Play ball! A Dodgeball sequel is formally within the works — and Vince Vaughn has reportedly signed on to reprise the position of Peter La Fleur.
Deadline was first to report the information on Thursday, April 27, noting that the script will come from Jordan VanDina and is predicated on an thought from Vaughn, 53. The outlet confirmed that follow-up film is in early improvement at twentieth Century Studios.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story hit theaters in 2004 and starred Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Justin Lengthy, Christine Taylor and extra comedic actors. Within the authentic, Peter (Vaughn) tries to save lots of his rundown Common Joe’s Fitness center from being purchased by White Goodman’s (Stiller) ultra-swanky Globo Fitness center.
Since he doesn’t have the funds to save lots of his facility, Peter enlists a few of his regular gymgoers to compete within the Las Vegas dodgeball event and win its $50,000 grand prize.
Stephen Root, Alan Tudyk, Joel David Moore, Chris Williams, Missi Pyle, Gary Cole, Jason Bateman, William Shatner, Hank Azaria and the late Rip Torn additionally starred within the comedy.
Forward of the sequel information, Stiller, 57, and his spouse, Taylor, 51, reunited with Vaughn and Lengthy, 44, in June 2017 to advertise Omaze’s charity marketing campaign — and dressed up of their Dodgeball costumes.
Within the clip, rivals Peter La Fleur and White Goodman took a couple of jabs at one another earlier than asking followers to choose a facet and join an opportunity to win real-life dodgeball recreation with the Zoolander star.
“It was actually unusual and enjoyable. I didn’t know what it might be like, as a result of I used to be away from it for therefore lengthy and I by no means actually thought there could be any motive to do the character once more,” Stiller informed Leisure Weekly on the time, revealing how the reunion transpired. “I referred to as Vince up, and he instantly mentioned, ‘I’m in, let’s do it, it’s for a superb trigger.’ Then we acquired Justin Lengthy and Christine Taylor and Missi Pyle and everyone; it was actually thrilling for us all to get again collectively. So we acquired our Halloween costumes, and fortunately it’s Spandex so all of it nonetheless form of match.”
5 years later, Lengthy teased that the solid might be getting again collectively for a function movie after he labored with Vaughn on 2022’s Christmas with the Campbells.
“Vince had been telling me that he has this nice thought for a sequel. I don’t know if he had but pitched it to Ben, however I form of arrange the pitch, I felt like I ought to facilitate the pitch,” the New Woman alum informed ComicBook.com in October 2022, explaining that he not too long ago spoke with Stiller on his “Life Is Brief” podcast about making a Dodgeball sequel.
Lengthy informed the outlet: “In fact I’d like to do it and I hope that it finally ends up taking place, however I believe Ben is just a little — what he informed me on that podcast was that he’s just a little trepidatious about doing a sequel to one thing so beloved, one thing that folks take pleasure in a lot that.”
The Accepted actor famous that it may be “very dangerous” to do a second film when the primary was so beloved.
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“You don’t wanna s—t on the unique, you need one thing simply pretty much as good. So, I believe [Ben’s] just a little cautious of that, of attempting to recreate one thing that was very particular to that point,” Lengthy continued. “However I hope he comes round on it. Vince is a really convincing individual, so I’m simply hoping Vince can persuade him along with his thought. It’s a humorous thought, I don’t wanna say what it’s.”
