Welcome to the sister article to Comedy Clicks! Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best comedy films that the world of cinema can offer! Today we will be looking at Ricky Stanicky

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About the Film

Summary of Plot

When three childhood best friends pull a prank that goes wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, they still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior.

– iMDB

Year Of Release

2024

Running Time

1 Hour 53 Minutes

Director

Peter Farrelly

Tagline

He’s the best friend they never had

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Trailer

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Starring

Zac Efron – Dean
John Cena – Ricky Stanicky
Andrew Santino – JT
Riley Stiles – Young Dean
Brian Jarvis – Police Chief

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Song From the OST

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Trivia

• John Cena impersonates Boy George by singing a cover of “Karma Chameleon”. Boy George recorded the song “Electric Energy” for another Cena film, “Argylle”, released in February 2024.
• The hospital scenes were shot at Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Kew, Victoria 3101.
• The movie was first announced in 2010 with James Franco as Ricky Stanicky. As a result of scheduling conflicts, Franco dropped and the role went to Joaquin Phoenix. The shooting kept getting delayed and, in 2013, Phoenix dropped off the movie, and the role went to Jim Carrey. Carrey waited for a full year for the production to start; then he dropped off, and the role went to Nicolas Cage in 2015. Cage thought the role was an opportunity to remind viewers of his comedy chops, but at that time international financiers asked for action elements to be added to the film as it would be sold as a Nicolas Cage movie. Their request was denied. The project stopped until 2021 when Zac Efron and Amazon became interested in the script. Finally, John Cena was cast as Ricky Stanicky.

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