It’s been more than a decade since AMERICAN PIE hit theaters, giving us a new appreciation for “warm apple pie”. Since then we got a great sequel with 2, an okay ending to the trilogy with WEDDING, and a load of really crappy straight-to-DVD releases where the only similarities between them and the original films was a load o f nudity and Eugene Levy.
Well now, it seems like producers want to revitalize the franchise, and all the main actors (none of which really had their careers take off since) seem to be back for AMERICAN REUNION, and we have first word on what the crew has going on ten years after graduation.
What’s Playing got a scoop on pretty much every major plot point of the upcoming film, which has the gang reuniting via a high school reunion. Be warned, all of these are major plot spoilers, but I don’t think anyone is really clamoring to be surprised by a fourth AMERICAN PIE movie. Either way, it does sound pretty funny. Check out the list below!
1. The whole gang are returning to East Great Falls for their ten-year Highschool reunion (made possible thanks to Facebook). They’ll come near and far to remember the good times – only to be faced with the frightening realization that they’re no longer young teenagers.
2. Oz has hit the big time as a contestant on a Dancing with the Stars-type show. He also lives in a pricey Malibu mansion. He returns home a big-shot.
3. Stifler isn’t doing well – he’s working as a temp for a rude boss that refers to him as ‘his bitch’. He’s also not having a lot of luck with the ladies. Still, he’s excited to get back home and do some partying.
4. Jim’s next-door neighbor Kara, now all grown-up (!), develops a crush on the married man. Can Jim resist her? Can he keep his marriage to Michelle in one piece?
5. Marco wants to kill Jim. He’s been dating Kara for quite a while but now his woman only has eyes for the “pie f*cker”!
6. Upon returning home Stifler scores with Laurie, a former hotttie now 80 pounds heavier. Thoughtful as ever, Stifler lets her know he’ll be turning the lights off for their lovemaking session.
7. Jim is a YouTube sensation these days – everyone knows his little performance piece from the ’90s with Nadia!
8. Oz’s girlfriend Mia – seemingly with him for his money only – decides to join him at the reunion. Meanwhile, Oz’s ex-Heather brings with her to town her new boyfriend, a forty-something surgeon, who tries to act younger.
9. Stifler is supposed to be working on the weekend of the reunion and attempts to keep up the ruse that he still is.
10. Trisha used to go to bandcamp with Michelle. She’s now a smokin’ hotie bartender – one whom ‘international traveler’ Finch will score with (Though Stifler’s Mom will also make a reappearance).
Though the trades have only mentioned Jason Biggs, Eugene Levy and Seann William Scott as returning, all the cast members from the original movie – Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Alyson Hannigan etc – are definitely involved.
They are currently filming the movie in the little town of Monroe, Ga. and have taken over the town. Residents don’t seem to mind except for traffic backup. The town square is totally roped off.