David Spade Says a 'Joe Dirt' Sequel is in the Works

I can't imagine how tired and unfunny a Reddit AMA with David Spade might be; perhaps as tired and unfunny as Joe Dirt? The horrendous white trash comedy is apparently what people recognize Spade for, which should tell you all you need to know about his career, because the most questions he fielded were about it. And among those questions was one on a potential sequel, which Spade says is in the works right now....

Spade: "We wrote a sequel, and we may wind up doing it on Crackle.com, because they want to be the first web address to do a sequel to a movie. Because Sony owns them, and it's a Sony movie. We're trying to find a way to make it for the budget, but we really want to do it. And keep it good." 

Spade went on to talk about the current climate is tough for movies like Joe Dirt, which cost about $17M back in 2001. And he's right when he says there isn't much room for comedies of that mid-level size, anymore, but I also think he's crazy if he thinks that is what is holding up a Joe Dirt 2...

Spade: "We're putting it together now and seeing if we can keep it as funny and with the music we like for a lower budget. All the movies you hear about being made now keep running into budget problems, this and that, and it sounds boring, but it's just a new world, where they can't make those $15-30 million comedies anymore. It's either $3 million or $200 million, there's almost no in-between, so everyone's adjusting to either a summer tentpole Avengers-type movie, or learning to get down and dirty and gritty and making a smaller movie. I just don't want to burn the fans and want to make it good, so me and the other writer are combing through the sequel and trying to make it make sense and have good music and be funny within the parameters. So hopefully it will be soon, or it will be too pointless."

Those darn Avengers, always keeping David Spade down. This sounds a long shot to happen, but if it does there will a few happy Joe Dirt fans out there.

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Adam Sandler gets wasted in the first 'Grown Ups 2' trailer

Considering Grown Ups was the last successful live-action hit for Adam Sandler, it only made sense that his first ever sequel would be for Grown Ups 2. Rounding up his buddies Chris Rock, David Spade, and Kevin James (but no Rob Schneider) for what looks like another paid holiday, Sandler has also managed to snag Taylor Lautner for his first major role post-Twilight.

The first trailer for Grown Ups 2 has arrived, and it doesn't appear that much has changed other than the location. Deciding to move his family back to their hometown, Lenny runs into trouble from a gang of rambunctious frat boys led by Lautner. The old guys get put in their place by the young upstarts, who take over their favorite swimming spot and force them into some nude cliff-diving. Andy Samberg turns up in a nice twist on Madison Riley's "car trouble" scene from the first film, while Shaquille O'Neal has a cameo as the largest cop in town. Other than a little deer urine, Sandler and returning director Dennis Dugan are maintaining the same inoffensive humor as before.

Also starring Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello, Nick Swardson, and Salma Hayek, Grown Ups 2 opens on July 12th.

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Trailer Time: 'Hotel Transylvania', starring Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg

Less than a month after the first trailer for the animated Hotel Transylvania arrived, we're treated to a new domestic one that features a small amount of new footage. It still looks like one of the worst animated offerings this year, both in terms of story and artistic vision. Oh, and Adam Sandler voices one of the characters, along with unfunny Grown Ups buds David Spade and Kevin James. Automatic thumbs down.

Hotel Transylvania has Dracula(Sandler) running a hotel exclusively for classic movie monsters. After inviting a bunch of his monster pals to a weekend celebration of his daughter's 118th birthday, the festivities are spoiled when a regular human(Andy Samberg) turns up and books a room. Cee-Lo Green, Molly Shannon, Selena Gomez, and Steve Buscemi lend their voices to the film. Check out the latest trailer below, and if you dig it then mark September 28th down on your calendar....

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