Seth Rogen and Michael Cera have been pretty adamant that they don’t think a sequel to their 2007 high school buddy comedy Superbad is necessary but producer Judd Apatow begs to differ. He seems to think a sequel can be done despite the objections from both actors.
During a chat on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast, Apatow set some records straight about wanting to get a sequel made. Earlier this year, co-star Jonah Hill joked that he would do a sequel when the cast is geriatric and he then pitched an idea that had their spouses dying and Hill and Cera’s characters being single again in an “old folks home.” He then expressed, “that’s the only way I would ever make it.” Commenting on this Apatow said, “I always wanted them to do a sequel to Superbad. I know what Jonah said, ‘Oh it’ll be funny to do it when we’re 70 or 80,’ but I really wanted them to do a Superbad in college where Jonah flunks out of college and just shows up and visits Michael Cera at college. But everyone was like ‘Nah we don’t to screw up Superbad by accidentally making a crappy second one’, and I would always say the same thing, ‘Well that’s like saying don’t make the second episode of The Sopranos.’ Like, so why do you think we would screw up the second one?”
Superbad, directed by Greg Mottola and produced by Judd Apatow, stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as Seth and Evan, two teenagers about to graduate high school. Before graduating, the boys want to go out on a high, with the loveably coarse pair hoping to party and lose their virginity. The film was written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and its script began development when they were 13 years old and is loosely based on their own experiences. While the initial plan was to have Rogen play Seth, due to the unyielding passage of time, Rogen ended up playing the irresponsible Officer Michaels, opposite Bill Hader as Officer Slater. The movie became a huge critical and financial success, grossing $170.8 million worldwide on a slim $20 million budget.
I agree with the cast on this one. Comedy sequels are almost always never that good and I think too much time has passed in order to make this an idea worth tackling. Let the first film live on as a teen comedy classic as it has since its release in 2007.
Do YOU want a sequel to Superbad?