'MacGruber' May Be Next SNL Film
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The season might be over after Will Ferrell wrapped it up in a nice bow, but the Saturday Night Live train keeps truckin'. When the George Foster Peabody Awards were held the other day in New York City, it became an SNL news releasing zone. Besides talking about their hunt for new writers and stars, Lorne Michaels talked about movies. Specifically, he told The Hollywood Reporter that a big feature film for MacGruber is being considered, and that "it would have to be in the summer because we are back in production in the fall." Not this summer, I'd imagine, since they're "still in discussions."
Hello timely spoofs and product placement! You might remember that New Line started the quest for a new MacGyver back in March, so naturally it'd make sense to match that with Will Forte's MacGyver spoof. And oh, the product placement that's possible! If you Google "MacGruber," you'll be greeted by a sea of blog posts and clips of the SNL/Pepsi commercials where the hero hands in his mixed drink for an obsession with Pepsi products.
But could this be anything other than a short skit stretched way too long? The skits are a silly laugh, but I fear a feature might send it into eye-rolling Rob Schneider territory.
Are you primed for an hour and a half of supreme MacGruber action?
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5-19-2009 @ 1:10PM
const said...
This may be the worst idea I've heard in years.
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5-19-2009 @ 1:30PM
Rich said...
"The season might be over after Will Ferrel wrapped it up in a nice bow, but the Saturday Night Live train keeps truckin'."
Don't you mean the Saturday Night Live Train Wreck?
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5-19-2009 @ 1:45PM
Chupacabra said...
The best thing about the MacGruber skits are that they are about 30 seconds long. A quick joke, then everything blows up. I cannot imagine how they could possibly make a movie out of this character.
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5-19-2009 @ 4:54PM
ames said...
right there with ya
5-19-2009 @ 1:54PM
Rick Bman said...
MacGruber isn't funny when it is short skits... why would it be funny if it were an hour and a half?
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5-19-2009 @ 2:13PM
FilmGuru said...
I rush to hit the mute button whenever MacGruber comes on. It's a tired gag that -- like much of Saturday Night Live's recurring characters -- gets old fast. The only thing that would make this idea less appealing would be to pair it with Kristen Wiig's Gilly character. Egad! Try something fresh already!
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5-19-2009 @ 2:35PM
djkorova1 said...
Definitely agree that the length of the MacGruber skits is one of the elements that makes it funny. To make a movie out of this, they would have to really expand upon this one-dimensional character. But I am not a SNL hater like a lot of people. It has its ups and downs.
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5-19-2009 @ 2:57PM
Kyp said...
No no no no no. Terrible idea. IMO let The Lonely Island guys write a musical.
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5-19-2009 @ 2:58PM
Mike said...
It's a one joke sketch. Let's not make another one joke movie. The backstory and plot is always so forced and so stupid with most of those SNL flicks.
Plus, Will Forte isn't very funny.
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5-19-2009 @ 3:07PM
Mike D said...
JoJo, hand me that ol' bucket of bum sperm!
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5-19-2009 @ 4:00PM
Astin said...
An unfunny short sketch turned into an unfunny feature-length movie? I think not.
Maybe Lorne was being funny.
That said, while Will Forte isn't very funny, if you imagine him as clone Abraham Lincoln, he becomes far more amusing.
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5-19-2009 @ 5:06PM
Jay said...
Let start naming other horrific SNL movies that are actually BETTER ideas on paper that this one:
Mary Katherine Gallegher: Superstar
A Night at the Roxbury
It's Pat
Stuart Smalley
Toonces: The Cat that can Drive a Car
The O'Herlihy Boy
The Ladies Man...............nah, scratch that.
Canteen Boy
Sally O'Malley, the lady that can kick, jump, and kick.....SHE'S FIFTY!!!
Weekend Update with Amy Poehler and Seth Myers
Weekend Update with Amy Poehler and Tina Fey
Weekend Update with Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon
Weekend Update with Norm MacDonald
Weekend Update with Kevin Nealon
Weekend Update with Dennis Miller
Weekend Update with Chevy Chase
Weekend Update with Colin Qui--NEVERMIND, scratch that one.
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5-19-2009 @ 5:35PM
Jessica said...
one of the worst SNL skits ever. This movie would suck bad.
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5-19-2009 @ 6:21PM
viewdrix said...
If anyone's gonna do it, it better be The Lonely Island guys who co-write/direct the sketches. It'd at least guarantee some weird laughs, just like Hot Rod.
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5-19-2009 @ 6:39PM
Stunbunny said...
Because all of the previous SNL films based on one-note skits and characters have done SO well! They should have stopped at Blues Brothers and left well enough alone.
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5-19-2009 @ 6:59PM
GL said...
They absolutely have to make this movie. The movie will suck, but the fact that anyone decided to make it will be the funniest thing that's happened in a year of Sundays.
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5-19-2009 @ 7:53PM
David Musto said...
Give me a Ladies Man 2 over this any day.
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5-20-2009 @ 12:51AM
DAVID F said...
I like Will Forte so I'd hate for this to be a vehicle that would expose him to a wider audience. I think he's capable of much better material.
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