File this one under “very unlikely to happen” but there is increasing noise from the stars of The Big Lebowski about how much they’d like to do a sequel. John Turturro, the unforgettable Jesus Quintana, has long held the dream of the Coens writing and directing a Jesus spin-off movie (see: Jesus Quintana Spinoff in Future Projects section).

Steve Buscemi, whose character Donnie died at the end of the original movie, reckons a Donnie-centric prequel would be the way to go: “You could have the prequel to ‘The Big Lebowski. It could be the life of Donnie the surfer because remember, he not only bowls, he surfs.”

Julianne Moore had this to say: “I think she has a role in everybody’s universe, Maude abides too! She’s with The Dude somewhere, man, she had The Dude’s baby, remember? So there’s a mini-Dude out there. [Maybe the movie] is called ‘Mini-Dude’!” About Turturro’s dream Jesus spin-off she said: “He should! What a great character. He’s incredibly powerful.”

Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Big Lebowski’s sycophantic assistanct, Brandt, has said: ““That’s just like a sick thought, isn’t it? I love that [Lebowski] has a life now. I had a ball making it.” 

I don’t know where I stand on this. I think it would be interesting to see where the Dude and his pals are 10 years on but I think the script would have to be something very, very special to live up to the beloved original. It could be interesting to see a prequel but wouldn’t that have to involve Jesus exposing himself to 8 year-olds? I’m not sure I want to see that put to screen. As for the idea of having a “mini-dude”, I think that would be horrible. The possibility of such an idea [a child of the main character] is pretty much what killed off the sequel to Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns. On top of this the Coen brothers are yet to make a sequel of any kind. I guess we’ll see…

Quotes are taken from MTV Movie Blogs and the link(s) were emailed in, once again, by Bunnie and Joe- thanks you guys!