Ken Marino, Kate McKinnon, Mary Elizabeth Ellis Join Jared Hess Heist Comedy
In addition to the top billed cast Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Kristen Wiig, Ken Marino, Kate McKinnon, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Leslie Jones, Devin Ratray, and Ross Kimball are now in on the Jared Hess directed heist comedy.
That’s one hell of a cast and we wonder if we’ll get to see all of them in the trailer when that comes out.
Sony Wants There to Be a ‘Community’ Movie
Having pulled off getting a sixth season for Community right before the contract expiration deadline for the cast, Sony TV is aiming to make a movie and not be the ones to deny the #sixseasonsandamovie movement.
The talks are preliminary, but Community keeps defying the odds that, at this point, they could just make a movie about how the show made it this far.
‘Community’ Returning for Sixth Season on Yahoo
Believe it or not, Community will make it to its sixth season at Yahoo Screen. Because it’s online, Harmon, the cast, etc. will really get to cut loose.
Long live #sixseasonsandamovie
Sundance’s Next Fest to Screen ‘Life After Beth’, ‘Listen Up Philip’, and more
Sundance has a small weekend, long film festival here in LA called Sundance Next Fest combining indie film and music. So far, they’ve got plenty of comedies line-up including Life After Beth, Napoleon Dynamite, Jim Jarmusch’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, and Listen Up Philip.
Coupled with that is musical performances from Father John Misty, Warpaint, and Tinashe. Also, you’ll get to enjoy Next Fest at Hollywood Forever Cemetery and the theatre at the Ace Hotel in Downtown LA.
Sounds pretty cool to us, so we think you should make plans for the weekend of Aug. 7th-Aug. 10th and should get your tickets.
FX Orders Denis Leary’s ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ To Series
Denis Leary has returned to FX after a hit run with Rescue Me with his rock comedy series Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. Leary plays Johnny Rock who is trying to get his life back together as well as reunite the band, which could be fun to watch with Leary as a former rock star.
We’re curious to see if FX or FXx will ultimately air this come next year. We’re guessing FX.
Kurt Metzger: White Precious to Premiere Next Week on Comedy Central
The very first hour stand-up special from Kurt Metzger will premiere next week on Fri. Jul. 11th at 11PM on Comedy Central.
Mark this down as you should not miss out. In fact, on July 7th, if you can’t wait, you’ll be able to buy the special from CC:Stand-Up Direct, uncensored and unedited.
Weird Al Yankovic Has 8 Music Videos Ready for “Mandatory Fun”
The release of Weird Al Yankovic’s latest album Mandatory Fun isn’t until July 15th, but, starting a day before, Yankovic will be releasing a horde of music videos for the album.
In fact, Weird Al has 8 lined-up and he’s going to release them day-by-day for 8 days. So, two weeks from now is going to be a lot of fun, whether you’re want to have some or not.
Tickets for Oddball 2014 Are Now on Sale
So, if you’re anywhere from Tampa to Irvine, you’ll probably have some sort of chance to see Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival that runs from Aug. 8th-Sept. 21st. Given the chance to see any sort of combination of their stellar line-ups you should get tickets now that they’re on sale.
Jason Bateman To Direct, Star In FBI Wedding Comedy For Universal
Though the juxtaposition of FBI and wedding comedy might seem incongruous, Jason Bateman’s directorial debut with Bad Words was so fantastic that we’re on board with whatever he’s at work with here.
Like Bad Words, Bateman is set to direct and star and this has us thoroughly intrigued.
Help Send The Tomorrow Show! with Ron Lynch to The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
For almost 9 years, we’ve enjoyed the magical evening of comedy that is The Tomorrow Show here in LA. It’s about time the rest of the world got to enjoy it as much as we do, so donate what you can to help the incomparable Ron Lynch make his goal to make The Tomorrow Show @ Edinburgh Fringe the most wondrous it can be.
He’s looking to raise $10,000 and has $7.277 raised. He’s ending the campaign by midnight tomorrow.
Fortune Feimster and Ron Funches Half Hour Specials Are Tonight
Tonight’s episode of Comedy Central’s The Half Hour is featuring the specials of Fortune Feimster and Ron Funches.
Do yourself a favor by not missing these two hilarious folks and tuning into Comedy Central at 12AM and 12:30AM.
Terry Crews to Host TCA Awards
Since the Television Critics Association Awards isn’t televised, we’d hope that Terry Crews gets to let really loose and we’re not meaning roast jokes.
We’re fully expecting to see a musical number operated by his pecks.
As far as Hulu’s original series go, this would be a great get. A pilot entitled Love, which is produced by Judd Apatow and co-written by Judd Apatow, Lesley Arfin, and Paul Rust might move forward with Gillian Jacobs as its star pending a few potential contractual and scheduling conflicts.
Basically, we’ll have to see what happens with Community to find out what happens with Love.
Denver’s High Plains Comedy Festival Announces a Delightful 2014 Line-up
On the weekend of Aug. 22nd & 23rd, Denver is having, once again, it’s awesome comedy festival known as High Plains. This year, so far, they have:
Pete Holmes, TJ Miller, Kumail Nanjiani, Amber Tozer, Adam Cayton-Holland, Kate Berlant, Beth Stelling, Bryan Cook, Cameron Esposito, Andrew Orvedahl, Howard Kremer, Matt Knudsen, Ben Roy, Sean Patton, Ian Douglas Terry, Andy Juett, Jonah Ray, The Walsh Brothers, Jared Logan, Matt Ingebretson, Chris Thayer, John Roy, Nate Bargatze, Dan Soder, Ian Karmel, Ben Kronberg, Andy Haynes, Billy Wayne Davis, Chris Fairbanks, Eugene Cordero, Baron Vaughn, Mike O’Connell, and Emily Gordon.
That sounds like a pretty flawless line-up to us. Maybe get your tickets now?
Project Greenlight Is Back and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Are Again Taking Submissions
Though it’s been quite some time since Project Greenlight existed, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are bringing it back at HBO and looking for a great director via submissions.
Given that it’s a series where you not only get to direct a feature, but It follows you through that process, it might be worth your while.
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Paul Scheer Is Putting NTSF:SD:SUV on Hold; Developing Other Projects at Adult Swim and HBO
Paul Scheer is as busy as he’s ever been. With being on plenty of shows, appearing on so many web videos, now getting into comic books, and still performing live, Scheer has a lot on his plate. Opting to not force another season of NTSF:SD:SUV out when he doesn’t feel inspired enough, he’s going to other projects that are in development.
One of them is at Adult Swim and is a G.I. Joe like cartoon that depicts Cobra nowadays. The HBO project is supposedly “True Detective-esque”.
While NTSF:SD:SUV is on hold, these two new developments already have us hooked.
Get Tommy Johnagin’s Latest Album “Stand-Up Comedy 3”
Tommy Johnagin has released his latest stand-up album entitled Stand-Up Comedy 3 and whether you’re lost or not by coming in at 3, you should absolutely pick this up off of Rooftop Comedy for how sharply funny Johnagin is. You probably witnessed that in his half-hour special this past weekend on Comedy Central.
Seriously, go get it right now.
NBC Universal Admits Error Trying to Censor ‘Obvious Child’ Ad
NBC Universal got into a little hot water over a submitted ad for Gillian Robespierre’s great film Obvious Child starring Jenny Slate. Apparently, they initially didn’t want to run the ad as it mentioned the word “abortion”. NBC Universal has now admitted that it was an error and is now accepting the ad without that censor note.
Now that it’s all cleared up, you should go see Obvious Child.
Funny or Die’s Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival Announces Their 2014 Line-Up
Throughout the country, you may get to see the likes of Louis C.K., Aziz Ansari, Amy Schumer, Bill Burr, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Silverman, Jeff Ross, Marc Maron, Chris Hardwick, Hannibal Buress, Demetri Martin, and more thanks to Funny or Die’s gigantic festival tour known as Oddball. Looking at that line-up, we’d say Oddball is gong to have another epic round.
So far there will be 21 shows across this great nation and tickets will go on sale this Saturday.
North Korea Is Calling ‘The Interview’ An Act of Terrorism
North Korea continues to be outraged about the upcoming spy assassination comedy The Interview with Seth Rogen and James Franco. In fact, they’ve gone so far as to call it “an act of terrorism” and “a war action”.
We think that’s a bit of stretch, but, apparently, “If the U.S. administration connives at and patronizes the screening of the film, it will invite a strong and merciless countermeasure,” according to a North Korea’s Foreign Ministry spokesman.
Well, if that strong and merciless countermeasure is a film where they go after Obama, it would be interesting to see where they will find a black actor in North Korea.
Take a Look at 5 Projects on Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone’s Production/Development Slate
From the currently high profile action comedy Spy directed by Paul Feig to a book adaption that they’re producing, Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone have become a comedy power couple with their production company On The Day.
Just check out the five projects that they’ve publicly announced that they’re working on including a romantic comedy where a married couple tries to repair their marriage through 100 days of continuous sex.
Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes Joining Coen Brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”
The Coen Brothers’ latest comedy, Hail, Caesar!, is rounding out its cast quite nicely with Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, and Ralph Fiennes joining Josh Brolin and George Clooney in this 1950s Hollywood period piece.
Already, we can imagine the trailer with this cast being pretty spectacular.
Amazon Studios Is Again Taking Submissions for Your Comedy Series Project
When Amazon Studios first sought to make a round of comedy series, they were open to submissions and now they’re in another development cycle, they’re looking for more genre comedies, dramadies, dark comedy, and other such projects along those lines.
At the very least, if you make it to being a pilot, people will get a chance to see it.
Jon Heder and Johnny Pemberton Will Voice Disney’s Pickle & Peanut
Disney Television Animation has gone into production for their latest series Pickle and Peanut that will be voiced by none other than Jon Heder and Johnny Pemberton. It’s set to premiere later next year and will be a mix of 2D and live action.
With Heder and Pemberton attached, this will probably one of the trippier, cooler things on The Disney Channel.