‘Dumb And Dumber To’ In Jeopardy (Again) Over Rights Lawsuit

Dumb and Dumber To, the long-awaited and oft-troubled sequel to the 1994 Farrelly brothers comedy, might be in danger yet again.

According to an exclusive atThe Wrap, the producers of the film are suing to keep the original film’s producers away from the sequel completely. Despite claiming to have been “intimately involved” with the original film, Red Granite Productions asked an L.A. judge to keep Steve Stabler and Brad Krevoy out of Dumb and Dumber To altogether.

Red Granite says that they own sequel rights to the film because of their deal with New Line Pictures, the studio that produced the first film. Stabler and Krevoy’s original contract with New Line did not give them sequel rights, and Red Granite isn’t interested in their “expertise,” nor are they planning on offering the original producers any sort of contract.

Stabler and Krevoy claim that they did have sequel rights under their original contract.

“We were intimately involved in every aspect of the development and production of Dumb and Dumber, we were on the set every day and we gave our hearts and souls to that movie, and we were the ones who made it happen with Peter and Bobby Farrelly and producer Charlie Wessler on a movie that was their directorial debut,” Stabler said.

“It is now outrageous that [Red Granite co-founders] Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland would try to exclude us when we have a written contract that governs our participation in all future sequels.”

Stabler also cites Red Granite’s history of mistreating producers, pointing to a recent lawsuit over Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street.

Red Granite is also seeking to recoup legal fees.

What do you think? Is the future of Dumb and Dumber To in jeopardy? So far as we know, pre-production is still scheduled to begin next week.