Super Troopers 2

Super Troopers 2
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Directed by	Jay Chandrasekhar
Produced by	Richard Perello
Written by	Jay Chandrasekhar Kevin Heffernan Steve Lemme Paul Soter Erik Stolhanske
Starring	Jay Chandrasekhar Paul Soter Steve Lemme Erik Stolhanske Kevin Heffernan
Cinematography	Joe Collins
Production company	Broken Lizard Industries
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Country	United States
Language	English

Super Troopers 2 is an upcoming American crime comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. It is a sequel to the 2001 film Super Troopers. The film was written by and stars Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske. Principal photography began on October 23, 2015 in the Boston area.

Cast

State Troopers

• Jay Chandrasekhar as Trooper Arcot "Thorny" Ramathorn, a veteran of the Vermont State Police who is the second-in-command of his barracks.^[1]
• Paul Soter as Trooper Jeff Foster, arguably the most calm and reserved Trooper of the force.^[1]
• Steve Lemme as Trooper MacIntyre "Mac" Womack, the Trooper who enjoys pranks the most.^[1]
• Erik Stolhanske as Trooper Robert "Rabbit" Roto, a rookie State Trooper.^[1]
• Kevin Heffernan as Trooper Rodney "Rod" Farva, a fat, loud, obnoxious and arrogant radio operator.^[1]
• Brian Cox as Captain John O'Hagen, the commander of his Vermont State Trooper barracks.^[1]
• Marisa Coughlan as Officer Ursula Hanson.^[1]

Production

At the 2006 San Diego Comic-Con, Broken Lizard revealed that a prequel for the film was in the works which would take place in the 1970s and follow the fathers of the main characters in the original film.^[2] Jay Chandrasekhar told Rotten Tomatoes, "The joke is that we'll make it Super Troopers '76, set during the bicentennial." "We'll have a little shaggier hair and mustaches...We might do it, I don't know. That movie has sort of a special place in a lot of people's hearts, so all we can do is mess it up."^[3]

However, in a January 2009 interview with MovieWeb, Paul Soter and Jay Chandrasekhar revealed that the movie would be a sequel. Chandrasekhar stated "We pick up the story essentially right were we left off. Maybe about three months later. We are all working undercover for the lumber industry. What has happened is that there are all of these eco-terrorists that are trying to blow up the lumber mills. And we are there working as security."^[4] Soter added to that: "The big picture is that we are on the Canadian Border. And in reality, what has happened is that the government has found places where the markers were off, or wrong. And there are these areas of land that were thought to be Canada, but are actually part of the US. We are enlisted to patrol this area that was always thought to be Canadian soil. But no, it is actually the United States. We are enlisted because they have to send someone there to help make it part of the US territory now. We get recruited to be the highway patrolmen there. And we are surrounded by all of these Canadian people that aren't happy about this. We essentially have to impose US law on a bunch of Canadians that aren't at all happy about it."

In November 2009, Broken Lizard revealed that they had finished three drafts of the sequel's screenplay and that independent financiers had agreed to finance the movie. They also revealed that the character of Captain O'Hagan was part of the screenplay and that actor Brian Cox was planning on returning to the role.^[5]

On March 24, 2015, Broken Lizard announced that they had received studio permission to film the sequel, but had to locate production funding themselves. Due to this requirement, Broken Lizard initiated an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign, asking for $2 million in contributions.^[6]

Just 14 hours after the funding window opened, Broken Lizard Industries had raised over 73% of necessary funds ($1,459,446). The $2,000,000 funding goal was reached just 26 hours after the window opened but contributions continued to be added in force. Large ticket perks were offered as incentives to get this funding including tickets to a real Beerfest in Chicago, A producer title in the credits ($10,000), a "director" position ($12,500), a speaking actor position ($10,000), a trip to the ball park with the 5 main actors ($15,000), and even the patrol car that will be used in the filming of the movie ($35,000) were all sold out within 12 hours of funding. This project is also, as of October 2015, #25 on the list of highest funded crowdfunding projects and is the #5 largest successfully completed Indiegogo project; its campaign completed on April 24.^[7] The campaign raised $4.4 million for the film, and Fox Searchlight Pictures would release the film.^[1]

Principal photography on the film began on October 23, 2015 in the Boston area.^[8][9][10]

References

External links

• Super Troopers 2 at the Internet Movie Database