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VHYES Trailer Has Plenty of Wonderful Weirdness for You to Enjoy

December 17, 2019

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“Found Footage”, as a concept and genre, has been around for long enough to break its initial mold into something new and exciting.

That seems to be the case with the upcoming feature VHYES from director Jack Henry Robbins (and written by Nunzio Randozzo and Robbins) where a kid tapes late night TV and home videos over his folks’ wedding tape. The result is a déjà vu-laden run through bizarre late night TV from the age of cassette tapes weaved in with the journey of making home movies, perhaps for the first time.

The likes of Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, John Gemberling, Tim Robbins, Mark Proksch all pop up throughout VHYES as you can see in this first trailer.

So far, VHYES looks like an offbeat, absurdist delight. We can’t wait to see what exactly is going on in VHYES when it comes out in limited release on Jan. 17th, 2020.

HBO Renews “The Brink” on The Brink of Contract Expirations

July 22, 2015

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(via Deadline)

It probably isn’t the whole reason, but it almost seems like HBO might have partially waited to order season 2 for wordplay.

HBO has opted to go for a second season of the geopolitical crisis comedy “The Brink” with Jack Black and Tim Robbins. Unfortunately, one of the series’ executive producer Jerry Weintraub passed away recently and was unable to share in the good news.

The order comes just in the nick of time before the attached stars had the option to go for other projects.

Perhaps, Jack Black’s plea while on Conan worked?

“The Brink” and “The Peabody Awards” Premiere Tonight

June 22, 2015

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There are other things on TV besides the return of True Detective tonight and one of them doesn’t require you to change the channel.

Tim Robbins and Jack Black delve into the absurdities of geopolitical snafus on HBO’s latest comedy series The Brink starting at 10:30PM on HBO.

The televised special for this year’s Peabody Awards premieres at 9PM on Pivot and you can see what hijinks host Fred Armisen got himself into as well as that kiss between Tina Fey and Amy Schumer and more.

Comedies “The Lobster”, “A Perfect Day”, “Mia Madre” Sell at Cannes

May 20, 2015

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(via Variety)

Though Cannes Film Festival is more synonymous with very timely and hard hitting dramas, high concept, socially conscious, and/or foreign comedies do have a place there.

At Cannes, Distributor Alchemy has bought up the U.S. rights to The Lobster, a dystopian futuristic romantic comedy where it’s illegal to be single, starring Colin Farrell, and Italian dramedy Mia Madre co-starring John Turturro.

IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to international war comedy “A Perfect Day” which includes the cast of Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko, and more.

Having the stamp of approval of premiering at Cannes, we hope to see all these films theatrically released in the States soon.

Here’s The First Teaser For HBO’s “The Brink”

April 11, 2015

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With Armando Iannucci’s exit announced today, the release of this teaser seems perfectly timed.

HBO’s new comedy series geopolitical crisis comedy The Brink starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins has just gotten its first teaser today. As it deals with politics on an international level, it might pair nicely to Veep.

We’ll see exactly how that plays out on the Brink’s premiere on Jun. 21st at 10:30PM on HBO.

Rob Brydon and Michelle Gomez Join HBO’s Dark Geopolitical Crisis Comedy “The Brink”

September 7, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

The Brink starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins has just added Rob Brydon who we hope you have seen on The Trip or The Trip to Italy and Michelle Gomez who we’re sure you’ve seen on Doctor Who to the cast for a few episodes.

While there are plenty of parallels in the premises of both, there’s no trailer, teaser, premiere date, or any other such thing to clue us in as to how much The Brink might or might not be like the most famous dark satirical geopolitical comedy, Dr. Strangelove. The addition of Brydon and Gomez as a couple, while certainly a welcome one, only make us more intensely curious as to what The Brink will end up ultimately being.

Bill Hader To Create & Star In HBO Series

May 21, 2014

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Bill Hader To Create & Star In HBO Series

HBO is really racking it up with their comedy slate. We’re already highly anticipating The Brink with Jack Black and Tim Robbins and now we have an entire Bill Hader series to also look forward to.

Even if it’s Hader mostly doing obscure Star Wars impressions, we’d be cool with that.

HBO Orders The Brink with Jack Black and Tim Robbins

February 13, 2014

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HBO Orders The Brink with Jack Black and Tim Robbins

So, we’re getting what very well might be a Dr. Strangelove TV series starring Jack Black and Tim Robbins.

Whether or not that’s the case, we’re excited to see what HBO comes out with from this dark comedy series from Benabib Brothers and produced by Jerry Weintraub and Jay Roach.

Jack Black and Tim Robbins to Star in HBO Comedy ‘The Brink’

November 14, 2013

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Jack Black and Tim Robbins to Star in HBO Comedy ‘The Brink’

The HBO dark political thriller comedy from Jerry Weintraub, Jay Roach and Roberto Benabib now has a pretty solid starring cast in Jack Black and Tim Robbins and we can only hope that this could possibly be a Dr. Strangelove for television.