When I think back over childhood movies that I really enjoyed that I would love to see a sequel to, I don’t think ‘Dodgeball’ normally comes up – even though it was a lot of fun back then, I just feel like it doesn’t really need one – but Vince Vaughn apparently has an idea for it and wants to make it.
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The only problem is that he’s gonna need Ben Stiller’s approval in order to make it happen. Justin Long – who also starred in the movie as one of Vince Vaughn’s teammates – was speaking to Comicbook.com when he revealed the following information:
Of course I would love to do it and I hope that it ends up happening, but I think Ben [Stiller] is a little…what he told me on that podcast was that he’s a little trepidatious about doing a sequel to something so beloved, something that people enjoy so much that.
It’s very risky, you don’t wanna s**t on the original, you want something just as good.
So I think he’s a little wary of that, of trying to recreate something that was very specific to that time, but I hope he comes around on it.
Vince is a very convincing person, so I’m just hoping Vince can convince him with his idea.
It’s a funny idea, I don’t wanna say what it is. I know Ben loves Dodgeball and loves that character.
I remember how much fun he had playing it. He was always laughing.
When we got together years later to do a little mini reunion for this charity and Ben put on the moustache again, I remember him talking about how how happy it made him playing White Goodman again and how much fun that character was.
I do know that Vince has a great idea for it and it’s just a matter of getting Ben on board.
That does kind of sound fairly promising doesn’t it? I’m always fairly wary of these reboots/reimaginings/late sequels, but for the most part they tend to turn out fairly well when the original cast are all involved and I would like to hope that this would be no different. Let’s play ball.
For more of the same, check out this new game that combines archery, dodgeball and paintball. Pretty badass.
