Dodgeball 2
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He may change his mind still. Hopefully. Because any sequel to this classic needs Stiller involved or don’t bother.
The obvious pitch for a sequel would be that Vaughn and Stiller are (eventually) forced to team-up against an even more obnoxious villain.
This would be a mistake. Comedy sequels almost always suck compared to the original. The Hangover Part 2, Bad Santa 2, Anchorman 2. It's the equivalent of telling the same joke twice, and everyone knows that a joke will never be as funny as the first time you heard it.
Not only that though, but it's way too late. This movie is on the table because Disney is trying to squeeze everything they can out of 20th Century IPs. But 20+ years later feels too long of a wait and for it to truly work, they would have to make sure it has appeal to a younger demographic instead of just the aging demographic that loved the original.
Maybe i'm wrong here though and it's been so long that essentially doing a second Dodgeball that's sort of the comedy equivalent of what TFA was to ANH (which was simply Star Wars for a new generation using almost a copy and paste format), maybe it does well simply because younger audiences wouldn't have seen the original movie so this would be new to them. Almost like a Disney Live Action Remake in concept?
