Broken Lizard Has Begun Talking About ‘Super Troopers 2′

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on January 5, 2009

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Like an Arrested Development movie or Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, a sequel to the hit Broken Lizard comedy Super Troopers has always been right on the edge, while still giving fans that pipedream vibe. But now they are talking, and talking seriously about the second movie as they prepare to release their next film, The Slammin’ Salmon, at Slamdance later in the month. The guys over at MovieWeb got a chance to sit down with BL’s Paul Soter and Jay Chandrasekhar to discuss their upcoming trip to Park City with their current film, as well as the pressing questions about their future ventures.

Regarding Super Troopers 2, Chandrasekhar said simply that “the best thing for us to do is sit down and write the movie. And then we can say, ‘Here it is.’ And we’ll see what happens from there.” And though they have not actually finished the script, they do have a rough outline as to how the sequel might play out:

“The big picture is that we are on the Canadian Border. And in reality, what has happened is that the government has found places where the markers were off, or wrong. And there are these areas of land that were thought to be Canada, but are actually part of the US. We are enlisted to patrol this area that was always thought to be Canadian soil. But no, it is actually the United States. We are enlisted because they have to send someone there to help make it part of the US territory now. We get recruited to be the highway patrolmen there. And we are surrounded by all of these Canadian people that aren’t happy about this. We essentially have to impose US law on a bunch of Canadians that aren’t at all happy about it.”

It’s rough, but it certainly has potential. What worked with the first Super Troopers wasn’t necessarily the base story, but the performances and memorable moments within said story. I have my doubts though, as Broken Lizard has been really up and down lately. Club Dread was a sad, humorless affair while Beerfest was almost as funny as Super Troopers. So we just don’t know what we’re going to get when these guys return to these beloved characters. Chances are that it will be funny, but only time will tell.

Would you be excited about a Super Troopers sequel?

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MoMo

the story sounds rough, but i'm down as long as it captures the same feel as the original.

Brian Rodden

I don't know how I feel about a sequel. Beerfest was actually pretty good, but Club Dread was terrible. Definitely an up and down group and it seems like desperation to make a sequel.

Malcom Reynolds

They think they play different characters in different movies, but as far as im concerned beerfest was already a super troopers sequel.

DMuff

Like you said their movies are very arbitrary but I will defiantly check this out if it ever makes it to the big screen. The original was a modern comedy classic for me., can't wait.

MrDeath

Loved the original Super Troopers, but the rest of Broken Lizard's movies never really got to me. I hope they can make a good sequel to the movie, and the premises is funny enough. But I'm wary.

Nick

I liked Club Dredd quite a bit. I will admit that Bill Paxton is by far the best part of the movie. Now if you want to criticize a Broken Lizard movie I'm all for trashing Puddle Cruiser.

daviedave47

"Puddle Cruiser" was their first movie...low on budget, high on friends and family appearances...and filmed almost entirely on a college campus. Sundance liked it in 1996, and I still like it (I own all of their DVD's). While the quality is definitely lower than that of ST's, I still think "Club Dread" sits on the lowest rung of their stuff. With PC, they were still fleshing out their characters, and experimenting with how their comedy worked...so if you view it as a prototype, it's really not all that bad. I'd still much rather watch PC than National Lampoon's "Dorm Daze" (or it's deplorable sequel).

Arou101

I loved Super Troopers and Beerfest, never saw Club Dread just because I never got around to it and probably never will due to the harsh reviews. But I couldn't stop laughing when I read the premise, I don't think it sounds rough at all. However, I feel there won't be that many people getting the Canadian jokes, but I can't wait for this to be made.

Adam_Sweeney

I just have never been able to get into this film as much as a large portion of my friends have. Of course, they do smoke large amounts of weed. So there's that.

x802x

as a vermonter i would be stoked if this one took place in vt as well.

Broken Lizard Has Begun Talking About ‘Super Troopers 2′

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