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:
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.