With their latest frothy rom-com Hall Pass continuing a decade long run of underwhelming flicks at the box office, we aren't at all surprised to hear that
The Farrelly Brothers are planning to reunite original dimwits
Jim Carrey and
Jeff Daniels for a sequel to their huge 1994 comedy hit,
Dumb and Dumber. The comedy duo, who have been unable to catch the zeitgeist for so long, rather inevitably are hoping to dip into their back catalogue to wring a few more pennies from an old favourite. After the disaster that was the 2003 prequel, you could've been forgiven for thinking that this series was long past its expiry date, however.
Speaking at a Sydney press junket for Hall Pass,
Bob Farrelly was clear about his willingness to return to the brothers breakout flick;
has run a bunch of times on TV in the states, and kids will come up and theyll be able to quote lines from that lines that Ive long forgotten. 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. Were starting to think about what those two dimwits would be doing twenty-years later in life, and hopefully well be able to come up with something worthy of a sequel.
The possibility of Carrey and Daniels reprising their roles instantly distances the potential sequel from the abysmal Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd, and it would admittedly be kinda nice to see the original Harry and Lloyd back on the big screen again. However, with the Farrelly Brothers hard at work on the upcoming
Three Stooges sequel and no word whether Carrey & Daniels would be at all interested in this, don't expect to see this one anytime soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3RRDM4pik0