Was Ben Stiller Coerced Into Producing 'Next Time on Lonny'?

Tuesday marks the Season 2 premiere of Next Time on Lonny, the reality TV parody series that’s executive produced by Ben Stiller … or, is it really?

This promotional clip may have you wondering whether the Zoolander star ever wanted anything to do with the web series from Disney’s Maker Studios. In it, Stiller is a hostage forced to commit his "bags of money" to the show

Maker, acquired by Disney in March, is foregoing YouTube for a day to attract viewers to Maker.TV, where it debuted the first three episodes of Lonny on Tuesday.

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