My Cousin Vinny : Why was there never a sequel?

Why was there never a sequel?

This was a great and popular (money making) film, and the ending with Vinny and Lisa hinted at one. And all those great actors were still alive. Shame.

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They probably would of ruined it..
Guaranteed they would of toned down the language to make it child friendly...
It's best they didn't mess with it

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Hollywood doesn't care about messing with a sequel from a hit film as long as they think they can make money from it. Look at Arthur 2.

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The only thing I can say that this film not having a sequel, prequel, reboot or remake is proof that there is still some mercy in this universe... or at least in Hollywood.

And it's not that I didn't like the film. I gave it a 9/10 for being a fun and insightful film in the era of bathroom comedies. I say this because I'm sick and tired of good stories being beaten to death instead of new stories made. Let Hollywood create a few jobs and hire some writers who aren't limited to comic books.

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My guess is that there was never a script that satisfied Pesci or Tomei to agree to doing a sequel. Those two were both Oscar Winners and wouldn't accept a below average script to a sequel.

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I think it would be a very hard film to make a sequel out of unless you made one 'in name only'. You can't really have the same characters go through the same experiences when Vinny would obviously be more court-savy and there's not much chance of the boys getting mistakenly accused for murder again in the same place.

The premise was like a series of unfortunate events culminating in the grand finale. Unless you had Vinny trying to try a case in another country and a different type of law altogether (i.e. contract law instead of criminal) you 'd be hard pressed to get any sort of script completed.

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Yeah.

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The premise was like a series of unfortunate events culminating in the grand finale. Unless you had Vinny trying to try a case in another country and a different type of law altogether (i.e. contract law instead of criminal) you 'd be hard pressed to get any sort of script completed.

Exactly! Those are good points.

Plus, of course, how boring would a film about a contracts case be? Such a film would have no "sex appeal". A murder case (and one involving death row, no less) has a lot of "sex appeal" upon which to base a film.

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My guess is that there was never a script that satisfied Pesci or Tomei to agree to doing a sequel. Those two were both Oscar Winners and wouldn't accept a below average script to a sequel.

Great point! That is the most likely reason, I agree.

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They wanted to do a sequel, but Marisa Tomei wanted too much.

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They wanted to do a sequel, but Marisa Tomei wanted too much.


Really? I've never heard that. Do you remember where you read/heard that?

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My mom heard it somewhere and she told me a long time ago.

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Cool, thanks for sharing :-)

I guess we 'll never see a sequel now that Pesci's retired. Although I'd love a sequel where he's now a Judge and has to deal with an equally frustrating lawyer.

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I guess we 'll never see a sequel now that Pesci's retired. Although I'd love a sequel where he's now a Judge and has to deal with an equally frustrating lawyer.

Careful. Don't give Hollywood any ideas. We might see a My Cousin Vinny 2, as an in-name-only, direct-to-video sequel, with an all-black cast.

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I guess we 'll never see a sequel now that Pesci's retired. Although I'd love a sequel where he's now a Judge and has to deal with an equally frustrating lawyer.

Yeah, but that would not be a funny premise. Pesci (as Vinny) would be understanding and empathetic to the inexperienced lawyer. He'd give him a fair amount of leeway and cut him some slack. Because, of course, he would be seeing himself in the character of the new and inexperienced lawyer.

So, it would not be believable if Vinny were heavy-handed, in the same way that Fred Gwynne's character was.

What made for the comedy was exactly that: Fred Gwynne's character (the judge) and Pesci's character (Vinny) were the exact opposite in demeanor and personality (and legal skills). They were foils for each other. And this set up for a lot of conflict and, thus, comedy.

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True. I guess you could always have Vinny become very stiff and professional over the years but that would be pointless. Vinny wasn't meant to be flawed in character, just experience, so chaning him around would be a betrayal of sorts.

They could always have him be part of a Supreme Court where he sits with a lot of upper-class stiff Ivy-Leaguers and schools them on legal jurisprudence and social commentary.

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Yes.

Even though this was a great film, there really is no feasible follow-up or sequel. At least, not one that could be funny.

The premise was really a "one time" thing: inexperienced lawyer "gets over on" and "bamboozles" hard-nosed judge. That really can't work a second time around. Not in any feasible way, nor in any comedic way.

Too bad!

Hollywood will have to come up with some new and original idea, I guess.

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I think what could have worked was a tv show based on the life of Vinny Gambino after these events. If it was along the lines of Night Court and even Barney Miller for the police side of it and throw in the Italian Family, something like you saw on Sopranos, it may have been ok. But as most tv shows based on movies are, they suck most of the time.
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