Will Forte is asked about MacGruber 2 whenever he makes the press rounds to promote another movie.  Last we checked, Forte said he met with MacGruber director/co-writer Jorma Taccone and they hammered out "a really solid first act."  At a junket for Forte's new movie Life of Crime, Steve asked Forte straight up if the inquiries about a MacGruber sequel ever get old.  Forte responded graciously, saying "it is very exciting because it means that people liked the first MacGruber."

Forte went on to provide a status update about where he and Taccone are in the script process and reiterated their commitment to making MacGruber 2---if somebody will fund it.  We'll have the full Life of Crime interview up next week, but hit the jump for Forte's  MacGruber 2 update.

Here's the transcript:

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COLLIDER: Does people asking you about a MacGruber sequel ever get old?

WILL FORTE: No, it is very exciting because it means that people liked the first MacGruber.  Unless they are saying, "Are you serious about Macgruber?"

"Like" is a weak word.  We need to go with the word "loved."

FORTE: Thank you.  I'm very proud of that movie.  Jorma [Taccone] just sent an outline for MacGruber 2.  We had worked together on something and I had fleshed out the first act of MacGruber 2.  He took that and went nuts on the rest of it.  I'm very excited because I feel like at some point, if somebody will let us do it, then we'll do it.  But it's out of our hands.  But we're writing it for sure.

I admire their devotion to this passion project, taking so much time to develop a movie that has no real place in the typical studio market.  I trust Forte and Taccone will make calls to the usual financiers and distributors, but I'm starting to wonder if MacGruber 2 will end up in the hands of a nontraditional funding source like Kickstarter.

How much would you chip in to make MacGruber 2 happen?

Here's the video.  Look for the full interview soon.

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