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Fantastic Fest Interview: Jemaine Clement from 'Gentlemen Broncos'
Filed under: Comedy », Fantastic Fest », Interviews »
Jemaine Clement is probably best known to people as half of Flight of the Conchords, the "4th most popular digi-folk paradists in New Zealand." They founded the group back in 1998, but came to worldwide fame recently when it was turned into an HBO television series. Or, if you're an indie film buff, you might have seen him in Eagle vs. Shark from Sundance back in 2007. Or barring that, maybe you're a couch television surfer and caught him in his series of Outback Steakhouse commercials.
He'll be seen again in Jared Hess' followup to Nacho Libre and Napoleon Dynamite, Gentlemen Broncos. In it, he plays the pretentious and self-centered science fiction writer Dr. Ronald Chevalier, and honestly, he's the best thing about the movie. If they make a feature-length documentary following Chevalier on a book tour around the nation for as a DVD extra, I'll buy it. You can catch some of his magic online, where he's done a series of viral videos in character as Chevalier, and they are hilarious.
We caught up with Clement after Gentlemen Broncos screened at Fantastic Fest, and you can read the full interview beyond the break.
Right Now on TV Squad
Filed under: Home Entertainment »
Our brothers and sisters over at TV Squad have busted through the boob tube and brought with them the following juicy bits of must-see eye candy:- Over at The Squad, they run down the top TV stories of 2008, including the decline of Heroes, Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin, the economy's effect on the TV industry and so much more.
- Luckily my neighbors are quiet and keep to themselves, but TV neighbors tend to cause a bit more trouble. Check out this list of the most annoying TV neighbors.
- Have you always wanted to create your own t-shirt and also happen to be a big fan of NBC's The Office? Well how about entering this contest where the winner will have their shirts sold in the NBC store. Cool.
- Who said Christmas was over? Check out seven of the greatest Christmas-related Saturday Night Live sketches.
- The online premiere of the cult HBO show Flight of the Conchords scored 250,000 viewers. This begs the question: Should more TV shows premiere online? (And speaking of, watch the pilot episode of Showtime's The United States of Tara -- which was written by Diablo Cody -- over here using the password, 'tara'.)
Sam Rockwell is a 'Gentleman Bronco'
Filed under: Comedy », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Casting »
Things certainly seem to be moving quickly for Gentlemen Broncos. Five days ago, Patrick had first broke the news on the follow-up project for Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre creator Jared Hess. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has already announced that Sam Rockwell has signed to star along side Flight of the Conchords creator Jermaine Clement for the teen comedy. The story centers on a teen fantasy novelist who has his story ripped off by his idol at a writer's camp. Michael Angarano (Lords of Dogtown) will play the teen that comes up with the fantasy story with the unfortunate title of Yeast Lords.Rockwell will play the fictional character in the story and there will be some "book-come-to-life sequences under two guises: one in the teen's story and one in the author's story". Well, if anybody can pull it off, it would be Rockwell -- the man has a knack for playing some of the most diverse characters without breaking a sweat. If you don't believe me, take an afternoon and watch The Green Mile and then Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and tell me those are two pretty impressive ends of the spectrum.
The script was written by the husband and wife team of Jared and Jerusha Hess, and will be produced Mike White and Ben LeClair. Both White and LeClair worked with Hess before on Nacho Libre. So it looks like Patrick's prediction came true and the cast is going to be an 'indie' affair, but with the addition of Rockwell and Clement there's just a smidgen more of 'hipster' cred. Gentlemen Broncos is scheduled to start production this March and arrive in theaters some time in 2009.
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