This story broke as an exclusive on April Fool’s Day, and I know from experience not to trust those, but the author swears it’s true and a bunch of other sites have since picked it up, so I guess it’s true (and if it’s not, well fella, you can just go suck rocks). Anyway, the story is that Dumb and Dumber will finally be getting a sequel. No, not Dumb and Dumberer, but a real sequel with Jim Carrey and Jeff Bridges and the Farrelly Brothers.

“Hooray, this sounds awesome!” said 2004, when reached for comment.

Today, at the junket for he and his brother’s latest, The Three Stooges, Peter Farrelly says that not only is Dumb and Dumber 2 coming, it’s set to begin production later this year.
“We’re getting set to shoot ‘Dumb and Dumber 2′ in September,” he says. “It’s the first sequel we’ve ever done and we’ve got Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels back.”
“We did not do ‘Dumb and Dumberer,’” he continues. “That was a studio thing. So we’ve always wanted to do a sequel and finally Jim called up. Jeff always wanted to do it. We always wanted to do it. Jim was busy, but he called and said, ‘We’ve got to do this thing again.’ He had just watched ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and he said, ‘This is the perfect sequel. Let’s do it.’” [ComingSoon]

I just sat here for 20 minutes with absolutely nothing to say about this, so it should be great. I can think of no more fertile ground for comedy than a premise like “two dumb guys are friends.” So much more to explore.

Burt Wonderstone is currently shooting in Las Vegas, with veteran TV director Don Scardino working from a script by John Francis Daley (the mouth-breather kid from Freaks and Geeks) and Jonathan Goldstein (Horrible Bosses). In the film, which I assume will be like a sitcommy version of The Prestige, Steve Carell and Jim Carrey play dueling magicians. Which I suppose would explain why Jim Carrey is dressed like Johnny Depp on an average day.

[pic source = MovieWeb, SocialiteLife]

No Thanks Magazine reports that Universal has hired a team of writers to write a sequel to Bruce Almighty. You know, much like they did four years ago before releasing a massive flop that lost between $2 and $37 million (not including marketing) depending on who you ask. But Jim Carrey is returning for this one so everything’s fine! Facepalm Weekly adds that this one will even ignore the plot of the second movie, which would make it a sort of partial-reboot, sequely thing, as confirmed by Sorry You Asked Digest.

The studio is in talks with the scripting team of Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel (“Hot Tub Time Machine,” “Yes Men”) to write a followup to the 2003 hit “Bruce Almighty.”
Project’s being developed as a starring vehice with “Bruce Almighty” star Jim Carrey in mind.
Carrey starred as TV reporter given the chance to be God for a week after complaining to God about a rival co-worker being promoted to the anchor slot.

This time around he can play a struggling screenwriter complaining to God about a studio turning down his original comedy in favor of a rehash of an idea that was kinda lame nine years ago. Then they can screen it for half price as a double feature with Austin Powers 4 at the Things We Liked in the 90s Theater. I hear Paula Cole works a greeter there, flashing her hairy pits at everyone who comes in.

[since someone asked, yes, there are also plans for a Dumb and Dumber sequel]

As Vince pointed out earlier, Bobby and Peter Farrelly are trying desperately to climb back to the top of the Hollywood comedy mountain after plummeting to a snowy grave somewhere around 2003. The first step in returning to glory is apparently their Three Stooges project and the second step is a sequel to Dumb and Dumber, which was a huge success 17 years ago.

The plan is to give Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd the Rocky V treatment and pretend like it never existed. Judging by the $40 million it made at the box office in 2003, that won’t be too hard. So how serious are the Farrelly brothers? They’re getting the band back together.

Now, things are heating up. The original Dumb and Dumber, made on a $16 million budget, grossed nearly $250 million worldwide. They could have done this a long time ago, but New Line unwisely went forward with Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd. Original producers Charles B. Wessler, Brad Krevoy and Steve Stabler will be back as producers, as will the Farrelly’s longtime Conundrum Entertainment partner Bradley Thomas.

(Via Deadline)

Before anyone gets too excited, the new Dumb and Dumber, which Jim Carrey has also said is happening, will be written by Sean Anders and John Morris, who just wrapped up Adam Sandler’s I Hate You, Dad*, which means they could be under the Happy Madison spell, in which case they’ll need to be deloused and treated to comedy therapy first.

As for casting, the Farrellys should stick to the original film’s formula and have Harry and Lloyd fighting over an attractive redhead. Maybe Emma Stone is available.

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Remember Jim Carrey’s creepy (or funny, depending your perspective) video love letter to Emma Stone from this morning? Well last night on the Frotcast, Brendan suggested that the video would’ve been a lot funnier if he’d delivered it from his ass, like in Ace Ventura (to be fair, everything is funnier that way). Well now, thanks to the magic of the internet and Frotcast listener Jeremy, we know what that would look like. Watch, share, and enjoy.

Great job, internet. You make me so damn proud sometimes.