In an interview with MTV Linklater reported he's interested in making a sequel to the 1973 film 'The Last Detail', a film basically about three sailors getting drunk (Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid and Otis Young). Linklater told MTV:

"I do like that movie, and there's a book by the same writer who wrote 'The Last Detail' back in the late '60s, Daryl Ponicsan. He wrote a follow-up novel that I've adapted. … I sent [Quaid] the script, and he'd be great. I hope he'll do it."

So at this point it's all just loose talk…

"I haven't even talked to Nicholson about it yet; I don't even know if he's read it. … It hasn't gotten that far down the line. They haven't made an offer to him yet or anything like that."

MTV also talks briefly about the plot of the book Linklater mentioned

"The novel has Buddusky running a bar and Quaid's Larry Meadows reuniting with him after the Iraq war takes his son's life. Rumors persist that Morgan Freeman is interested in taking over the role of Mule from the deceased Otis Young"

I've always thought 'The Last Detail' doesn't get enough credit and is kind of over-shadowed by Nicholsons other films from the same period like 'The Shining' and 'One flew over the Cuckoos Nest'. If nothing else it would be fun to see Nicholson and Randy Quaid back together.

(source slashfilm)