While it is currently in vogue for movies of the 80s and 90s to get legacy sequels, it seems like the 2004 Ben Stiller movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story could be joining the list of upcoming sequels as the film’s star Vince Vaughn has an idea for a new movie, according to his Dodgeball co-star Justin Long. While discussing his current movie, Barbarian, with ComicBook.com, Long was asked whether there was a possibility for Dodgeball 2. He replied:
“I do a podcast with my brother called Life is Short and when we had Ben Stiller on and I asked Ben about this because I had just worked with Vince Vaughn again. Vince wrote this movie, it’s like a parody of Christmas movies that I have coming out this December called Christmas with the Campbells; so I had just been around Vince a lot, and Vince had been telling me that he has this great idea for a sequel. I don’t know if he had yet pitched it to Ben, but I kind of set up the pitch, I felt like I should facilitate the pitch.
“Of course I would love to do it and I hope that it ends up happening, but I think Ben is a little, what he told me on that podcast was that he’s a little trepidatious about doing a sequel to something so beloved, something that people enjoy so much that. It’s very risky, you don’t wanna s–t on the original, you want something just as good. So I think he’s a little wary of that, of trying to recreate something that was very specific to that time, but I hope he comes around on it. Vince is a very convincing person, so I’m just hoping Vince can convince him with his idea. It’s a funny idea, I don’t wanna say what it is.”
Does Dodgeball Need A Sequel?
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While Ben Stiller may have had success with sequels to movies like Night at the Museum and Meet the Parents, he was not so lucky with the belated sequel to Zoolander. Dodgeball was a pretty self-contained movie, and the story was done and dusted in one movie, which means that a late addition to the hit could be a bad move.
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Of course, if Vaughn’s idea was enough to interest the original cast and the studio, then there is no reason to believe that it won’t happen at some point, with nostalgic throwbacks bringing in big numbers both at the box office and on streaming platforms. One of the main stumbling points could actually be getting Stiller to return for another round of Dodgeball, but Long added that he feels it could be something that he might want a piece of. He said:
“I know Ben loves Dodgeball and loves that character. I remember how much fun he had playing it. He was always laughing. When we got together years later to do a little mini reunion for this charity and Ben put on the mustache again I remember him talking about how how happy it made him playing White Goodman again and how much fun that character was. I do know that Vince has a great idea for it and it’s just a matter of getting Ben on board.”
