Jorma Taccone Has Pitched A ‘MacGruber’ TV Series Featuring The Cast Of The Movie
By Ben Pearson/Feb. 8, 2019 2:00 pm EST
But the vocal fans of the movie may be on the brink of some good news: in a new interview, Taccone says he has pitched a MacGruber TV series to several streaming networks, and the whole cast from the movie is interested in reprising their roles. Are you ready to pound some more Cunth?
Speaking with The Daily Beast, Taccone reveals that a MacGruber TV show may be in the cards:
Taccone explains that they can “expand the world” in a television show, which makes me wonder if they’re going to expand the scope of the movie’s premise beyond an ’80s action movie parody and open up other avenues of storytelling.
“We just spent the last two days pitching it as a series. Eight-to-ten episodes. I’m really hoping that when you print this there’s an announcement that it’s actually happening, because I know nothing right now. This is the first time I’ve mentioned it, so this may be a tragic interview.”
A TV series would be a way to bring this character full circle, since he started in sketches on Saturday Night Live before making the jump to the big screen. And while you can’t have more MacGruber without star and co-writer Will Forte, Taccone says the rest of the film’s cast is ready to return, too – even Val Kilmer’s villainous Dieter von Cunth, who (spoilers for the ending of MacGruber) was shot dozens of times while falling hundreds of feet off a cliffside, and was then blown up by a grenade and urinated on by a triumphant MacGruber.
“It’s everyone. Val was blown up pretty badly, he’ll have half a head. Everyone is so down. What’s nice is that, when you make something that had the heartbreak of not doing so well financially… I would feel terrible if the people involved were embarrassed about it, but Ryan [Phillippe] loves that s***, Kristen [Wiig] loves that s***, all the people involved are so psyched.”
