Jorma Taccone to Direct MacGruber
UPDATE: Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer are in talks to star in a big-screen adaptation of the MacGruber sketch from Saturday Night Live that is a riff off of the 80's TV show MacGyver.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Will Forte and Kristen Wiig are reprising their roles from the skits for the Paramount and Relativity Media production.
The MacGruber sketches starred Forte as MacGyver's son with Wiig as an assistant who always find themselves, along with that week's guest star, in a control room with a ticking bomb about to go off. MacGruber gets sidelined by personal issues, and the bomb goes off.
Forte and Taccone wrote the parodies with John Solomon. The trio wrote the feature script, which takes the story in a completely different direction from the skits yet remains strangely familiar: 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.
The movie version would see Phillippe playing 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.
Production will begin next month in New Mexico.
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IamBATMAN
just because you dont find it funny newkill, does not mean it is not funny... if you dont like it then dont watch it and leave it be
3 years agoby @iambatmanFlag
Newkill3000
when was the last time Snl was funny, they should have cancelled that right along with Mad tv, and cancel that bullsh*t Wanda Sykes show too, before it comes on.
3 years agoby @newkill200Flag
mesopheliomama
why?
3 years agoby @mesopheliomamaFlag
-comrade-
C*nth? Okay, they're not trying very hard...
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag
Lock and Stock
100% of the time, i can't wait.
3 years agoby @m-man360Flag
IAmxVindicated
The MacGruber skits on SNL aren't even funny 99% of the time...
3 years agoby @iamxvindicatedFlag
Phil Mata
I hate confrontation. Kiss and make up, peaches, Newkill. Let's hug it out, bitches.
Anyway, a MacGruber film is a horrible idea.
3 years agoby @phil-mataFlag
peaches
im happy with my c cups are you happy with your 3 inches?
3 years agoby @peachesFlag
Newkill3000
Well, it was fun insulting you as well. Good luck with your surgery.
3 years agoby @newkill200Flag
peaches
ok i have to go take a shower i feel dirty after having a conversation with you i guess ill insult you later.
3 years agoby @peachesFlag
Newkill3000
I guess so.
3 years agoby @newkill200Flag
peaches
thats what the internet is for aint it.
3 years agoby @peachesFlag
Newkill3000
I bet your dad video tapes and puts that sh*t on Youtube.
3 years agoby @newkill200Flag
peaches
dad and muppets only sir.
3 years agoby @peachesFlag
Newkill3000
Hey, Mr. Peaches, do all of your family or just you f*ck muppets.
3 years agoby @newkill200Flag
peaches
i bet that is newkills picture they slapped it up and put macgruber on it cause hes so f*cking gay.
3 years agoby @peachesFlag
hihodiddily
cant f*cking wait. this will be so funny.
3 years agoby @messiahbolicalFlag
gandoff2169
To my count, only two skits from the show thats been made a movie has been any good. The Blues Brothers, and Night at the Roxberry. MacGruber is a silly skit, thats funny, but in a 90 min movie or more, will be stupid. I would rather see a real MacGyver film, or even a new MacGyver show then watching that more then a 45 second skit on SNL.
3 years agoby @gandoff2169Flag
Twisted Smile (The Untold Smile)
I'm laughing just thinking about it.
3 years agoby @twistedsmileFlag
soylent green Lantern
These guys are brilliant. It'll be great.
3 years agoby @soylentgreenmonkeyFlag
Randle
This is the best Movie news I've heard in a while. Hahahaha. it's been a while since there's been a movie made from an SNL character.
3 years agoby @randleFlag
Lock and Stock
Great, the skit is funny, perhaps one of the only skits i find funny from the show, can't wait.
3 years agoby @m-man360Flag
deadjedi
The MacGruber skits are a one-trick pony. There's no way you can turn that into a feature film. It'd just be a string of 30-second skits that end with an explosion. What's the point?
3 years agoby @deadjediFlag
IamBATMAN
awesome news... the skits are hilarious
interested in seeing what Jorma Taccone will do with this
3 years agoby @iambatmanFlag
Messenger
I'd rather see a real Macgyver movie.
3 years agoby @messengerFlag
Space101
This COULD be good...we'll see how it turns out i guess...
3 years agoby @space101Flag
Timmy
HA NICE! Great things will come from Taccone.
3 years agoby @timmyFlag
firstonetodieloses
the skits aren't that funny that they merit a movie. damn, this is gonna be hot rod part 2.
3 years agoby @firstonetodielosesFlag
Newkill3000
Wow, I haven't seen them turn an Snl skit into a movie for a long time. My favorite were the Blues brothers.
3 years agoby @newkill200Flag
-comrade-
SNAP!
3 years agoby @taberjohnson18Flag