Posted on 10/15/2012 11:24:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
They may be dumb but they’re not stupid. Nearly 20 years after its release, the 1994 hit Dumb and Dumber still remains a fan favorite. Quotes are regularaly thrown around, scenes referenced and a no-brainer sequel has long been discussed. Earlier this year, it seemed like the Farrelly Brothers were getting closer than ever, but then Jim Carrey dropped out of the film. The brothers took to Twitter Tuesday to tell fans the film was still in the works, the script is almost done, and it has a title: Dumb and Dumber To. Read more after the jump.
Here’s the original tweet from the Farrellys:
You also might be interested to know that we are almost done with the Dumb and Dumber To (sic) script.I think you’re going to like it.
— Farrelly Brothers (@farrellybros) September 26, 2012
A few @ responses on their page once again distance themselves from the prequel Dumb and Dumberer and said that while Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey are not officially signed, it “Looks good” but “no announcements for a few weeks.”
A few months back, Bobby Farrelly offered up a few details on their idea for the film:
I can tell you that there is no growth out of either one of them and it’s 20 years later. What is funny about the original is that they’re grown men who are complete losers and when the studio came to us about a sequel, we were like, ‘Loads of kids are losers and they’re dumb.’ We didn’t see any value in the sequel so we backed out of it, but now these guys are in regular life and they’re still basically children at heart.
The story revolves around the fact that one of them may have sired a child. They want to go and find the child because he’s having a kidney problem and he wants to ask him for one of his kidneys.
Daniels has said he’d love to do it and if he comes on board, you’d have to think Carrey would return too. With all the principals back, I think this is a sequel I can get behind, though the title is a copy editor’s nightmare. What do you you?
More here:
EXCERPT:
Technically, 1994’s “Dumb and Dumber” had a follow-up movie in the form of 2003’s prequel “Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd,” but according to the original’s creators and directors, that one didn’t count.
Come 2014, however, the one that does count should hit the big screen.
Peter and Bobby Farrelly—the siblings behind the original—announced via Twitter on Tuesday that they are almost finished with the script for “Dumb and Dumber To,” the official sequel.
Co-star Jeff Daniels has been on board for the sequel all along, but co-star Jim Carrey ducked out of the project earlier this year because he feared the project lacked studio commitment.
The Farrellys also hinted on Tuesday that with the nearly-completed script, Carrey is back in the fold and will revive his role as Lloyd Christmas.
In a Digital Spy interview in August, Bobby Farrelly indicated the sequel’s story line will involve a child that one of the pair has fathered. In a darkly-comedic twist—for which the Farrellys are well known—Harry or Lloyd are in need of a kidney and want to ask the child for one of his.
“Dumb and Dumberer To” is expected to begin filming in the spring and is being targeted for a 2014 release.
Let me guess: Hussein and Idiot Joe!
Its GOT to have Jim Carrey!
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If Jeff Daniels signs up again, he can just play the character he plays on “The Newsroom.”
MY FAVORITE DUMB AND DUMBER SCENE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGdhc9k07Ms
Lloyd: What are the chances of a guy like you and a girl like me (SIC) ending up together...
Mary: well, Lloyd, that’s difficult to say...we really don’t...
Lloyd: HIT ME WITH IT MARY, just give it to me straight, I came a long way just to see you Mary, the least you can do is level with me... What are my chances?
Mary (pauses): Not good.
Lloyd: You mean not good like one in a hundred?
Mary: I’d say more like one in a million.
(Short pause)
Lloyd: So you’re telling me there’s a chance? YEAH! I read you.
Harry: I can’t believe we drove around all day, and there’s not a single job in this town. There is nothing! Nada! Zip!
Lloyd: Yeah! Unless you wanna work 40 hours a week.
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Harry: Huh! I expected the Rocky Mountains to be a little rockier than this.
Lloyd: I was thinking the same thing. That John Denver’s full of shit, man.
I don't remember a lot of the film because I couldn't see it for the tears of asphyxiating laughter that I was desperately trying to wipe from my eyes.
There are very few movies that have made me laugh like this one did. Thank you, Farrelly brothers. You guys are nuts.
A sequel without Carrey in it? It would be like July 4th without fireworks.
I call for a sequal (or captioned picture) with Hill and Obama.
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