The Lonely Island making a musical-comedy for Judd Apatow

Hold up: The Lonely Island is getting a movie. Today, nothing else matters. According to Deadline, the trio will make a musical comedy for Universal, with Judd Apatow producing. The Lonely Island – for those unfamiliar with their turtlenecks and chains – is Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Hired to Saturday Night Live as […]

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Protect yourself – The Watch review

The Watch – Starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill. Directed by Akiva Schaffer. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The Watch will be an odd experience for anyone not acquainted with director Akiva Schaffer’s previous effort Hot Rod. To the casual observer, this all-star sci-fi comedy with a fixation on male appendages of all […]

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Trailer Debut: The Watch

The first feature trailer for Akiva Schaffer‘s alien-invasion comedy The Watch has landed online. The pic stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade as wannabe vigilantes who patrol their local streets, and unwittingly happen upon an intergalactic plot for world domination. The picture was originally titled Neighbourhood Watch, but 20th Century Fox changed the title to distance it from the George […]

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First look at Stiller, Vaughn, Hill and Ayoade in Neighbourhood Watch

The first official image from the upcoming sci-fi comedy Neighbourhood Watch has landed online. The film centres on a group of dads – played by Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade – who accidentally happen upon an alien plot to destroy the world. Jared Stern’s original screenplay was rewritten by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Hot Rod‘s Akiva […]

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IT Crowd’s Richard Ayoade signs up for Neighbourhood Watch

Richard Ayoade – best known as Moss from The IT Crowd, and director of the sublime coming-of-age flick Submarine – has been cast opposite Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill in the new comedy Neighbourhood Watch. The film centres on a group of dads who accidentally happen upon an alien plot to destroy the world. Jared Stern’s original screenplay was recently […]

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