07.08.09 MACGRUBER FILM STILL A REALLY BAD IDEA
Trying to fill two hours of movie with a premise that could barely fill 90 seconds of sketch seems like a really bad idea, but that apparently didn’t stop the project from getting fast tracked. Oh well, I guess it can’t be worse than View-Master. Now Jorma Taccone, the Lonely Islander who co-wrote the sketches, has been hired to direct, and we’ve got a couple tentative cast members and a synopsis.
Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer are in negotiations to star. Will Forte and Kristen Wiig are reprising their roles from the skits.
Forte and Taccone wrote the parodies with John Solomon. The trio wrote the feature script, in which the legendary, much decorated MacGruber is pulled out of retirement as a monk in Ecuador by a colonel, who needs him once more to fight on behalf of his country. This time the mission involves going up against the evil Cunth, who has a nuclear warhead; the mission is personal because Cunth killed MacGruber’s bride. Phillippe would play Piper, an Army officer forced to pair up with a reluctant MacGruber. Kilmer would be Cunth.
“MacGruber” movie is fast-tracked and at this stage looks like it could make it to the screen before a “MacGyver” movie, which is in development at New Line. [THR]
Well I wasn’t so hot on this before but now that I know there’s a bad guy whose name is almost “cunt” I’m sold. On being asked if he’d play the part of Cunth, Kilmer said, “Lunch?”
AGENT: “No, Cunth.”
KILMER: “Lunch?”
*agent slides sandwich across table*
KILMER: “That’s what I thought.”
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MACGRUBER FILM STILL A REALLY BAD IDEA
ICEMAN: You can ride my tail spinning career anytime.
Cunth? What’s his last name, “Punch”?
Kilmer figured the title has Mac and Grub so what can go wrong?
I’m almost positive I’ve used this joke half a dozen times before, but that makes it even more fitting.
MacGruber will be wearing Bad Idea Jeans the entire film.
Kilmer signed on cause all he heard was “McGrub” and thinks it’s all about the food at McDonalds.
Only someone as evil a Cunthulu would greenlight this shit
So do we fuck now, Burnsy?
MacGruber IS really related to MacGuyver.
He’s gonna make a Kilmer comeback movie with:
2 past-their-prime SNL castmates
The 3rd funniest guy in a 3 man group
A hokey premise
And limited financial backing.
Isn’t this a little old to be spoofed? Next thing you know, people will start cracking jokes about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
I’m gonna put it in Pauly’s MacPooper.
That’s not Val Kilmer, that’s Burnsy!
Val begins all negotiations with: “Can there be a house filled with popcorn?”
Too soon, Donk. Too fucking soon.
Cunth: You are MacGruber?
Kilmer: I hope so, I’m wearing his underwear.
Director: Fuck. CU- Actually, that’s been a few years, and no one’s gonna see this anyway. Alright, let’s roll with it.
Kilmer: I FUCKING LOVE TACOS!!!
serious/
I really liked Jorma Taccone as Cha-Ka in The Land of the Lost Movie, so for that no reason I am interested in this movie
/serious
That MacGruber pic just makes me think of Wolverine eating Big Mac (that guy who works at the port).
Burnsy’s running 2 minutes fast today.
Non-sequitor:
Goofy wasn’t a dog. He was a cow. I say “was” not “is” cuz I’m eating ground beef tacos right now. I FUCKING LOVE TACOS!!!
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