The premise for Hamlet 2 is one only writers that penned politically-incorrect films such as Dick and Team America: World Police could come up with.
Enter Andrew Fleming and Pam Brady.
They came up with the idea of Dana Marschz, a beleaguered high school drama teacher whose drama class is about to get shut down unless he can come up with a stage production that justifies its existence. The solution? A sequel to Hamlet, of course.
Below are excerpts of an interview Flemning and Brady gave to ComingSoon.net:
When you decided to make the movie, which came first, the idea of a Hamlet 2 or the character of Dana Marshz?
Fleming: The character. We kind of reverse-engineered the movie from the character. I don't know why. We were just talking and we knew we wanted a teacher, and we loved drama teacher right away, and we both loved that kind of super-enthusiastic character who wakes up and every day is a creative opportunity even in the face of no positive feedback.
Brady: It's true. He has no reason to keep going, but then he lives by a code... I always think those characters are great, it's almost like "A Confederacy of Dunces" kind of delusional character that just can't be stopped.
Steve Coogan stars in Hamlet 2.
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August 26th, 2008 7:09 PM
When I saw the preview for Hamlet 2 I was highly pissed. You know you can come up with a better movie than joking Jesus. I ****ing hate you guys and you will get whats coming to you. When it does i will watch in amusement. Just because you have sucky lives to make a gay ass ****ing movie like this, i lose all respect. I speak for all my friends and multiple others when i say **** you!!. You wouldn't make a movie joking blacks calling them n**g*rs would you. you stupid f***s. I hope you all ****ing die and all the cast!!!!!!!!!!