Bigger Fatter Liar
Bigger Fatter Liar is a 2017 teen comedy film directed by Ron Oliver and written by Oliver and David H. Steinberg. A standalone sequel to Big Fat Liar, the film stars Ricky Garcia, Jodelle Ferland, Fiona Vroom, Kevin O'Grady, Karen Holness and Barry Bostwick, and follows Kevin Shepard, whose idea for a video game is stolen by video game executive Larry Wolf.
Bigger Fatter Liar was released direct-to-video by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on April 18, 2017. For his performance, Garcia was nominated for Teen Choice Award for Choice [Movie Actor – Comedy|Choice Movie Actor – Comedy] at the 2017 [Teen Choice Awards], marking the first time a performance in a direct-to-video film was nominated in any category.
Premise
Kevin Shepard is a tech-savvy high school student who frequently slacks off in school. When video-game executive Larry Wolf gets a hold of his ideas for a video game, Kevin and his best friend Becca travel to San Francisco to confront Wolf and mess with him through a series of pranks.Cast
Production
Filming took place in British Columbia, Canada from August 15 to September 8, 2016. Bigger Fatter Liar had a production budget of $3–7 million.Release
Bigger Fatter Liar was released direct-to-video by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on April 18, 2017.Reception
Renne Schonfeld of Common Sense Media gave the film a negative review, calling it an "inane, fantastical comic misfire," although she praised the performances of Garcia, Ferland, and Bostwick.For his performance, Garcia was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor – Comedy at the 2017 Teen Choice Awards, marking the first time an actor was nominated for the award for their performance in a direct-to-video film.