It has been quite some time since we’ve heard any news regarding Super Troopers 2 or Potfest and frankly that is unacceptable! Today our prayers have been answered and we have some solid information coming from two of the five members of Broken Lizard, Jay Chandraskehar and Kevin Heffernan.
ComingSoon.net sat down with the two while they were doing their promotional tour for their latest non-Broken Lizard film The Babymakers and started prodding them about the current status of these two anticipated films.
“We’re hoping to make ‘Super Troopers 2’ as a group if we can work out a legal situation with Fox Searchlight,” Jay told us. “They’re into, they like it.”
“We’ve written a script, we’ve handed it into them, they loved the script,” Kevin added.
“We have an issue with the first film and the accounting so if that can all be resolved, I think we’ll end up making it,” Jay said rather openly… and we hope he won’t get in trouble from his lawyer for doing so.
So there you have it, while it isn’t much it’s something and a positive something at that. This is the first time I have heard about the legal issues regarding the accounting aspect for Super Troopers, but it comes as no surprise. When the film was made, it did OK in the theaters but became an overnight cult classic once it hit DVD and began making its way onto cable networks. I’m sure the group nor Fox Searchlight thought this would happen and the Lizard’s team is just looking to be compensated.
When asked about Potfest, the unplanned/joking sequel to Beerfest, Jay had the following to say:
We’ll also probably make ‘Potfest,’ which was a joke, but then Willie (Nelson) said he would do it, and Snoop Dogg and Cheech (Marin), they both said they would do it and we’re like, ‘We can probably do this.’ You go into the TSA, that’s the number one movie they ask for. I think there may be an audience for that. There are also films we’re working on – we may do an umpire movie, playing minor league umpires.
Personally, I would much rather see a Super Troopers 2 film way before a Potfest film, but it’s funny to see that a simple joke at the end of a film could get such a strong following and support system. I’m curious to see how they approach the film and what the storyline could be for a potential Potfest flick. Hopefully things will get settled with these films and we can start seeing some serious information regarding them.
The umpire movie is new information and a bit interesting considering they have other films in their pipeline and many of the guys are off doing their own thing now. Jay is currently working on another film called Shotgun Wedding which will feature the unofficial female member of Broken Lizard, Olivia Munn. Kevin and
Steve Laemme are currently doing a stand-up comedy tour and are in talks to develop TV shows for NBC. The other two, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske are off doing other films and TV appearances. Hopefully Freeloaders will find distribution in the US so we have at least one Broken Lizard movie to hold us over for the time being.
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