John Turturro still interested in a BIG LEBOWSKI spin-off!

Movie The Big Lebowski about 12 years agoby

John Turturro recently did an an interview with the AV Club. In the interview he talks about a number of his past roles, as well as the possibility of a spin-off for The Big Lebowski and a sequel to Barton Fink. The likeliehood of either of these films being made soon if at all are very slim. As a fan of Lebowski and the Coen brothers I would love to see it happen.

The ide of a spin-off or sequel to the film has been talked about for years. In 2009, Turturro talked about Lebowski in a video, stating:

I have an idea, I want to do like a sequel where Jesus gets out of jail and drives a school bus. They like that idea! Because the guys that drive school buses, they never check them out. And you can just see the Jesus [grinning, bobbing his head] drivin’ the school bus…

Here is what Turturro had to say in the recent interview about the Lebowski spin-off featuring his character Jesus:

The only reason I wanted to make—well, not a sequel, but a spin-off or something. Joel and Ethan don’t really want to do it, but if I can get them to approve my outline, which I think they liked…. Anyway, the only reason I wanted to do it was so that people will stop asking me questions about The Big Lebowski. So I could just get it out and do it and finish it. Because people are obsessed with the movie and obsessed with that guy.

He goes on to talk about why this spin-off will most likely not happen, much to the disappointment of fans:

They wouldn’t do [the Lebowski sequel]. It would have to be something that maybe I’d have to do. Maybe they would help me write it or something. The only movie that they’ve ever said that they want to make a sequel to is Barton Fink. And you’ll have to wait another 10 years for that, at least. It’ll be Old Fink. He’s going to be a hippie. I’m gonna have a big Jewfro and be at like Woodstock or something. Maybe he sold all his friends out, who knows. I don’t know the story. All I know is that he’s going to have a big Afro, and I think it’s going to be in the ’70s.

I am a huge fan of The Big Lebowski and love the Coen brothers. Turturro is a fabulous actor. At least we will likely see him in another role in one of their films in the future. What are your thoughts? Would you like to see a spin-off?