Jack Black has all kinds of sequels underneath his belt, however he is nonetheless not prepared to surrender on a Nacho Libre follow-up. The 2006 comedy, which noticed Black reunite with author and producer Mike White after their prior collaborations on Orange County and College of Rock, centered on a Catholic friar and prepare dinner who, as his monastery orphanage finds itself woefully underfunded, decides to satisfy his dream of being a luchador fighter to earn money to take care of the children there.
Coming within the midst of Black’s rise to broader mainstream stardom, Nacho Libre was met with a considerably muted response from critics, however turned an instantaneous field workplace hit, grossing over $129 million in opposition to its $35 million manufacturing price range. It additionally turned a cult favourite, serving to additional set up Black as a viable main man, and certainly one of Nickelodeon Films’ greatest live-action hits after simply behind Lemony Snicket’s A Sequence of Unlucky Occasions.
Now, in an interview with ScreenRant‘s Ash Crossan to debate his meta-driven Anaconda reboot alongside co-star Paul Rudd, Black shared his hopes to revisit Nacho Librey for a sequel. When requested about prior properties they want they might make a follow-up to, Rudd pointed to College of Rock as an concept, to which Black agreed “could be unimaginable” to do. The three-time Golden Globe nominee went on to say “I’d nonetheless wish to be Nacho Libre,” even whereas acknowledging “it will be bizarre” to revisit the character practically 20 years later.
Ever because the movie got here out, Black has been very vocal about his hopes for a Nacho Libre sequel, having beforehand shared that White had an idea for a follow-up that might take the titular character to Japan. This storyline could be a comedic approach to discover the worlds of luchador and sumo wrestling colliding, whereas additionally deviating from the unique movie’s supply story of real-life Catholic Priest and once-covert wrestler Fray Tormenta.
30 Finest Nacho Libre Quotes
In Nacho Libre Jack Black performs a monastic orphanage’s prepare dinner who wrestles as a luchador at night time – listed here are the most effective Nacho Libre quotes.
Contemplating how massive of a monetary success the unique Nacho Libre was, it did come as one thing of a shock {that a} sequel by no means materialized. Nonetheless, the years that adopted noticed all events concerned begin to go in quite a lot of totally different instructions, with Nick Films turning its focus again to animated movies, notably after M. Evening Shyamalan’s The Final Airbender underperformed, whereas co-writer/director Jared Hess and White returned to extra adult-oriented fare, together with the multi-Emmy-winning The White Lotus.
Given Paramount is present process quite a lot of notorious behind-the-scenes modifications within the wake of the Skydance merger, a Nacho Libre sequel could not register excessive on their record of priorities, however does not imply it is completely out of the realm of potentialities. Black’s relationship with the studio has stayed sturdy with the Kung Fu Panda franchise, and together with his reunion with Hess on A Minecraft Film turning into a viral success that has a sequel within the works, the studio could need to contemplate getting again in enterprise with the trio.
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June 16, 2006
- Runtime
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92 Minutes
- Director
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Jared Hess
- Writers
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Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Mike White