Danny McBride and Paul Hogan team up to take another bite out of Crocodile Dundee

MEET Brian Dundee — he’s a yank, he’s a city boy and he’s about to bring Australian cinema’s best-known character back to our screens after a 17-year absence.

MEET Brian Dundee — he’s a yank, he’s a city boy and he’s about to bring Australian cinema’s best-known character back to our screens after a 17-year absence.

Paul Hogan has decided to throw another sequel on the big screen with a fourth Crocodile Dundee film.

But this time, the star of the show is US comedian Danny McBride, appearing as Mick Dundee’s son Brian.

Paul Hogan in Crocodile Dundee.

Brian Dundee, played by US actor Danny McBride, will see Mick’s son looking for the original Croc man.

Hogan, 78, has revealed he has been working for several years on a way to bring his well-known character “to a new generation’’ and the result is Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home. McBride is best known for starring in the HBO television series, Eastbound & Down and Vice Principal, as well as 2008 comedy Pineapple Express and 2017’s Alien: Covenant.

Rolling Stone recently said the 41-year-old had “built an acting career out of playing a lot of not-so-smart dudes very smartly”.

Hogan is hoping McBride (pictured as Mick’s son) will bring Crocodile Dundee to a new generation.

It seems Brian Dundee is another of those characters.

In a 30-second teaser trailer for the film, McBride is seen standing on a cliff in the Aussie outback and greets the camera by saying “G’day losers” in an American accent.

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He then recreates the film’s most iconic line, “that’s not a knife. That’s a knife,” before goofing around with it, saying “look at that, look at me, look at the knife blade”. A statement on the film’s official website gives some clues to the plot line. “Crocodile Dundee is back. Well, actually, he’s missing in The Outback,” it says. “And the only person who might be able to find him is the loudmouthed American son no one knew he had — introducing Danny McBride as Brian Dundee.

Hogan, 78, said plans to bring Mick Dundee back had been in place for some time.

“This son of a legend is forced to channel his Aussie roots as he embarks on the ultimate adventure in the land Down Under. It’s time to live up to the family name.”

Danny McBride as Kenny Powers in TV series Eastbound & Down. Picture: Showcase

The statement added Brian “grew up a true city kid”. The original 1986 film grossed $48 million in Australia, $410 million worldwide and spawned two sequels, 1988’s Crocodile Dundee II and 2001’s Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.

Hogan told People magazine: “Crocodile Dundee is a film that has stood the test of time. It was a defining moment in my life and one of my proudest accomplishments. Throughout the past few years, I’ve been thinking about how to bring Dundee to a new generation.

“I’m excited to introduce the new Crocodile Dundee to the world.’’ McBride said he was taking the role in his stride. “I’m not going to lie to you, to be a real Crocodile Dundee, I think 95 per cent of it is the vest and then 5 per cent is just being able to not fall down and stay on your feet,” he told the magazine.