For many who grew up within the ’90s, the Nickelodeon movie Good Burger holds a particular place. Based on the characters from the All That sketch comedy present, the movie starred Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell on this enjoyable buddy comedy. After 25 years and garnering a main cult following, it didn’t come as a shock when Paramount+ introduced Good Burger 2 with Kenan and Kel reprising their characters as they as soon as once more attempt to save the eponymous restaurant.
During New York Comic Con, we had the pleasure of taking part in a press roundtable with different shops to debate the movie with Good Burger 2 writers Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert and director Phil Traill. For Kopelow and Seifert, who penned the unique Good Burger movie, it actually felt like coming house. During our dialog, the filmmakers mentioned returning to the beloved franchise 25 years later in addition to teased what followers can count on.
Q: What was the impetus for a Good Burger sequel?
Heath Seifert: Honestly, we’ve at all times had Good Burger on the entrance of our minds. We’ve at all times been coming up with sketches and bits in all of the years after we weren’t doing stuff. To the purpose the place we had been truly having a assembly about one thing else and Good Burger got here up and we stated, “We actually have an idea for the next movie.”
Phil Traill: It additionally helps that [Brian Robbins], the director of the unique film is now President of Paramount. He loves it as a fan of his personal work.
Seifert: He’s very protecting of it. We did the All That reboot a few years again as nicely and one of the factor we wished to do with that was convey again some sketches from the unique and Good Burger was a no-brainer.
Kevin Kopelow: When Kel placed on the Good Burger outfit once more and got here out it was like being again on set within the ‘90s. It got other people’s consideration and that’s variety of what spurred it on once more.
Seifert: It received folks enthusiastic about it once more and I feel perhaps it was a little bit of a catalyst for Kenan and Kel speaking about it once more.
Traill: There’s undoubtedly an urge for food for it as a result of after we had been filming, the streets outdoors the Good Burger restaurant had been packed. People had been coming in and screaming and ruining takes. You felt this large fanbase however folks wanting it to work.
Q: It looks as if the demand for Good Burger 2 has at all times been there. When did the concept of a sequel come to you?
Kopelow: We’ve at all times wished to do that. We needs to be on Good Burger 9 by now! We additionally wanted an concept that moved up with the instances as a result of we did come up with the concept 7-8 years in the past.
Seifert: It’s a course of of getting a movie made.
Kopelow: And you need to get everybody on board too. You need everyone excited, not simply Heath and I.
Seifert: It has been 25 years of folks saying, “When are you doing a sequel.”
Taimur Dar: It goes with out saying getting Kenan and Kel on board was probably the most important however you continue to managed to get a quantity of different actors to return from the unique movie. Due to varied causes, not each actor may come again resembling Abe Vigoda since he handed away a few years in the past. I’m a huge fan of actress Linda Cardellini.
Seifert: As are we.
Dar: I didn’t notice her position as Heather, the psychological asylum affected person, was her function movie debut. Can you say whether or not she’s reprising her position in Good Burger 2 or if there have been another actors you wished to convey again however couldn’t make it work?
Traill: Linda isn’t coming again however there are tons of people who find themselves. Lori Beth Denberg as Connie Muldoon.
Seifert: There are a lot of unbelievable celeb cameos.
Traill: Carmen Electra comes again.
Seifert: When we sat down to jot down this, we watched the primary movie once more a number of instances and considered what we may convey again and what made sense and what’s a enjoyable bit that creates an thrilling, stunning cameo. There are a lot within the movie.
Traill: There are a ton of new cameos as nicely of individuals who had they solely knew how huge Good Burger was going to be, these folks can be asking how they might get it in. Now we had calls asking how they may very well be half of it.
Kopelow: When we wrote it, we hoped Lori Beth would do it. We’ve saved in contact along with her over time. She actually did appear recreation for it as a result of we labored along with her too on the All That reboot.
Q: Do you already know why it’s being launched on Paramount+ as a substitute of additionally getting a theatrical launch?
Seifert: Honestly, I feel movies are popping out straight on streaming now. So, I feel they’re treating it like a movie that simply occurs to be out on Paramount+.
Traill: It can be wonderful to be in theaters. People who’ve seen it in focus teams have been saying what a tremendous sleepover film this may be. I feel the group mentality of watching it will likely be actually enjoyable for folks. It generates such good feeling within the viewers.
Q: How did you bridge the hole between authentic followers and potential new and youthful viewers?
Seifert: We wished to inform a story that was a huge, enjoyable hilarious journey. If you haven’t seen the primary movie, you’re going to find it irresistible and we’ll have a complete new era of followers ready for the third one. We wished to verify we did proper by followers of the unique as a result of we all know there’s big nostalgia. We’re very protecting of the franchise. There’s a lot to reward followers of the unique.
Traill: For instance, there’s a scene on the rooftop at night time. If you watch the new film and have by no means seen the primary one, that’s simply a beautiful scene of two guys sitting on deck chairs on a roof at night time.
Seifert: People who haven’t seen the unique aren’t going to be confused.
Dar: As a testomony to how a lot I cherished the unique Good Burger, I truly learn the novelization as a child. I bear in mind the ebook included scenes that ended up being minimize like Linda Cardellini’s character escaping the asylum. In truth, if you happen to look intently, you may see her within the closing scene on the finish.
Kopelow: She was in there!
Dar: For Good Burger 2, did you just about movie all the pieces within the script or was there something that didn’t make the ultimate minimize?
Traill: That’s a good query. We filmed all the pieces and all the pieces made it. But proper on the final minute we minimize a few little scenes of the baddies. The solely factor that ended up on the slicing room ground is a few little scenes of the baddies being tremendous unhealthy as a result of we determined to stick with Kenan and Kel and their spirited journey.
Seifert: I’m curious what outtakes exist from the unique film as a result of that will be enjoyable to see.
Traill: The movie strikes actually quick. There are jokes coming at you the entire time. I’m positive there are little jokes that didn’t make it as a result of the tempo of it’s so loopy.
Good Burger 2 might be obtainable to stream November 22 on Paramount+.
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