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.”
Apparently this is what it takes to get a movie deal these days. Based on this online video, MTV Films plans a feature, starring Mike O'Connell and Ken Jeong (stars of the video), with Todd Phillips (Road Trip, Old School) on to produce.
The story revolves around the meteoric rise of a delusional rapper (O'Connell) and his Asian foreign exchange student friend (Jeong) as they take on the hip-hop world.
A silly Asian foreign exchange student? How innovative! With so much material to work with, I can't imagine this being anything but stellar. People are already saying this could be the next Kickin' it Old School. Besides, MTV is recognized the world over for their brilliiant contributions to cinema, such as Joe's Apartment and Bubble Boy. I'm sure this film will be no different, and definitely isn't an attempt to make up for not giving the Lonely Island guys a movie deal.
[comingsoon.net]
