Broken lizard hopes to film super troopers 2 sometime this year. People spend a lot of time trying to make their first film, chandrasekhar explains. Broken lizard has finally made a sequel, super troopers 2, which comes out. But their cameo in dukes of hazard was painfully terrible to watch. If the first film did so well, why do we need to crowdfund the sequel. Super troopers 2 starts filming after successful crowdfunding.
Super troopers 2 is finally arriving on the most appropriate of dates, 420, but the road to get there was not an easy one, particularly because of the start andstop approach they. Never underestimate the power of a dedicated fanbase. They re on the verge of being shut down and are engaged in a turf war with the local spurbury police. Broken lizard interview on super troopers 2 esquire. Yes, it did take awhile, but the broken lizards do indeed now have a franchise as long as they all work for scale. Filming for super troopers 2 is now underway consequence of.
Actors from the cult classic super troopers and the new super troopers 2 recall their experience with a vermonters matter of fact way of speaking in burlington on thursday, april 5, 2018. During a comiccon panel this weekend, the broken lizard guys who made the super troopers movie teased that they re working on another sequel thatll be called super troopers 3. Super troopers is a 2001 american comedy film directed by jay chandrasekhar and written by. With the exception of super troopers 2 they have all been absolute garbage. The copcomedy sequel, which was announced in 2017 nearly 20 years after the first film premiered, hit theaters everywhere on friday following a massively. Golden rail ale house, 29 old north plank road, newburgh, new york, usa. Super troopers 2 trailer extended 2018 comedy movie hd. Clearly that did not happen, as super troopers 2 currently sits at 34% on rotten tomatoes. Apr 19, 2018 lynda carter, 66, was joined by her daughter jessica, 27, son james, 30, and husband robert altman at the starstudded premiere of super troopers 2 in new york on wednesday. Aug 07, 2017 super troopers 2, the upcoming crowdfunded sequel to the cult classic comedy, is nearly finished.
Thats obviously a marvel reference, but apparently the guys are planning to take the title more literally and are joking about filming the movie. Its unclear whether cox will appear in super troopers 2. Super troopers 3 will be called winter soldiers, wont be. Super troopers 2 is happening and heres the trailer gq. Super troopers 2 believed to be filming at quabbin. Super troopers 2 just raised a crazy amount of money, is. They had to put it on hold and start filming again this fall. Rob lowe, will sasso, and hayes macarthur joined the cast. Now that all the legalities were out of the way, chandrasekhar was finally able to announce on his twitter account that filming for super troopers 2 is officially underway. A sequel to the 2001 cult comedy classic super troopers is in the works. Apr 20, 2018 the opening minutes of the broken lizard comedy super troopers 2 are so breathlessly funny they might asphyxiate you. The complicated sexual politics of the broken lizard style come fully to the surface in super troopers 2 perhaps watching it now offers a.
We chose massachusetts because it has the incentive and it looks like vermont. If youre a fan of the first or just a fan of good raunchy humor, i highly recommend seeing super troopers 2. Our company, fatchix films, has an imdbpro account, but im fairly certain this part of their dat. Why they picked vermont and why the sequel took so long. Super troopers 2 believed to be filming at quabbin reservoir. The classic super troopers jokes broken lizard had to. But super troopers 2 is a solid example of a breakout sequel and a minievent movie. Apr 21, 2018 stranger things season 3 is rolling right along, and weve got a bit of an update on where productions at. The 2001 cult classic super troopers filmed all its scenes in westchester and. Those lovable, raunchy state troopers are back on set today as they start filming on super troopers 2, the sequel to the 2001 cult hit film.
Tavern scenes were shot at the golden rail ale house in newburgh. Mar 28, 2018 when a border dispute arises between the u. Jan 30, 2016 ready to offer up an update to indiegogo backers of the high anticipated super troopers 2, actor and director jay chandrasekhar, announced the movies filming progress. The scene begins with a familiar setup a vermont highway patrolman. Some parts of the quabbin reservoir were closed for movie filming, according to one of the park rangers there on saturday. Super troopers is a 2001 american comedy film directed by jay chandrasekhar and written by and starring the broken lizard comedy group chandrasekhar, kevin heffernan, steve lemme, paul soter and erik stolhanske. In june 20, it was confirmed that the movie would be released after super troopers 2. The first super troopers 2 set photos have hit the web, as shooting gets underway in boston on the longpromised comedy sequel from broken lizard. According to a recent facebook post by eric rabbit stolhanske, the whimsical and endearing comedy troupe known as broken lizard has finished filming super troopers 2.
Sep 08, 2016 broken lizard has started filming super troopers 2, the sequel to their 2001 cult comedy, after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Jun 12, 2017 super troopers 2001 was filmed mostly in ny and the surrounding area. The film does not have a voice or reason for existing, you can actually see why the. Whod have thought that super troopers, a moderately successful film, would have the online support to raise enough funds for a sequel. Thats about on par with the first one, although the audience score a less scientific metric, for what. When an international border dispute arises between the u. Super troopers 2 is expected to see release sometime in 2016.
The audience super troopers 2 will attract will most likely be fans of the original film. Anchorman, zoolander, bad santa, if you loved a comedy in the late 00s chances are theres a terrible sequel the post who goes there podcast. Super troopers 2 opens at amc theatres on april 20, 2018. Lynda carter kisses daughter at super troopers 2 premiere in.
Super troopers 2 2018 jay chandrasekhar and erik stolhanske in super troopers 2 2018 kevin. Super troopers 2 director jay chandrasekhars take on the. Super troopers 2 will hopefully begin filming later this year. The third installment of netflixs supernatural sensation will get in front of. Anyway, heres the redband trailer, which youll want to watch with. A sequel, super troopers 2, was released on april 20, 2018. Aug 03, 2017 pop some viagra and get ready to buy your movie tickets with raging, megahuge boners, because super troopers 2 has completed production and even been screened for an audience in a post on the. Broken lizard announced that the studio gave the goahead to shoot super troopers 2. Did you feel a sense of i told you so when super troopers 2 did so much better at the box office than the projections had anticipated. The insane way super troopers 2 had to be filmed cinemablend. It may not win the weekend, but it qualifies as a demographicallyspecific event film.
They actually recorded a message for a wedding i went to about a year ago and they said they were in the middle of filming super troopers 2 at the time. Unconventional police work follows, and the result is. Broken lizard, the comedy troupe behind the franchise, wrote on its website recently that the. I must disclose that i was an indiegogo backer so i am obviously a huge fan of the original.
Super troopers 2 has finished filming, so broken lizard. The broken lizard team later revealed that they had completed three drafts of the screenplay, but it took years for anything to happen with the project. Starting march 19th, the broken lizard crew consisting of jay chandrasekhar, steve lemme, paul soter, erik stolhanske, and kevin heffernan embarked on a 3week crosscountry tour that spanned 12 major u. Super troopers 2 2018 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Aug 23, 2016 as of right now, we still dont know a lot of plot details regarding the super troopers sequel, but as filming wraps up over the next few weeks, we are surely going to be getting some more updates. Film history is full of titles that didnt make a big splash upon release, only to grow their audience over the years to become cult classics. Now that marijuana is legal in nine states, will studios look for that second hit.
Over the course of the movie, they discover a marijuana shipping operation, and tracking down the culprits may be the key to proving their worth to the state and keeping their. But ive never more wanted to be proven wrong, and hope they pull through with a hilarious script. I had no idea what they were going to cook up but after experiencing super troopers, club dread, and beerfest during my developing college years, i grew to love everything these guys came up with. The comedy in super troopers 2 felt more like conventional fart joke and raunchy humor. How broken lizard capitalizes on super troopers 2 will. After doubling their super troopers 2 fundraising goal, the broken lizard comedy group talks about getting back into character for their longawaited followup.
It lacks a solid story and some of the jokes barely register a chuckle, but the chemistry of the broken lizard crew has not dissipated in the years since they introduced us to this crew of misfits. Because super troopers 2, a sequel to the 2002 cult hit, is the top movie on friday. Broken lizard has started filming super troopers 2, the sequel to their 2001 cult comedy, after a successful crowdfunding campaign. Apr 20, 2018 super troopers 2 is a noxious, unwanted ticket on every level. While attempting to do their jobs much in the way they did in the first film, they cause an international incident, apparently.
The future of a super troopers sequel wasnt always certain. Apr 10, 2018 super troopers 2 is finally arriving on the most appropriate of dates, 420, but the road to get there was not an easy one, particularly because of the start andstop approach they had to take. With jay chandrasekhar, kevin heffernan, steve lemme, paul soter. Super troopers 2 finished up its crowdfunding campaign yesterday, and in the process of raising over double their goal, they also became the second highest crowdfunding campaign for a film.
But i just didnt think the film was that funny and it felt like a totally different humor than the first film. I always thought super troopers was sort of a slowburn comedy i didnt like it. Cinemablend recently sat down with broken lizard to talk classic super troopers jokes, and the ones they knew they had to reference in super troopers 2. Super troopers 2 is a 2018 american comedy film directed by jay chandrasekhar. Film history is full of titles that didnt make a big splash upon release, only to grow their audience over the years to become. Hero of the federation is a 2004 military sciencefiction horror television film directed by phil tippett and starring richard burgi, lawrence monoson, and colleen porch. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Super troopers 2 starts production with broken lizard. Super troopers 2 could have been the end for broken lizard. How broken lizard finally made their cult copcomedy sequel why, 17 years and one massive crowdfunding campaign later, the comedians can follow up their copsbehaving. The super troopers sequel you funded last year is now filming. In september 2016, it was announced that emmanuelle chriqui, tyler labine.
Meow that the wait for super troopers 2 is finally over, all but the most. A sequel to the 2001 film super troopers, the film was written by and stars the broken lizard comedy team, made up of chandrasekhar, kevin heffernan, steve lemme, paul soter and erik stolhanske. In fact, the only good thing about this pic is the fact that you can ignore it and its squad of profane cops completely. Theres actually an easy way to find out where projects were filmed on imdb. And given that it was just basically them repeating lines from super troopers, im truly afraid this sequel is going to end up being a selfreferential pile of shit. Founders of broken lizard comedy troupe that created super troopers talk about why they chose to set it in vermont. Parents need to know that super troopers 2 is the sequel to the 2001 cult comedy about a group of bumbling vermont state troopers. Once more, the plot involves a drugpushing scheme discovered and investigated by unserious dudes. Super troopers 2 begins filming outside boston the broken lizard team crudely reports back from the set. Making a movie is so hard as it is, and executives. Super troopers 2 is effectively an update on super troopers, reshaped by an older mans lens. That 2001 film, however, was filmed in westchester, rockland and putnam counties. Broken lizard completes filming of super troopers 2. From two of the guys who brought us the super troopers movies, comes this little gem of a tv series.
With the film s budget now locked in, super troopers 2 will go into preproduction starting this may, with filming. On metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 48 out of 100, based on. But this film didnt really deliver on the comedy like the first one did. They do a lot more drafts and put a lot of art into it. The film had a troubled development period as studios were skeptical that a sequel, produced over a decade after the original, would find. I just did a spittake with an entire liter of cola. Broken lizards super troopers is a 2001 comedy film about highway troopers in the state of vermont. Super troopers 2 officially begins filming screen rant. Crowdfunded comedy depicting rogue vermont state police is a dud for critics but a hit for fans who send sequel soaring. Super troopers 2 with deadpool 2 opening soon, broken lizard is going to have to get help making a real r out of super troopers 3. Apr 25, 2015 super troopers 2 finished up its crowdfunding campaign yesterday, and in the process of raising over double their goal, they also became the second highest crowdfunding campaign for a film. In 2014, it was confirmed that it would be a live action film rather than the proposed animated film.
Super troopers 2 a sequel to the 2002 cult comedy super troopers finds our idiot heroes making bad 80s jokes that feel even mustier than they did the first time. The 2001 cult classic super troopers filmed all its scenes in westchester. It is a sequel to starship troopers 1997 and the second installment of the starship troopers film. It was announced that a beerfest tv series will air on cw seed. How danny devito became a punchline in super troopers 2. Jay chandrasekhar talks super troopers 2 filming progress. Hearing the whole theater laugh in unison so loudly and so often reminded me of what its like to have a great time at the movies. There is a lengthy argument in the new comedy super troopers 2 about who, exactly, danny devito is. Thats not to say that super troopers 2 is lacking when it comes to laughs. Super troopers 2 starts production with broken lizard team.
The plot follows the super troopers being called upon to set up a new highway patrol station when an international border dispute arises between the united states and canada. Fox has agreed to distribute super troopers 2, but will not provide funding for production or marketing, which may cause the filmmakers to raise the money by launching a kickstarter campaign. Broken lizard hopes to film super troopers 2 sometime. Rumors of the highly anticipated sequel have been floating around for a couple years now, and it looks like the production wheels. Hopefully, they ll get their moneys worth when the film hits theaters. See first super troopers 2 set photos as filming begins. More specifically, they had to sign 7,000 super troopers 2 posters to send to. That sostupiditsclever film, which made it ok to say meow to.