Ed Helms' VACATION Starts Shooting and Chevy Chase is Back!
I'm very fond of the Vacation comedy franchise. Those movies just make me laugh. Chevy Chase is brilliant as Clark Griswold, and I'm excited to report that he will be reprising his role in Ed Helms' upcoming sequel, and he'll be joined by Beverly D'Angelo. We heard rumors that they would come back and reprise their roles, but there was never any confirmation until we got a press release saying that the sequel has started production.
Christina Applegate, Chris Hemsworth, and Charlie Day are also set to star. Helms will star as Rusty Griswold, Applegate plays Rusty’s wife Debbie, Skyler Gisondo and Steele Stebbins play their kids, Hemsworth plays Rusty’s hotshot brother-in-law Stone Crandall, and Day will play a river rafting guide. Leslie Mann is also currently in talks to play Rusty’s sister Audrey.
The movie is being directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who also wrote the script for the comedy. The story follows Rusty, who surprises his wife and kids by taking them on a cross-country road trip back to America’s “favorite family fun park,” Walley World. I guess he's looking to relive the adventure from the first movie.
Hopefully this sequel will deliver the laughs. Here's the full press release:
The next generation of Griswolds is at it again. Shooting has begun in Georgia on New Line Cinema’s “Vacation,” starring Ed Helms (“The Hangover” films) and Christina Applegate (the “Anchorman” films) on the road for another ill-fated adventure. The film marks Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley’s directorial debut.
Following in his father’s footsteps and hoping for some much-needed family bonding, a grown-up Rusty Griswold (Helms) surprises his wife, Debbie (Applegate), and their two sons with a cross-country trip back to America’s “favorite family fun park,” Walley World.
Rounding out the cast are Chris Hemsworth (the “Thor” films) in the role of Stone Crandall, Rusty’s irritatingly successful brother-in-law; Charlie Day (the “Horrible Bosses” films), who plays a river rafting guide; and Skyler Gisondo (“Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,” “Hard Sell”) and Steele Stebbins (“A Haunted House 2”), who play Rusty’s sons, James and Kevin. Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo reprise their roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold from the classic “Vacation” comedies.
Goldstein & Daley (“Horrible Bosses,” “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”) wrote the script, based on characters created by John Hughes. David Dobkin (upcoming “The Judge,” “Wedding Crashers”) and Chris Bender (“We’re the Millers,” upcoming “Horrible Bosses 2”) are producing, with Marc S. Fischer serving as executive producer.
The directors’ behind-the-scenes creative team also includes director of photography Barry Peterson (the “Jump Street” films, “We’re the Millers”), production designer Barry Robison (“Wedding Crashers,” “Pitch Perfect”), and costume designer Debra McGuire (“Ted”).
“Vacation” is a New Line Cinema presentation and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company.