Director Jay Chandrasekhar penned a fascinating piece today on Trove about the need for crowdfunding for Super Troopers 2 and the film industry in general.
After a thorough background of the production of the first, now almost universally loved, Super Troopers, Chandrasekhar explains the problems with making a follow up in a studio system reaching for the biggest dollars possible.
Two years ago, my friend was the president of a major Hollywood studio. When I sat down with him to talk about what movies we might make together, he said, "We need $100 million comedies starring Johnny Depp, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, or Vince Vaughn. That's it. That's the list. That's what we want."
Of course, analysts for years have pointed out the $100 million blockbusters being churned out have decreased studio's willingness to consider a more modest $20 million picture because it won't be close to make the bottom line look as good. "Unless we were willing to write a sequel where the Super Troopers turn into superheroes, we weren't going to get any studio's money," Chandrasekhar writes.
Fortunately, Fox Searchlight, distributor of the first film, agreed to do the same provided Brozen Lizard got the film made otherwise. Considering the inital goal of $2 million was surpassed within days and now stands at just under $3 million, we should be seeing Super Troopers 2 sometime in 2016.
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