Both EW.com and MTV Movies are reporting the the SNL skit ‘MacGruber’ is headed to the big screen.
The skit features Will Forte as the MacGruber, who is a parody of MacGuyver from the 1980′s TV Show.
According to both sites Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe are being cast in the project, along with Kristin Wiig who plays MacGruber’s wife/sidekick.
In the skit on SNL, MacGruber is always easily distracted from his task at hand resulting in an explosion.
per EW.com via Hollywood reporter
Phillippe would play an Army colonel who recruits the jaded MacGruber (Forte) for a mission to stop a nuclear-armed villain
Earlier this season on SNL Richard Dean Anderson who played MacGuyver in the TV Series made a guest apperance in the skit (which was pretty funny).
I’m not sure how well this skit is going to translate onto the big screen. Most of the SNL skits turned movies are in the good idea/bad execution box.
