Writer-director Adam McKay is busy these days getting the anticipated Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence dark comedy "Don't Look Up" made.
Despite that, he had a moment to spitball a "Step Brothers" sequel idea.
In a recent interview with The New York Times, McKay revealed that if a follow-up featuring the continued antics of Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) and Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) was ever made, the guys would totally be believers of QAnon.
"No question about it," McKay told the Times' David Marchese of the baseless right-wing conspiracy. "They'd be way into it, and they'd be torturing [Richard] Jenkins and [Mary] Steenburgen's characters with it."
And it sounds like from McKay's idea, this would not be a one-off joke. It would be a big part of the hypothetical movie's plot.
"They would eventually be having meetings at the house and somehow QAnon would drift into Jenkins's work life and the Q Shaman would show up at Jenkins's workplace," McKay continued. "They also would have loved Trump. I don't want to speak for Ferrell and Reilly, but I think you could safely assume they would agree with that."
"Step Brothers," released in 2008, is one of the most beloved comedies to come from McKay and Ferrell, the duo who also gave us "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" and "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." It follows the hilarity of two immature men who are forced to live together when their parents marry.
Talk of a sequel has been going on for years and McKay, Ferrell, and Reilly have always said they are hesitant to commit because a successful sequel is so hard to pull off.
But perhaps an idea like this would get the three comic geniuses motivated.
