Talladega Nights Director Reveals the Plot of the Film's Cancelled Sequel

Talladega Nights astir got a sequel, and it would've taken Ricky Bobby overseas.

In a caller interrogation with Business Insider, Talladega Nights manager Adam McKay revealed that the racing drama astir got a sequel. The movie would've taken Ricky Bobby to Europe aft joining an F1 team, wherever helium would've been tested arsenic a driver, but besides politically.

"We did person an thought for Talladega Nights 2," said McKay. "It was that Ricky Bobby was going to hook up with an F1 team, and helium was going to contention successful Denmark oregon the Netherlands and consciousness similar he’s successful a communist state due to the fact that they person nationalized healthcare. So, on with struggling with however accelerated those F1 cars go, helium would person clashed with far-left-leaning Europe compared to America."

McKay went connected to enactment that the lone crushed the movie ne'er went guardant is that the squad down the movie was exhausted from the archetypal film. They knew that the racing sequences had to beryllium thrilling, and yet realized it was overmuch easier to spell sprout Step Brothers – a small-scale drama astir 2 guys goofing disconnected wrong a house.

With the accrued popularity of F1, particularly aft Brad Pitt's racing movie past year, 1 mightiness deliberation this thought is worthy revisiting. However, it astir apt won't happen. Not lone has 20 years passed since the archetypal film, but McKay and histrion Will Ferrell had a large originative breakup immoderate years ago. Gary Sanchez Productions, which McKay and Ferrell founded successful 2006, was dissolved successful 2019 aft the brace decided to portion ways.

"It's a shame due to the fact that we had a large originative partnership," said McKay. "I deliberation some of america underestimated the complications that spell with not conscionable having a company, but a precise palmy company."

"We had it for a agelong clip and did a batch of chill projects. And Ferrell said it publicly, helium was ne'er idiosyncratic who wanted to produce, truthful helium was ever fractional successful and fractional out, but past helium would emotion it and beryllium arrogant of the company, but by the end, helium wanted to determination on. It had go excessively overmuch other work; it was ne'er his passion. I was truly the 1 who wanted to produce, but a movie star's beingness is precise antithetic than a writer-director's life. So we divided up."

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby volition concisely instrumentality to theaters starting connected June 28.

Cade Onder is simply a freelancer for IGN's quality team. He covers each things entertainment, including gaming, film, and more. You tin find him connected Twitter @Cade_Onder.