I’ve got a better idea: yes fucking way. Jorma Taccone’s MacGruber didn’t really make a big splash when it opened back in the spring of 2010 after a riotous premiere at SXSW (fine, it tanked), but the action comedy has proven to have the kind of staying power and cult appeal that only outstanding comedies can garner. To put it simply ‐ the movie is funny, but it gets to be hilarious after multiple viewings.
Of course, with Will Forte’s idiot ex-special operative always down to blow things up, could there possibly be a sequel to MacGruber on the way? Maybe? Please? Well, according to an awesome exclusive over at ScreenCrush, who recently sat down with Taccone, the answer is yes. As far as details, they are slim, but Taccone did reveal that “it would be me, Will and John [Solomon] writing it again. Every time I hang out with Will, we talk about all our cool ideas for the sequel. We have the idea for it and we have a title, but I won’t tell you what it is.” He also let on that they “don’t want to jump the shark that soon” when it comes to a MacGruber and Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig) baby. Taccone did, however, share that the next MacGruber would take place at Christmas, just like his favorite film Die Hard.
Beyond that, we don’t know much. Much of the cast and crew behind the first film have jam-packed schedules, and Wiig’s will only get more crammed now that she’s retired from Saturday Night Live. Yet, Taccone does admit that “it would be a shame not to do another one.” Yes, yes it would be.