eye of Vicki St. Elmo, Macgruber goes into purposeful cardiac arrest to kill Cunth in the afterlife. There, guided by Maya Rudolph he teams up with Justin Theroux, who did the same thing to kill ghost Ann Dowd for constantly upstaging him in The Leftovers.Until Macgruber uncovers a plot to blow up the afterlife by Cunth. Can Macgruber diffuse the bomb and get back to the real world in time?Will Forte you better be reading this.
This makes me want to dance around nude with a celery stalk between my ass cheeks!