John Solomon

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Interview: MacGruber Stars Will Forte and Kristen Wiig

Posted 4 years ago

I loved the 2010 feature film MacGruber. It was ridiculous, bizarre, and about as much fun as a comedy can be. Will Forte was hilarious and Kristen Wiig was a joy. Your love of celery will never be the same....

MacGruber TV Series: Will Forte posts first look image

Posted 5 years ago

I've always hoped we'd get a MacGruber 2. Jorma Taccone's original film was so much better than anyone could have reasonably thought it would be. Sure, the original SNL skits were funny, but did anyone think they could sustain a...

MacGruber series adds Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne & Mickey Rourke

Posted 5 years ago

It's been over a decade since the release of MacGruber, Will Forte's cult-comedy that began life as a Saturday Night Live sketch, and against all odds, the throat-rippin' hero will be returning for an eight-episode series on the Peacock streaming...

Update: Peacock has unveiled a teaser trailer for the MacGruber TV series

Posted 6 years ago

Update:Peacock has just unleashed a teaser trailer Will Forte’s upcoming MACGRUBER TV series! While every streaming platform known to humankind is hoping to land the next big thing, it's been confirmed that NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock has given a straight-to-series...

MacGruber TV series in development for NBC’s streaming service

Posted 6 years ago

In just a few months, MACGRUBER will be celebrating its tenth anniversary. Makes one feel old, don't it? Over the course of the past decade, there have been numerous discussions regarding a sequel to the cult classic comedy, but as...

Will Forte offers a “sneak peek” of MacGruber show he’s pitching

Posted 7 years ago

Don’t let the box office numbers claim otherwise: MACGRUBER is one of the great comedies of the decade, and hopefully, the rest of humanity has spent the last nine years discovering it. The movie based on the popular SNL sketch...

Writing has begun on the sequel to Will Forte’s MacGruber

Posted 10 years ago

Based on the repetitive Saturday Night Live sketch by the same name, MACGRUBER really had no business being as funny as it was. Even so, the film obviously wasn't everyone's cup of tea as MACGRUBER failed to to recoup its...

Will Forte teases crazy opening sequence for MacGruber 2

Posted 11 years ago

Will Forte is still committed to getting MACGRUBER 2 made. During a conversation with EW, the actor said “There’s nothing I would rather do than that,” and “It’s not a question of if but when." However, Forte is a little...

Will Forte says MacGruber 2 is first priority after The Last Man on Earth

Posted 11 years ago

It was nearly five years ago when MACGRUBER took to the big screen. It was pulled from theaters just three weeks later, becoming one of the biggest flops of 2010. It somehow managed to find itself a following and rumors...

Will Forte gives an update on MacGruber 2

Posted 12 years ago

Back in March, Will Forte said he still wants to make a sequel to MACGRUBER, and he had come up with a "really solid" first act with screenwriter/director Jorma Taccone. In an interview with Collider, the actor was asked to...