It’s official: Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are reuniting for a good burger sequel coming to Paramount Plus later this year. The duo revealed the news during a segment of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday night, noting that they will start filming in the summer.
good burger 2 takes place in a present-day version of the fictional fast-food restaurant of the same name, with Thompson reprising his role as Dexter Reed and Mitchell as Ed, the store’s hilariously oblivious cashier. here is the movie official synopsis:
Dexter Reed is down on his luck after another of his inventions fails. Ed welcomes Dex to Good Burger with open arms and gives him back his old job. With a new team working at Good Burger, Dex devises a plan to recover, but unfortunately puts Good Burger’s fate at risk once again.
The original good burger premiered in 1997 as a spin-off of the Good Burger sketch in Everything thatthe Nickelodeon comedy series that both Thompson and Mitchell starred in. Judging by the film’s description, it doesn’t seem like anyone else in the original cast, like Linda Cardellini or Sinbad, will be returning for the sequel.
will keep some of good burgerHowever, original writers Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert will serve as writers and executive producers for the sequel. Meanwhile, Phil Traill of Half and brooklyn nine nine Direct to.
This will not be the first time that Thompson and Mitchell repeat their good burger roles. The two met during a sketch in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2015, and Mitchell took over the role of Ed in the short-lived Everything that restart which premiered in 2019. Thompson and Mitchell have been strongly hinting at a good burger sequel ever since and teased the finished script last year.
“I can’t believe it’s been a little over 25 years since great customer service at Good Burger was born!” Thompson says in a statement. “Being a part of something that so many generations of people have come to love has made me very proud and now to be back where it all started on the sequel is surreal.”
As someone who is a fan of the original. good burger and Everything that, I have to say that I am excited about the reboot. I’m just not sure if it’s something I’ll consider subscribing to Paramount Plus for, especially since the service will be raising its prices soon, but I’ll wait for the first trailer until I make up my mind.