It’s a while since a Farrelly movie looked like this – and also a return to rowdy comedy fare for Efron, most recently seen tearing up the screen in The Iron Claw. Cena, too, is well known for going all-in on his R-rated comedy roles, often to great effect – hopefully there’s some magic in this team-up. Ricky Stanicky’s arrival comes many, many years in the making – the project dates back to at least 2010, when the script appeared on The Black List. Since then, it’s gone through various possible iterations before landing with Farrelly. The reason for all those near-misses on the production side? We blame a certain guy called Ricky Stanicky.
Will the project be worth the wait? Does Farrelly still have good grossout to give? Will it somehow break into awards season chatter, like Green Book? (OK, probably not.) We’ll find out when it streams on Prime Video from 7 March.