Fresh from penning the script for 2017 horror smash IT, True Detective creator Cary Fukunaga is back behind the camera, joined by Jonah Hill and Emma Stone — themselves reuniting eleven years
after Superbad.
However, Jonah Hill has rejected the playbook that was pre-written for
him after Superbad and built a career unlike any actor Hollywood has ever seen by turning down typecast roles and specifically using key roles to springboard him to wider possibilities — thus setting him up as a serious dramatic actor, a major creative force, and an unexpected streetwear ambassador.
If you examine these photos closely, you will notice Maniac stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, reuniting a decade
after Superbad.
After Superbad and several episodes of Undeclared, director Greg Mottola seems dead set on using this growing - up - is - hard - to - do parable to cement his reputation as the screen's bard of postadolescent angst.
Not exact matches
After all, «The Interview» makes fun of Western media just as much as the quick - tempered dictator, and although it could have done with a little more political satire to balance out the dick and fart jokes, it's exactly what you'd expect from the guys behind «
Superbad,» «Pineapple Express» and «This Is the End.»
Writer / director Craig Moss knows how to work parodies and film's with long titles
after their last «The 41 - Year - Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt
Superbad About It».
After seeing his status ascend to new heights following his role in
Superbad, many comedy fans probably thought they could map out the trajectory of Jonah Hill's career.
After giving the writers years to rework that original script, America, with its newfound love of R - rated comedies, was finally ready to see
Superbad.
After all, I still enjoy watching high school and college party movies like «Porky's,» «Revenge of the Nerds,» «Animal House» and «
Superbad.»
From Shrek franchise veterans Mike Mitchell (Shrek Forever
After) and Walt Dohrn (Shrek 2, Shrek the Third), TROLLS features the voice talents of Golden Globe ® nominee Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect, The Accountant), Grammy and Emmy ® Award winner and Golden Globe ® Award nominee Justin Timberlake (Friends with Benefits, Shrek the Third), Golden Globe ® and Emmy ® Award nominee Zooey Deschanel («New Girl»), Christopher Mintz - Plasse (
Superbad, How to Train Your Dragon), Golden Globe ® and Emmy ® Award winner Christine Baranski («The Good Wife,» How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Russell Brand (Get Him to the Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), Grammy Award nominee Gwen Stefani («The Voice»), Golden Globe ® and Emmy ® Award nominee John Cleese (Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, Shrek Forever
After), Emmy ® Award winner James Corden («The Late Late Show with James Corden», Into the Woods), Golden Globe ® and Emmy ® Award winner Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent, «Arrested Development») and Ron Funches («Undateable,» Get Hard).
Screenwriters Rogen and longtime friend Evan Goldberg (they penned
Superbad) have brought the property into the 21st century as notorious L.A party boy Britt Reid (Rogen) realizes the emptiness of his playboy ways
after the death of his overbearing media magnate father (Batman Begins» Tom Wilkinson).
I actually stopped documenting the movie's deluge of references
after about 30 minutes, but here's a shortlist of some of the stuff that the Friedberg and Seltzer send up: 10,000 B.C., American Gladiators, Amy Winehouse, Facebook, Flava Flav, My Super Sweet 16, Dr. Phil, No Country For Old Men,
Superbad / McLovin, Angelina Jolie in Wanted, WWE Divas, Juno, High School Musical, Kanye West, the Jonas Brothers, the «Souljah Boy» dance, Justin Timberlake, Hannah Montana, Hancock, Sex and the City, Jumper, Step Up 2: The Streets, Twister (notice - the first actual disaster movie of the bunch), Hellboy, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Cloverfield.
After a shaky prologue sequence — which overuses Bill Hader for some kind of a
Superbad reference and underuses James Remar, who only gets a couple lines — Express moves into safe territory.
Making their directorial debut, the duo who brought you «
Superbad» send celebrity
after celebrity to the Devil's doorstep courtesy of huge, fiery sinkholes that open in the Hollywood hills.
He is a modern comedy legend
after roles in THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN, KNOCKED UP and
SUPERBAD and as always the likeable Seth...
After bit parts in Medium, Malcolm In The Middle and Lucky Louie, her scene - stealing turn as a sassy object of affection in
Superbad garnered attention, with The Rocker, The House Bunny and Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past following.
Because of his awkward, skittish ways, he's earned the nickname McLovin
after the character in the movie
Superbad.