More than two decades after the Rob Schneider comedy “The Animal” was released, a sequel is in the works for Fox’s AVOD platform Tubi.
Schneider will reprise his starring role as Marvin Mange, a police evidence clerk whose behavior changed after he got animal parts transplanted following a critical injury.
In the new film Marvin, now a retired old dog, needs to learn new tricks as he hunts down a new uber-animal with powers far beyond his own.
Schneider co-wrote the script with his wife Patricia Schneider and writing partner Jamie Lissow. Schneider also produces and will direct the sequel whose greenlight depends on Fox closing a deal with the first film’s original studio Revolution.
Filming aims to begin early next year to debut on Tubi in 2023.
Source: Deadline
