"SNL" Sketch "MacGruber" Heading To The Big Screen

MacGruber is heading to the big screen. The "Saturday Night Live" infamous character, played by regular cast member Will Forte, will be making its transition to the theaters.

MacGruber is a play on Richard Dean Anderson's iconic TV character, MacGyver, that appears on a sketch on the show. Forte, who writes the shorts with John Solomon and Jorma Taccone, stars as the titular character.

"SNL" cast Kristen Wiig will reprise her role as Vicki, who was first played by Maya Rudolph. Val Kilmer and Ryan Phillippe are both in talks to join the film cast, Variety reports.

"MacGruber" will be distributed by Relativity's Rogue banner and will be produced by "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels along with Ryan Kavanaugh and John Goldwyn.

Published 7/8/09 by

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