Ricky Stanicky’s Peter Farrelly says the studio a sequel to There’s Something About Mary — however not the one they pitched.
Peter Farrelly, one half of the “Farrelly Brothers” filmmaking workforce, says they got here nearer than most followers may anticipate to creating a follow-up to his beloved ’90s comedy There’s Something About Mary. The film, which starred Cameron Diaz and Ben Stiller, centered on a person who reconnects together with his highschool crush years later within the hopes of discovering real love in his twenties. In a comic book twist, Ted (Stiller) finally ends up competing for Mary’s affections with two different guys, together with Pat (Matt Dillon), a PI who first encountered Mary after Ted employed him to search out out the place she went after faculty. Turns out, that was more durable within the days earlier than Facebook.
In addition to its massive field workplace success (it earned greater than $350 million in opposition to a reported $23 million funds), There’s Something About Mary turned the type of cultural phenomenon often restricted to massive, franchise movies. It was endlessly referenced and parodied on TV and in different motion pictures. Since it was launched throughout the heyday of the video rental retailer, it is possible the film made at the least one other $50 to $100 million in video leases and gross sales — though that is an estimate primarily based on the efficiency of comparable motion pictures; Mary‘s numbers weren’t simply discovered on the time of recording.
“You know, Dumb & Dumber was the one, like you could do ten Dumb and Dumbers, honestly, and I really enjoyed Dumb & Dumber 2 — the one that we did,” Farrelly advised ComicBook.com. “And I love those two guys, so…bring it back. Somethign About Mary, when it came out they did talk about a sequel — the studio — and honestly we were like, ‘It ended, that’s the thing.'”
He added that they briefly toyed with the concept of “There’s Something Else About Mary,” which might have revealed a stunning — and apparently not protected for work — secret concerning the character’s previous…however studio bosses weren’t into it, so the Farrelly Brothers moved on.
Here’s the film’s synopsis (through its Rotten Tomatoes web page): In There’s Something About Mary, Ted’s (Ben Stiller) dream promenade date with Mary (Cameron Diaz) by no means occurs resulting from an embarrassing harm at her house. Years later, Ted hires Pat Healy (Matt Dillon) to trace down Mary so he can reconnect together with her. Pat lies to Ted about Mary and he finds out all the pieces he can about her to trick her into courting him. Ted travels to fulfill Mary and has to weave by way of the online of lies that Pat and Mary’s good friend Tucker (Lee Evans) have woven to attempt to win her over.
Ricky Stanicky premieres globally on Prime Video March 7, 2024.
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