Very soon, Bret and Jemaine will back in your lives via an entire concert special recorded live in London to come out on HBO.
From the looks of it, October 6th, Live in London’s premiere date will be a nice day.
Often times, the best trailers get you intrigued with a movie without really telling you what’s going on. You’re confused, yet, maybe you want to see more.
Such is the case with the trailer for An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, directed by Jim Hosking and co-written by Hosking and David Wike. There seems to be a caper afoot, but the hype over a stage show that stars a man named Beverly Luff Linn (played by Craig Robinson) in Scottish garb seems to take precedence over any confusion (even though it’s not quite clear what the show is).
See for yourself in the trailer here, then look for An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn in theaters and On Demand & Digital starting October 19th.
A big dose of the Flight of the Conchords might be a great thing to serve folks right now.
Luckily, an entire special, Flight of the Conchords: Live at the London Apollo is arriving at the beginning of October on HBO.
We’ll let Bret and Jemaine take it from here.
What We Do In The Shadows Gets Series Order at FX
Ten episodes based on one of the 2010s funniest comedies is coming to FX next Spring. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement are at the helm and setting the TV series adaptation in NYC.
FX’s comedy line-up is already pretty damn strong, but this will somehow, probably, make it better.
Taika Waititi’s & Jemaine Clement ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Gets FX Pilot Order
A few things to note here.
1) If this goes to series, FX’s comedy line-up will be Baskets, Atlanta, Better Things, Archer, and What We Do In The Shadows (not to mention It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and You’re The Worst on FXx). That’s nearly flawless as far as we can see.
2) What We Do In The Shadows has an actual shot of being made into a TV show stateside. If you enjoyed Thor: Ragnarok at all (and somehow don’t know about What We Do In The Shadows), you could be in for a very wonderful surprise.
3) This is a great reason to go rewatch one of the funniest movies in recent memory.
The Flight Of The Conchords Will Be Returning to HBO in the Form of a Comedy Special
This special will actually have Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement perform live in front of a big crowd in the UK that will air in May.
Details beyond that are sparse, but we can only hope that Kristen Schaal and Rhys Darby make some cameos as well.
Jemaine Clement joins the world of podcasting tomorrow by starring in the mini-series podcast The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium.
It’s comedy adventure from the minds of New Zealand’s own Duncan Sarkies, Lawrence Arabia, and Stephen Templer that will span 12 episodes.
Here’s a preview and if you’re hooked, then look for the premiere of The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie’s Botanarium on Howl.fm.
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie are once again taking up the mantle as Flight of the Conchords, after three years of virtual radio silence, and going on a big ol’ tour across all of North America this June and July.
Specifically, the tour dates are as follows:
Jun. 11 – Cleveland, OH – State Theatre
Jun. 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Mann Center for Performing Arts
Jun. 13 – Washington, DC – Wolf Trap Filene Center
Jun. 14 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre
Jun. 16 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
Jun. 17 – Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum
Jun. 18 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
Jun. 19 – Chicago, IL – Pritzker Pavilion
Jun. 22 – Redmond, WA – Marymoor Park
Jun. 23 – Vancouver, BC – Orpheum
Jun. 24 – Portland, OR – Keller Auditorium
Jun. 27 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic
Jul. 01 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
Jul. 02 – San Diego, CA – Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre at SDSU
Jul. 03 – Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
Jul. 05 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Jul. 07 – Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
Jul. 09 – Austin, TX – Bass Hall
Jul. 11 – New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre
Jul. 12 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheatre
Jul. 14 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
Jul. 16 – Boca Raton, FL – Mizner Park Amphitheatre
Jul. 17 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre
Jul. 18 – Cary, NC – Koka Booth Amphitheatre
Jul. 22 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival 2016 (Fort Adams State Park)
Jul. 23 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Jul. 24 – New York, NY – Central Park SummerStage
Jul. 27 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
You can and should buy tickets here starting this Fri. at 10AM EST/7AM PST.
The project is in infant stages, but the fact that it’s in stages at all is hope that we’ll all get to see the Flight of the Conchords once again.
Both Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie, best known as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, are at work on developing a feature length project centered around the Flight of the Conchords.
As we said before, there isn’t anyone else involved at this point, but we think it would be a big opportunity missed by anyone who passed on this and didn’t make sure that it not only got greenlit and made, but fast tracked as well.
(via Sydney Morning Herald)
Though still largely under wraps, the series that Jemaine and Taika have been working on seems to be coming together.
Similar to the way American Horror Story uses the same cast for different stories, the episodes of this series from Clement and Waititi will use the same cast for stories ranging from time travel to dance contests.
The addition of Apatow should mean that this project is picking up steam and hopefully that will bring the series to the screen relatively soon.
‘Tis the season for all those indie comedies that hit it big on the festival circuit to start coming out in theaters.
People Places Things played at Sundance earlier this year and is the latest opportunity that you’ll get to see Jemaine Clement on any screen since the wonderful What We Do In The Shadows hit the States earlier this year. Stephanie Allynne and Regina Hall round out the cast in what looks to be another heartfelt modern family dramedy.
Watch the trailer for People Places Things here.
Basically, there has been a bevy of great profile interviews from the 2015 episodes of Last Call with Carson Daly.
Watch profile/interviews of such good comedy folks including
Beth Stelling
Kathryn Hahn
Aasif Mandvi
Jen Kirkman
Zach Woods
Marcella Arguello
Solomon Georgio
Ben Gleib
Pete Holmes and Rob Bell
Dan Levy
Ryan O’Flanagan
Chris Garcia
Paul F. Tompkins
Henry Winkler
Tony Hale
Jay Larson
Kurt Braunohler
Randall Park
Tony Hinchcliffe
Jack McBrayer
Jamie Lee
Rob Corddry
Thomas Lennon
Jemaine Clement
David Cross
Iliza Shlesinger
If you’ve somehow ran out of stuff to binge watch this Memorial Day Weekend or just in general, these interviews should be the perfect thing to watch next.
A lot of misrepresentations about vampires have been floating around in our media for decades, but with the arrival of the “documentary” What We Do In The Shadows, Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement can finally bring to light what it’s like being a vampire in the 21st century.
Specifically, they’d like to inform us all of 7 specific truths that you may or may not know about.
Also, go see What We Do In The Shadows as it’s playing in even more theaters now.
A few days ago we posted the Kickstarter campaign for Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s What We Do In The Shadows to expand its U.S. release.
With only 5 hours to go before the campaign ends, they have exceeded their goal of $400K by raising $433,848. So, that means several cities throughout the country will get the benefit of seeing their vampire mockumentary that’s getting critical acclaim left and right.
Which cities and when it will come to said cities have yet to be all announced, but we will keep you updated.
So, along with David Cross’ Hits, score two for Kickstarter funded independent film releases in 2015.
Though the hilarious vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows from Jemaine Clement and Taiki Waititi is going to play in limited release in LA and NYC on Feb. 13th, both Jemaine and Taika want to follow suit with David Cross’ Hits and expand the release to as many cities as possible around the good ol’ U.S. of A. They’re aiming for about 70.
So, to do this, they’re attempting to raise $400,000 to accomplish that goal on Kickstarter. As of this post, they’ve raised $289,863 and only have 5 more days, specifically until Feb. 12th 4:37PM, to crowdfund the rest.
The rewards are pretty great ranging from set visits and special screenings to baby onesies and cooking aprons.
So, please take the money you were going to spend on the corporate-created Valentine’s Day and make sure America gets to see What We Do In The Shadows. Your significant other will understand.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
There is talk between Jemaine and Bret for The Flight of The Conchords to go on tour later this year. We hope this comes to fruition as they were both magical during their run for Funny or Die’s first Oddball Festival Comedy Tour.
Also, it would be the perfect thing to follow up the other major comedy tour this year from Weird Al Yankovic scheduled to end later this year.
New Zealand vampire mockumentary has probably not been fully formed as a sub genre yet, but, nonetheless, we’re still pretty excited that Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s What We Do In The Shadows is coming stateside.
Funny or Die is now presenting the release and has made a date for Feb. 13th to roll What We Do In The Shadows out.
This is probably going to be a pretty good movie whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day that weekend or ardently ignoring it.
(via Deadline)
While there was a bit of confusion as to what Jemaine Clement was up to with doing a show over at HBO, Clement next film role is clear cut.
James C. Strouse’s People Places Things will star Clement as a struggling graphic novelist that juggles family, heartbreak, etc. On top of that, there’s a very solid supporting cast in Stephanie Allynne, Jessica Williams, and Regina Hall.
It shouldn’t be surprising if this makes the rounds on the film festival circuit once it’s finished.
(via Vulture)
In a recent chat with Vulture, Jemaine Clement, after the Internet (us included) thought it might be the return of Flight of the Conchords, finally lays out what exactly he’s working on for HBO.
He and Taika Waititi, who are having a nice run with their movie What We Do In The Shadows are writing an anthology series where each episode will be completely different from each other except for the players that will be cast.
The 4 episodes that were ordered only have a script commitment and have a chance that they won’t be made.
So, now that you know that, cross your fingers that all of this comes to fruition.
(via The Hollywood Reporter)
Before dealing with the speculation as to what he will be doing 4 episodes of with HBO and if it’ll involve Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement has co-written and co-directed what seems to be a great tongue-and-cheek vampire mockumentary with Taiki Waititi called What We Do In The Shadows.
While playing at TIFF, it has picked up a distribution deal to play here in the States thanks to The Orchard and Unison Films. That’s great to hear so we’ll get to see what 4 vampires living in New Zealand dealing with modern life will be like.
(via Uproxx)
Flight of the Conchords’ Bret and Jemaine might be back at it again and you might be able, in the same turn, stop holding your breath.
According to a recent interview with Jemaine Clement, HBO has commissioned four episodes of a new comedy from Jemaine. It’s unclear if it’s going to stem from the world of the series of Flight of the Conchords or if it’s going to be something different, hopefully still with delightfully funny tunes and jams.
Whatever it ends up being, we’re glad that Clement is up to something that we’ll be able to readily watch in the States and we hope it makes to HBO soon.
Despite what you may think, the movie sub genre surrounded by vampires isn’t quite finished yet. If anything, it’s only the romantic Twilight-esque notions of vampires that folks are growing tired of. Twists and redefinitions of the sub genre seem to be popping up and are pleasantly surprising.
Case in point: the New Zealand comedy What We Do In Shadows from Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, which follows vampires living in a flat, mockumentary style. Just check the trailer and see how much fun it might just be.