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Coen Brothers: No 'Big Lebowski 2'
Joel and Ethan Coen insist there will never be a sequel to their 1998 classic, 'The Big Lebowski'.
Directors Joel and Ethan Coen have firmly ruled out making any more Lebowski-related films, including the long-rumoured spin-off about the film's obsessive bowler, Jesus Quintana.
In fact they’re just not interested in any sequels to their films.
When the brothers were asked at Cannes about a possible 'Big Lebowski 2', by a journalist from 'The Toronto Star', their response was unequivocal. “I don’t think it’s going to happen,” said Joel Coen. “I just don’t like sequels.”
The pair are aware that many fans would love to see the Dude, or at least some of his bowling buddies, back in action again. That includes actor John Turturro, who appears in the original 1998 film.
“John Turturro, who wants it, talks to us incessantly about doing a sequel about his character Jesus,” Ethan Coen said. “He even has the story worked out, which he’s pitched to us a few times, but I can’t really remember it. [...] No, I don’t see it in our future.”
Back in 1998, 'The Big Lebowski' opened to mixed reviews ('The New Yorker' called it an "irritatingly antic caper") but it is now considered among the best in the Coen Brothers canon and a bona fide cultural phenomenon.
Many books have been written about 'The Big Lebowski', including one by Jeff Bridges (who plays The Dude) himself. There are Lebowski Fests across the world where fans gather dressed as their favourite characters.
Earlier this year the-now iconic bathrobe worn by Bridges throughout the movie was auctioned off for $22,755. There's even the Little Lebowski Shop in New York that sells merchandise ranging from shirts and mugs to action figures and a life-size cutout of The Dude.
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The Coens have never made a follow-up to any of their films. The closest they’ve come is floating the idea of a 'Barton Fink' sequel called 'Old Fink', which would take place in the 1960s and see Fink teaching at Berkeley.
However, that project was first mentioned several years ago and hasn’t made much progress since then.
