Apatow’s not the Messiah, he’s just a very naughty boy!
Posted by Matt Holmes
Judd Apatow’s Darth Vader like desire to take over the comedy galaxy will continue with the Harold Ramis (GROUNDHOG DAY, CADDYSHACK) directed YEAR ONE which we first and subsequently last heard about on June 4th.
Apatow is producing the movie, currently set for a June 2009 release and despite having almost a full cast (Jack Black, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Vinnie Jones (huh?), Oliver Platt and more) we haven’t heard a snippet about the plot or what it’s actually about. Until now that is and if we had used our brains, we probably could have guessed it.
Whilst promoting BE KIND REWIND, Jack Black sporting a new hairstyle revealed to Collider that YEAR ONE is going to be a biblical comedy and we have to believe that it’s being kept quite so far for the fear of generating the kind of controversy that movies like DOGMA and MONTY PYTHON AND THE LIFE OF BRIAN received in the past.
“It’s about the old testament. I’m just a dude wandering through biblical times. I’m not a famous character that you would have heard of before. Me and Michael Cera are just sort of wandering through, and you get to see all these old stories from the Torah, told through Agnostic, sort of, eyes.”
Watch full interview HERE.
Black went on to say that the script was completed before the strike and is good to go soon.
Is it just me or is Apatow having the time of his life right now? Here’s hoping this is more along the same quality as SUPERBAD and not WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY.
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Yay! A religious comedy - just the kind of film we need considering that the world is wrapped up in theological tension and overly angty about religion at present. Taking a humourous view of things, I feel, helps bring about harmony. Let’s just hope it’s more of Life of Brian than Dogma quality…
Sounds like it could be good.
Although, despite my good feelings about Apatow after a run of hilarity (Superbad, Knocked Up), I’m having a little trouble keeping the faith after Walk Hard.
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