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"So You're Telling Me There's A Chance" - DUMB & DUMBER Sequel Ain't Entirely Dead Yet!!
The Kidd here...
Not too long ago, Jim Carrey dealt a pretty big blow to any hope that a sequel to the Farrellys' DUMB & DUMBER would come to be, walking away from the project amidst feelings that the studio wasn't all that amped up to be making the film in the first place. But DUMB & DUMBER TO might not be as dead as originally thought. It still doesn't have a committment from Carrey at the moment, but Jeff Daniels, recently speaking to press at the Television Critics Association regarding HBO's THE NEWSROOM (via Crave Online), explained that a new timetable for the follow-up may bring it back into the realm of possibility.
"Jim wants to do it. I want to do it. The Farrellys want to do it. They want to rewrite the script a little bit and they aren’t trying to jam it in before I have to go back and do NEWSROOM in November. So they’re going, ‘Why don’t we just do it right? Let’s get everybody organized to go next May or June.’ If everything works out on the business side, that’s what we’ll do but I think there’s more hope than ever.”
As for why Carrey walked away recently, it's a bit of mounting frustration over what they have of the project so far and the various voices offering up opinions on how ready it is to go into production...
"I understood why, because this has been a year and a half of a whole bunch of are we, aren’t we, what’s going on, yeah the script’s funny, no it’s not, now we have to have notes. So I think Jim just got frustrated and I completely got it. I was frustrated too. We thought it was in pretty good shape. The studio and others wanted some more work done it. The Farrellys wanted more work done on it so they got working on it and I think last week they decided to push the shooting of it to next year, possibly because I wasn’t going to move THE NEWSROOM."
Looks like DUMB & DUMBER TO just went from not happening to maybe odds of like one in a hundred or one in a million... so I'm telling you there's a chance. Whew...
Now to see if they can absolutely bring Carrey back into the fold, or else really what's the point...
-Billy Donnelly
"The Infamous Billy The Kidd"
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Who Cares?
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Surprisingly eclectic from the pre-Smash Mouth era of comedies.
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is most likely not, but probably is Irredeemable.
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Aug. 6, 2012, 11:58 p.m. CST
Come on...nothing will top the first, no need for a sequel was fine as is.
by Brandon
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EEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIhhhHHHHHhhhhhhHHhEEEhhEEEhhhIIIIIHEEEEEEHHHHH!!!!! the last scene in that movie made it a classic!
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Aug. 7, 2012, 12:02 a.m. CST
Carrey needs a new hit comedy to keep his career alive
by Riley Harrison
And I think this could do it. Really, the first one is such a classic, everyone will see this.
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-- End of Line --
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Just saw it on TV a week or so ago - and it's not the comedy goldmine I remember.
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Aug. 7, 2012, 12:18 a.m. CST
I feel sorry for anyone that says "Dumb and Dumber isn't as funny as it used to be"
by DutchRudder
Yes, it is. You just suck now, that's all. Being a shitty, bitter old person is just part of growing up. :)
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Carrey doesn't need a hit nearly as bad as the Farrellys. 3 Stooges did somewhat-okay last year, but their last real hit was Shallow Hal, back in 2001. And I can't think of hearing too many people quoting, much less speaking highly of, Shallow Hal.
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Aug. 7, 2012, 12:21 a.m. CST
Carrey walked away from the reboot because he knows this would be the greenlight for ace ventura: The kitty and the Jihad
by Balkin Flabgurter
An israeli arts collector's cat mysteriously disappears from his home in jerusalem, the cat estimated to be worth 1.9 billion dollars has reportedly been stolen by a group linked with hezbollah. Ace Ventura is hired to don the attire of a middle eastern woman and sneak into palestine, where he is kidnapped and held for ransom to the US government. Upon being transferred to the gaza strip an israeli air strike and new offenses allows ace to escape saving animals in the process, once escaped he enlists the hlep of a young palestinian boy named jahil, who helps him find the hezbolla general holding the cat. a bunch of crap ensues, ace venture gets the cat, a huge battle ensues, the general is taken captive, the gaza strip is made smaller as israelis start rounding up palestinians under the UN's nose and put them in the gaza ghetto, upon further inspection ace ventura decides to help by blowing up a guard station on the egyptian border allowing millions to run free and ace venture is a hero. the government finds himas he returns the cat, and sentences him to life in the nonexistent GITMO, at the very end he is approached by the fat british guy from "when nature calls" and asked if hes ready for another mission. roll credits, the end.
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http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-k-williams-boots-up-to-robocop-20120806?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter i hate remakes...but this one has jeh and williams gonna be r rated and badass
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Watched it a few weeks ago, and laughed just as much as I did 18 years ago. (Has it really been that long? Fuck me.) It was the "unrated" version, though, which is kind of a mixed bag. A few funny additions, but it also omits several funny bits that we all have memorized verbatim, which makes it sort of an odd viewing experience. I'd welcome a sequel as long as Carrey and Daniels are involved. Unlike in other genres, it's hard to sully the memory of a really great comedy even with a really shitty sequel. I imagine a "Dumb & Dumber" sequel, at worst, would be about on par with "Ghostbusters II," which has its charms.
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Aug. 7, 2012, 12:46 a.m. CST
the original didnt hold up when it was made...started the trend of retard comedy
by walt
americans are easily amused if diarrhea and farts are a fuckin punch line unless used as mel brooks did in blazing saddles but dick jokes for the sake of dick jokes is not funny
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...heck, I'd actually want to see this. I bet it would be as funny as the first. As long as they make sure to keep it............ DUMB. Movies try too hard these days. I'd want to see a movie that doesn't even try.
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That sounds good...I'll have that.
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I typed like 5 or 6 lines and yet it only posted one of them! And not even the first line I typed, but one in the middle. This is a weird site.
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Aug. 7, 2012, 2:37 a.m. CST
if they are actually calling it Dumb and Dumber To then I am fucking IN!!
by antonphd
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Do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Aug. 7, 2012, 2:46 a.m. CST
I was in my 20s when I watched Dumb and Dumber and it was and is will will always be a comedy triumph!!
by antonphd
anyone who doesn't think Jim Carey is a comedy master doesn't have a very broad sense of humor, because the greatest thing about Jim Carey is the way he would do a spectrum of jokes all at the same fucking time in a movie. he was like a symphony of humor when he got going. Dumb and Dumber has layer after layer after layer of jokes firing off at once through the whole fucking movie. there were more jokes between the cracks of what most people were laughing at in Dumb and Dumber than in 99% of ALL other comedy films made since (not counting independent films). i would love to see the Farrelly brothers return to the heights of Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary.
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I still remember being blind sided by this movie.
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One of those films that, no matter how down you are, will always put a smile on your face. Jim & Jeff have picked me up more than once over the last few years. Priceless!
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Aug. 7, 2012, 5:16 a.m. CST
They'll need an outstanding script if they're gonna any chance of matching up to the original.
by Christian Sylvain
The farrellys have made nothing but failures for the past ten years, so they really have to work hard on this project to make it work. The potential is there, but the effort has to come through.
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I always wanted the sequel to pick up where the first left off, with Harry and Lloyd making their way back to Rhode Island.
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Aug. 7, 2012, 7:50 a.m. CST
Dumb and Dumber one of my all-time favourite comedies. But Something About Mary never really connected with me.
by Autodidact
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Aug. 7, 2012, 7:58 a.m. CST
The bit when Carrey sees Daniels with Holly and tries to stop being sick cracked me up..
by paul burnett
..shit the whole film cracked me up, up there with Blazin Saddles as funniest film ever. Theres a lotta dummys out there aint gonna get the joke in the title though!
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..you do this an TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!! Harry, your hands are freezing!
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Eh, might as well do Ferris Bueller II if they're gonna do this. Some movies just don't need a sequel...this is one of them.
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Aug. 7, 2012, 8:23 a.m. CST
I saw the sequel. Along with Master of Disguise, I think it might be the biggest waste of time I ever bought a ticket for
by Autodidact
At least circa 2002-2003
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Aug. 7, 2012, 8:35 a.m. CST
Matt Stone and Trey Parker would be a better directing choice.
by 2for2true
They've sort of taken over the over-the-top comedy kingdom that the Farrelly brothers owned 15 years ago.
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Aug. 7, 2012, 8:45 a.m. CST
I SO want this movie, but I am SO afraid of it too! I'm just worried the lightning of the original just can't be re-bottled!
by Dogmatic
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without jim carrey, it's just DUMB
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Aug. 7, 2012, 11:45 a.m. CST
To the people who insist on focusing on the Farrelly's and Carey's misfires...
by kindofabigdeal
I guess I forgot that you never, ever make a mistake.
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Along with Airplane, Spinal Tape and The Naked Gun. MOCK ..YEAH....ING....YEAH...BERRRD!..YEAH....YEAH.... YEEEEEAHHH!!!!
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I'm gonna have to watch this masterpiece of comedy again now ..thanks guys!!!! I desperately wanna make love to a school boy.
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Aug. 7, 2012, 1:26 p.m. CST
According to the map, they've only gone about four inches....
by YourMomsBox3D
Dumb and Dumber is still one of the few comedies that I can pop in on any given day, and still laugh uproariously. A big part of me wants them to leave it be, but an even bigger part of me wants to see those characters in a new adventure.
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Not unless you want to work 40 hours a week.
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I can't believe anyone says it is no longer as funny unless of course they never really thought it was funny. I saw it on cable the other day and still laughed my ass off. Sure, it isn't the same as watching it the first time but what the hell is unless you have memory loss. I rank this up there with Animal House, Caddy Shack and Kingpin.
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