As Good Burger 2 heads towards the end of production, the film’s cast is starting to be revealed. Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell are returning, and we’ve learned original stars Josh Server, Lori Beth Denberg, and Carmen Electra will reprise their roles from the 1997 original.
The sequel will follow “Dexter Reed (Thompson) is down on his luck after another one of his inventions fails. Ed (Mitchell) welcomes Dex back to Good Burger with open arms and gives him his old job back. With a new crew working at Good Burger, Dex devises a plan to get back on his feet but unfortunately puts the fate of Good Burger at risk once again.”
Newcomers to the project are Lil Rel Howery, Jillian Bell, Alex R. Hibbert, Kamaia Fairburn, Fabrizio Guido, Anabel Graetz, and twins Elizabeth & Emily Hinkler. Lil Rel Howery will play Cecil McNevin, a lawyer from the suspiciously titled MegaCorp; Bell plays Katt Boswell, the corporation’s CEO; Hibbert stars as Ed2, the doppelganger son to Mitchell’s Ed. Fairburn, Guido, Graetz, and the Hinklers round out the cast as Good Burger employees.
Good Burger originated as a sketch on the Nickelodeon series All That, featuring Mitchell starring as Ed. The sketch became a cult classic film in 1997, though it grossed just under $24 million against a reported budget of $8 million. In the original movie, Kenan Thompson starred as Dexter Reed, with Kel Mitchell reprising his role of Ed.
Phil Traill will helm the sequel, with Thompson and Mitchell producing. Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, who co-wrote the original film, are penning the new feature with James III.
Production on Good Burger 2 began in May, and the film is set for a Paramount+ release later in 2023.
