Play ball! A Dodgeball sequel is officially in the works — and Vince Vaughn has reportedly signed on to reprise the role of Peter La Fleur.Deadline was first to report the news on Thursday, April 27, noting that the script will come from Jordan VanDina and is based on an idea from Vaughn, 53.

The outlet confirmed that follow-up movie is in early development at 20th Century Studios.Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story hit theaters in 2004 and starred Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Justin Long, Christine Taylor and more comedic actors.

In the original, Peter (Vaughn) tries to save his rundown Average Joe’s Gym from being bought by White Goodman’s (Stiller) ultra-swanky Globo Gym.Since he doesn’t have the funds to save his facility, Peter enlists some of his usual gymgoers to compete in the Las Vegas dodgeball tournament and win its $50,000 grand prize.Stephen Root, Alan Tudyk, Joel David Moore, Chris Williams, Missi Pyle, Gary Cole, Jason Bateman, William Shatner, Hank Azaria and the late Rip Torn also starred in the comedy.Ahead of the sequel news, Stiller, 57, and his wife, Taylor, 51, reunited with Vaughn and Long, 44, in June 2017 to promote Omaze’s charity campaign — and dressed up in their Dodgeball costumes.In the clip, rivals Peter La Fleur and White Goodman took a few jabs at each other before asking fans to pick a side and sign up for a chance to win real-life dodgeball game with the Zoolander star.“It was really strange and fun.

I didn’t know what it would be like, because I was away from it for so long and I never really thought there would be any reason to do the character again,” Stiller told Entertainment Weekly at the time, revealing how the reunion transpired. “I called Vince up, and he immediately said, ‘I’m in, let’s

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