Summary
- The writers and director behind Good Burger 2 express their enthusiasm for the return of the original cast and their involvement as producers.
- The sequel will feature familiar faces and hidden Easter eggs for fans of the original, as well as several surprising cameos.
- Good Burger 2 will maintain the dorky humor and slapstick comedy of the original while adding more choreographed stunts and new jokes.
Writers Heath Seifert, Kevin Kopelow, and director Phil Traill sat down in an interview to discuss the upcoming comedy sequel, Good Burger 2 while appearing at New York Comic Con 2023. A sequel to the 1997 comedy Good Burger, the film follows the return of Dexter Reed (Kenan Thompson) to the fast food restaurant Good Burger with his quirky best friend Ed (Kel Mitchell) and other employees after a failed invention crushes him financially. Shar Jackson, Josh Server, Alex R. Hibbert, Carmen Electra, and Lori Beth Denberg star in the film.
The original Good Burger was based on a 5-minute skit in the 1990s Nickelodeon sketch comedy show All That and quickly became a cult classic, making $23 million at the box office with an $8 million budget.
Now, writers Seifert and Kopelow explain that Thompson and Mitchell were excited about a sequel film and that their involvement as actors and producers was crucial for the film’s development (via Screen Rant).
Heath Seifert: “Their enthusiasm was a large part of this getting made. They were super excited to do it. Nobody had to be talked into making this movie.”
Kevin Kopelow: “They were really excited about it. As were we! We wrote it about five years ago, and it finally came together when schedules lined up. They’re involved as producers, this time around. They were very involved, and very into it.”
Thompson and Mitchell are not the only ones to reprise their roles, as Jackson, Server, Electra, and Denberg are also set to return. The writers also promise some hidden Easter eggs that original Good Burger fans will enjoy. As Kevin Kopelow explains…
“Lori Beth Denberg will be back, Josh Server reprises his role in a cameo, Carmen Elektra. Danny Tamberelli from All That makes an appearance. There’s a lot of Easter eggs from the original, and from Kenan & Kel. We have Ed liking orange soda, things like that.”
In addition to the familiar faces, Traill says that there will be several surprising cameos, such as Rob “Gronk” Gronkowski, Liza Koshy, and Mark Cuban, to name a few.
“If you’re a fan of the original TV shows, you’ll be able to find things in there. There’s other cameos, we can’t mention a bunch of them, but we’ve got Gronk, and Liza Koshy… And Mark Cuban!”
The creative team reassures that Good Burger 2 will entertain both new and old viewers, bringing nostalgia on a new adventure.
Kevin Kopelow: “It is for both. There’s enough for the original audience, and there’s plenty for the new.”
Phil Traill: “It was like getting the team back together for those guys, and then adding a whole new adventure on top of it.”
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Good Burger 2 Will Add More Choreographed Stunts & New Jokes
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As the original film was known for its dorky humor and physical slapstick comedy, Traill promises Good Burger 2 will build on that type of comedy but add more choreographed stunts and new jokes.
“Look, there’s a lot of jokes! When you watch it, it looks like so much fun, but there’s a lot of jokes written by these guys. And then to execute the physical comedy, it’s a whole process! There’s so many stunts in the movie! There’s so much storyboarding and thinking about how we’re going to, say, cover this person with ketchup. You think it’s so easy, but then you break it down, and you’re like, “How are we going to do these different things?” There’s a lot of filmmaking and thought that goes into making something that is so silly and fun.”
While many of the original Good Burger fans are now adults, Seifert believes that the humor in both Good Burger films is geared toward a general audience. He explains that when writing comedy, it is important to treat the audience, even the younger audience members, with respect and trust that they will understand and laugh at sophisticated jokes.
“Even with the original, we never came at it from a place of, like, “Oh, here’s one for the parents, wink wink. Look at us sneaking this joke in.” For us, it was always about asking, “What’s funny? What makes us laugh?” We give the young audience a lot of credit. They will get the joke, or they’ll find it funny. Maybe for different reasons than their parents, but I think we were always successful writing on All That, Kenan & Kel, Good Burger, because we didn’t write down to the audience. We gave them credit. We just wrote what makes us laugh!”
Good Burger 2 will be released exclusively on the Paramount+ streaming platform on November 22. Check out the first look teaser below:
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