Rob Riggle Joins DUMB AND DUMBER TO

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rob Riggle is the latest cast member added to the impending DUMB AND DUMBER sequel.

For now, the plot is being kept under wraps Previous reports speculated that the film would find Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels on a cross-country road trip.

Riggle will play a pair of twins, "a handyman named Travis and his unstable brother, Captain Lippencott."

THE WALKING DEAD's Laurie Holden and Kathleen Turner co-star.

Peter and Bobby Farrelly will return to helm the sequel as well as rewrite the original script written by Sean Anders and John Morris. Warner Bros was originally behind the project, but dropped the film earlier this summer.

The original buddy comedy was a box office hit, grossing $127,175,374 in the United States, and $247,275,374 worldwide, and topping the holiday season film gross. While initial reception towards the film was mixed, Dumb and Dumber has since obtained a cult following and has spawned a TV animated series, and a 2003 prequel.

Riggle most recently appeard in 21 JUMP STREET, THE LORAX, and guest starred on Fox's NEW GIRL, opposite Zooey Deschanel. He also appeared in Fox's pilot THE GABRIELS, which was not ordered to series.

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