Photos taken only yesterday on the New Mexico set of the SNL skit-turned-feature “MacGruber” have made their way onto the interweb.  Aside from one glamour shot of Ryan Phillippe, the pics still don’t prove why Lorne Michaels decided to upgrade this one minute sketch parody of “McGyver” into a full-length feature… but that’s just me.  See what you think after the jump.

Lorne Michaels’ decision to turn the minute-long SNL sketch of “MacGruber” (played by Will Forte) into a motion-picture has been deemed by some, to put it charitably, unwise.  We all shuddered at the thought of adding another pointless SNL-sketch movie to the pile of “The Ladies Man” and “Superstar” and then hiding in our box fort made out of “The Blues Brothers” and “Wayne’s World 1 & 2″.

But now Bill Hader has come down like a prophet to offer reassuring words in our time of doubt.  Hit the jump to start changing your opinion on “MacGruber”.

In what is the definition of a “paycheck movie”, Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer, two men who both have acting ability (although certainly Kilmer more than Phillippe) are in negotiations to co-star in the totally unnecessary, completely ill-advised “MacGruber” movie, based off the SNL “sketch”.  I put “sketch” in quotations because calling it a sketch would be charitable.  It is a running-gag that helps break up the painfully long SNL broadcast.  It is humorous.  It is not a movie.  It is not even a TV show.  It is barely a sketch on a good day.

Hit the jump to read about the “plot” and what roles Phillippe and Kilmer would be playing.

According to ProductionWeekly’s Twitter feed, Jorma Taccone (recently seen as Cha-Ka in “Land of the Lost”) will direct the totally unwanted feature-length adaptation of the SNL sketch “MacGruber” starring Will Forte.  To find out why Taccone’s involvement means the new film may not be the worst thing ever, hit the jump.