‘MacGruber’ Movie On the Way

How do you take a 30-second premise and expand it into an hour and a half?   Just ask Lorne Michaels.   His SNL writing staff has been turning 30-second ideas into 10-minute skits for years, and, whenever there is the slightest bit of interest in that skit, it expands into a 90-minute train wreck for movie theaters.   It seems ‘MacGruber’ will be the latest attempt at turning launching one of these skits into the next ‘Wayne’s World.’

While accepting a Peabody award for SNL at Monday’s ceremony, Michaels spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and mentioned something about the possibility of a ‘MacGruber’ film.

“It would have to be in the summer because we are back in production in the fall,” he told THR when asked about the possible production timing. “We’re still in discussions on details.”

MacGruber is a hilarious sketch, but there is very little room for turning this into a feature-lenght film.   Only time will tell if this is a comedic or financial success, but, right now, this idea doesn’t interest me in the least.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter