Writers Hired For ‘Dumb & Dumber 2,’ Farrelly Brothers Still Hope To Reunite Jim Carrey And Jeff Daniels
Now thatPeter and Bobby Farrellyare almost done with their long dreamed-of film reincarnation ofThe Three Stooges, they’re turning their thoughts to the future. The brothers haveanother TV show in the works, but for their next feature film it sounds like they might revive their 1994 hitDumb and Dumber. Screenwriters have been hired to write a sequel that will hopefully reuniteJim CarreyandJeff Danielsin their original roles.
DeadlinesaysSean AndersandJohn Morris(Sex Drivewriters, directors of the upcomingI Hate You Dad) have been roped in to write a script, and the Farrellys want to makeDumb and Dumber 2(or whatever it will be called) their next film.
This is follow-through ontalk from last year. While promotingHall Pass, Bobby Farrelly said,
If we could get those two guys back together, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels that might be a worthwhile sequel – and that ball is in motion. We’re starting to think about what those two dimwits would be doing twenty-years later in life, and hopefully we’ll be able to come up with something worthy of a sequel.
And Jim Carrey referenced the possibility of a new film as well, when he was out promotingMr. Popper’s Penguins,
We’re talking about maybe returning to some old characters that everyone has been asking about …There’s Bruce Almighty and we’re talking about maybe another Dumb and Dumber.
Deadline says original producers Charles B. Wessler, Brad Krevoy and Steve Stabler will all work on this proper sequel, which will likely continue to bury the memory of the ill-consideredDumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, released in 2003. Will this movie be any better than that one? The Farrelly’s films haven’t shown much spark of late, but maybe they were re-energized by makingStooges.
