We’re The Millers 2 Updates: Will The Jennifer Aniston Sequel Happen?

We’re The Millers was the surprise box office hit of 2013, but will a sequel ever happen? Road trip comedy We’re The Millers was directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story) and starred Jason Sudeikis and his Horrible Bosses co-star Jennifer Aniston. Sudeikis plays small-time pot dealer David who gets roped into smuggling a huge amount of marijuana from Mexico into the U.S. by his supplier Brad Gurdlinger (Ed Helms).

So as not to look too suspicious, David ropes in his neighbors – stripper Rose (Aniston) and awkward teenager Kenny (Will Poulter) – along with teen runaway Casey (Emma Roberts) to pose as his wife and kids. Off “the Millers” trot to Mexico, but things don’t go entirely as planned after they run into vacationing DEA agent Don (Nick Offerman) and fall afoul of drug lord Pablo Chacón (Tomer Sisley). On the upside, however, the ragtag group grow to like each other along the way, becoming a sort of dysfunctional pseudo-family.

We’re The Millers wasn’t a massive hit with critics but performed brilliantly at the box office, grossing just under $270 million worldwide against a relatively slim production budget. A hit of those proportions surely deserves a follow-up, but will there ever be a We’re The Millers sequel?

The Ending Of We’re The Millers Suggested A Sequel

At the end of We’re The Millers, it’s revealed David has colluded with the DEA to turn in the big-time dealers he’s smuggling marijuana for. In exchange for his testimony against Gurdlinger and Chacón, David is placed in witness protection and as Rose, Kenny and Casey were all witnesses they too must join him.

The film closes with “The Millers” living together as a family in a nice suburban house complete with white picket fence, as the camera pans away to reveal they’re growing marijuana in their backyard. The ending of We’re The Millers left the story wide open for a sequel – one perhaps exploring their attempts to blend into suburbia or maybe one about the enemies they’ve made coming for revenge.

A Writer Was Hired To Pen A We’re The Millers Sequel

Thanks to the film’s huge success at the box office, production company New Line rushed a We’re The Millers sequel into development. Due Date screenwriter Adam Sztykiel was hired in 2014 to replace the first film’s four-man writing team and pen a follow-up tentatively titled We’re Still The Millers.

Director Rawson Marshall Thurber was also expected to return but some six years later and the sequel still hasn’t moved ahead. Currently, it looks uncertain whether New Line will push ahead with a We’re The Millers sequel. The good news is that the sequel is still classed as “in-production” on IMDb so there’s still a chance it could happen.