John Cena & Zac Efron in ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Friend Prank Comedy Trailer
by Alex Billington
January 26, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Are you a fraud, sir?!” Time to unleash the wrath of laughs! Prime Video has revealed an official trailer for a new comedy called Ricky Stanicky, arriving to watch in March streaming. It’s the latest wildly hilarious comedy from Peter Farrelly, one half of the Farrelly Brothers now making his own movies including Green Book and The Greatest Beer Run Ever before this one. Ricky Stanicky is a laugh-out-loud R-rated comedy about a childhood prank gone wrong and decades-long lie gone too far. Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, and Jermaine Fowler lead the cast as childhood friends Dean, JT, and Wes who create the fictional character & best friend, Ricky Stanicky. John Cena portrays celebrity impersonator “Rock Hard” Rod who is hired by the trio to impersonate their fictional friend “Ricky Stanicky.” Also starring Lex Scott Davis, Anja Savcic, Jeff Ross, with William H. Macy. This doesn’t look as bad as expected, thanks to Cena dropping in with the funniest lines. I can see why it’s skipping theaters, tho it still seems like a gather-your-friends fun watch.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Peter Farrelly’s Ricky Stanicky, direct from PV’s YouTube:
When three childhood best friends pull a prank gone wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble! Twenty years after creating this “friend,” Dean, JT, and Wes (Zac Efron, Andrew Santino, Jermaine Fowler) still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. When their spouses and partners get suspicious and demand to finally meet the fabled Mr. Stanicky, the guilty trio decide to hire washed-up actor and raunchy celebrity impersonator “Rock Hard” Rod (John Cena) to bring him to life. But when Rod takes his role of a lifetime too far, they begin to wish they’d never invented Ricky in the first place. Ricky Stanicky is directed by veteran comedy filmmaker Peter Farrelly, director of Green Book and The Greatest Beer Run Ever on his own previously, plus co-director on Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, There’s Something About Mary, Me Myself & Irene, Osmosis Jones, Shallow Hal, Stuck on You, Fever Pitch, The Heartbreak Kid, Hall Pass, The Three Stooges, and Dumb and Dumber To. The screenplay is by Jeff Bushell and Brian Jarvis & James Lee Freeman & Peter Farrelly & Pete Jones & Mike Cerrone. From a story by David Occhino & Jason Decker. Producer credits not confirmed. Amazon will debut Farrelly’s Ricky Stanicky streaming on Prime Video starting March 7th, 2024 coming soon. Funny?