Jeff Bridges Returns as the Dude, Is It for a Big Lebowski Super Bowl Commercial?

Jeff Bridges is teasing the return of the Dude on social media. The actor just released a 15-second video of himself in character walking to his iconic theme song, “The Man in Me” by Bob Dylan. Bridges recently reunited with John Goodman and Steve Buscemi to celebrate the 20th anniversary ofThe Big Lebowski, but it is unclear if this has anything to do with that. However, the actor captioned the video with: “Can’t be living in the past, man. Stay tuned.”

February 3rd, 2019 appears at the end of this new video. That date is when theSuper Bowltakes place, so we’re more than likely looking at an elaborate big budget commercial featuring The Dude. However, it isn’t clear exactly what that is at the moment. Both Jeff Bridges and Bob Dylan are no stranger to appearing in commercials, especiallySuper Bowlcommercials. But, the actor has only ‘channeled’ the Dude in commercials before. He is clearly playing ‘The Dude’ this time around and the video has a 2019 Universal copyright notice at the bottom.

Wishful thinking obviously leads toThe Big Lebowskisequel, but that is highly unlikely.Jeff Bridgeshas expressed interest only if the Coen Brothers ever came up with an idea. When asked about it in 2017, he said, “I’m sure it’d be a cool thing.” While that idea probably won’t ever happen, fans have been calling for the continued adventures ofThe Dudefor nearly 20 years.The Big Lebowskihas become what Bridges is best-known for, so it’s understandable why people want more, but the Coen Brothers have stated on many occasions that a sequel will never happen.

While a sequel toThe Big Lebowskiis questionable,John Turturro has been working on Going Places, which is a spin-off movie where the actor reprises his Jesus role. The project is a remake of the 1974 French film of the same name by Bertrand Blier with The Jesus thrown into the mix with Bobby Cannavale and Pete Davidson co-starring. The Coen Brothers don’t have anything to do with the upcoming movie, but they were blown away by the idea.

It isn’t clear ifJeff Bridges will reprise his role as the DudeforGoing Placesto star alongside John Turturro’s The Jesus again, but aSuper Bowlcommercial to announce the movie seems just as unlikely asThe Big Lebowskisequel idea. Instead, we’re probably all being teased with a giant commercial for beer or Doritos. TheSuper Bowlbrings out some pretty crazy commercials, but this one seems to be on par with last year’sCrocodile Dundeein terms of excitement. Who knows? Maybe Bridges is teasing something bigger than a commercial. We’ll just have to wait until February 3rd to find out. You can watch the teaser video below, thanks to Jeff Bridges' Twitter account.