Deadline reports Jonah Hill joins Neighborhood Watch opposite Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn. Directed by Akiva Schaffer, and co-written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Watch follows a band of slacker dads as their half-hearted snooping accidentally reveals "a vast neighborhood watch conspiracy." I foresee maximum, flashlight-illuminated bumbling in these characters' futures. Maximum bumbling, engage!
Despite the plethora of songs like "Jizz In My Pants," "I Had Sex" and "We're Back!" that suggest otherwise, the Lonely Island A.V. Club interview maintains the party line that its three members are great at sex, they do it all the time and their stuff is big and works super-good. Also working super-good is their relationship with Lorne Michaels, who they haven't had to pitch to in four years. "We pitched to him a few times, and he’s like, 'Uh, okay…' and when it turned out that people liked them, he’s like, 'You know what? Just don’t tell me, ’cause I’d rather just see it in [...]
Despite being raised on Weird Al and Adam Sandler, I've never been a fan of musical comedy. The notes, they're so distracting! So it's a testament to their superb quality that my heart thrilled to hear The Lonely Island has announced their new album Turtleneck and Chain will drop May 10. It'll be a little over two years since their previous album Incredibad, which brought us "Lazy Sunday" and "Dick In A Box," as well as served up cameos by T-Pain, Justin Timberlake and, of course, Norah Jones in February 2009. If you weren't looking forward to the guys' new jams, might I remind you of a [...]
Neighborhood watch: it's not just an excuse to peer into other people's bathroom windows anymore. The upcoming Neighborhood Watch reunites Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller under the rumored direction of The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer, though IMDB currently has Get Smart director Peter Segal attached and who am I to scoff at their authority? Stiller and Vaughn star as members of a group of slacker dads who join a neighborhood watch program, only to stumble upon a vast evil plot to destroy the planet. Makes that incessantly barking dog look like not big dea…no, fuck it, I'm calling the cops anyway.
Here's Wilmer Valderrama's — sorry, Eduardo Fresco's — new music video for a song called “The Way I Fiesta,” directed by The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer. I am not quite sure I understand what this is for, if anything, but apparently Valderrama's alter-ego "started in a boy band named Chicos en Fuego, a group whom rejected Enrique Iglesias," and this is his big comeback video. OK! In any case, this is what The Lonely Island would make if it were a Ricky Martin joke cover band instead of three dorky white dudes from Berkeley.
UPDATE: Seems like it's got something to do with this.
Looks like the guys from The Lonely Island have been working on some new songs, as their second album is set to come out sometime next year. Hopefully that means that we'll start seeing some videos for the first few songs on episodes of SNL in the near future.
As always, the desire for a little bro-lone time is the only thing standing between us and certain destruction. The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer has been offered the directorial gig for Neighborhood Watch, with Ben Stiller possibly, maybe, potentially signing on to star. The script, its current version written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, follows "a suburban 'neighborhood watch' group that serves as a front for dads to get some male-bonding time away from their families. The group finds itself in over its head when it uncovers a plot to destroy the world." If those men could tolerate their families even just a little bit more…well, [...]
When they aren't pushing rival comedians down the stars Showgirls-style or coaching more monster voice out of Nicki Minaj ("She would go in there and make it all grimy and awesome," Jorma Taccone recalls ), the gang is keeping it nice on Lonely Island's Turtleneck & Chains album, due out May 10. "We’ve always subscribed to comedy that, when at all possible, isn’t making fun of other people. So the alternative to that is making fun of ourselves. At least we’re in control of that," says Andy Samberg.
And is there anything sweeter than the dulcet voice of one Mr. Michael Bolton, who provided guest vocals on the [...]
