Excellent news, “Good Burger” followers, the long-awaited sequel to the hit ’90s movie may very well be coming earlier than you assume. ET’s Kevin Frazier spoke to Kenan Thompson at Byron Allen’s TheGrio Awards in Beverly Hills Sunday, the place he gave an replace on the place he and Kel Mitchell are with “Good Burger 2”.
“We’re getting actually shut on ‘Good Burger 2’,” Thompson revealed. “It’s gonna occur, and I believe it’s gonna occur quickly. We’re gonna determine when the pocket of time might be to shoot it, but it surely’s gonna occur.”
“It’s nearer than it’s ever been,” the “Saturday Night time Reside” star added, “So, I don’t assume something is gonna derail it.”
So shut in truth, that Thompson stated a draft of the script has already been accomplished.
“We had a studying, like slightly personal factor simply to listen to the script that we’ve been engaged on, out loud — simply with a pair associates and a pair folks from Paramount and Nickelodeon, and it was so humorous,” Thompson teased.
Whereas it’s been 25 years because the first movie hit theaters, Thompson stated his Kenan & Kel co-star hasn’t missed a step.
“Kel has not missed a step,” he continued. “It’s like outdated slippers, and that character is simply ripe for jokes. We learn like, over 100 pages and laughed the entire time. It was a lot enjoyable.”
“It’s on and crackin,’” Thompson added. “That’s all I can say.”
Thompson and Mitchell pulled off an epic “Good Burger” reunion at this yr’s Emmy Awards, the place Thompson was the host. Halfway by means of the present, the 44-year-old humorous man wandered over to the bar for one of many ceremony’s comedic interludes, the place a person simply so occurred to be slumped over on the bar, apparently handed out.
“You understand what, can I get a Good Burger?” he requested, as an exuberant Thompson hugged him, and the pair jumped round excitedly.
“Make that two Good Burgers!” Thompson yelled. “Oh my goodness! Let’s do some kung fu as they roll into the subsequent bundle!”
Because the pair confirmed off their ridiculous martial arts strikes, Thompson teased, “Sequel coming subsequent yr!”
The reunion got here only a month after Thompson talked about doing the sequel throughout an look on “The Tonight Present” in August, following a joint Instagram put up he made with Mitchell celebrating the movie’s twenty fifth anniversary.
“Pleased twenty fifth Goodburger!!! I really like this film and everybody who labored on it,” Thompson captioned the nostalgic put up. “So proud to be part of one thing so many generations of individuals have come to like as nicely!!! ‘Sup wit that Half 2?!”
When requested if a “Good Burger 2” was taking place, Thompson instructed host Jimmy Fallon that he and Mitchell have been “working tougher on it than ever.”
See extra from Thompson when TheGrio Awards air on TheGrio Nov. 5.
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