Jody Hill

Jody Hill to Write/Direct Action Movie That Could Somehow Become a DUKES OF HAZZARD Reboot

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: May 2nd, 2012 at 8:55 pm

I liked and admired Observe and Report.  But after mixed reviews, box office failure, and the date-rape controversy, I worried that might it be awhile before director Jody Hill could get another feature together.  But Warner Bros., the studio home of Observe and Report, wasn’t scared off.  Hill is in the process of writing an untitled action project for WB set in the American South of the 1970s, said to be inspired by the style of Sam Peckinpah (The Wild Bunch).  Now, that’s no automatic greenlight, but the project may receive an unexpected boost in marketability.  Heat Vision says this could become a reboot of The Dukes of Hazzard.  To be clear, it’s not yet, and the filmmakers won’t decide until Hill finishes the script.  But hey, why not?  More after the jump.

EASTBOUND & DOWN Season Three Premiere Review

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: February 19th, 2012 at 2:46 pm

After being gone for far too long Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) is back, complete with a Confederate flag and marijuana leaf covered boogie board. thankfully the series is much better at keeping the laughs coming than Powers is at catching some waves in the season premiere of Eastbound & Down. We now find everyone’s favorite ballplayer in the minors in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina playing for the Mermen. Seemingly back at the top of his game (or at least as high as it can get in the minor leagues). Powers is always best when he’s cocky and arrogant, and since that’s basically all the time, having him getting a taste of success just makes it that much better.  Hit the jump for more.

New Teaser Trailer for EASTBOUND & DOWN Season Three

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 9th, 2012 at 12:12 pm

Season three of HBO’s Eastbound & Down is just around the corner, and a new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated return of everyone’s favorite failed baseball player has gone online. The action moves to Myrtle Beach this time around, and star Danny McBride looks to be joined once again by a slew of familiar faces. The crux of the trailer has McBride giving a truly horrible/fantastic speech to a group of underprivileged kids, and promises even more delectable douchbaggery from Kenny Powers in this third and possibly final season of the HBO comedy.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer and trim your mullet accordingly for the show’s February 19th season premiere.

Randy Krallman to Direct BULLIES for Mandate Pictures and Danny McBride

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: November 2nd, 2011 at 4:01 pm

You’ve seen his work even if you don’t know his name. Randy Krallman, acclaimed commercials director, has been selected to helm Danny McBride’s (Your Highness) new project, Bullies. The comedy will mark Krallman’s feature film directorial debut. Written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul (both worked on the screenplay for Yes Man) from an original idea by McBride, the comedy shows what happens to two brothers who have been life-long bullies when they finally get what’s coming to them.

As for Krallman, his most recognizable work might be the talking baby Super Bowl spot for E*Trade. You’ve also seen some of his more recent work with AT&T’s “Taco Party” at the office and Starburst’s Berries & Cream creep-out in “Bus Station.” Hit the jump for more on Bullies and to check out some of Krallman’s work.

EASTBOUND AND DOWN Season One and Season Two Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: August 19th, 2011 at 8:00 am

One of the great things about Danny McBride is how he creates different iterations of his comic persona. McBride usually plays one form of white trash or another but The Foot Fist Way’s Fred Simmons is different than Kenny Powers, and way different than the characters in Your Highness and The Pineapple Express. All are delusional egotistical assholes, but each offer different dilemmas and delights. Kenny Powers – the main character of Eastbound and Down – was a superstar and he’s still got the swagger long after he lost his arm and his money, and even when he’s hiding out in Mexico. It’s a different sort of delusion than his other characters: Kenny’s someone desperately clinging to the time when they were still hot shit, while the majority of his other characters never hit those heights, and it makes all of the difference in the world. Our review of the season one and season two Blu-rays of Eastbound and Down follow after the jump.

Comedy Central Ordering a Pilot from PINEAPPLE EXPRESS Director David Gordon Green

by Ethan Anderton    Posted: March 24th, 2011 at 10:44 am

We just saw a brand new raunchy trailer for his epic, medieval comedy Your Highness, but director David Gordon Green looks to be getting back to television again soon. He’s found success and a producer and director on Danny McBride’s hilarious HBO series Eastbound & Down, but now Deadline reports he’s heading to Comedy Central with a new pilot called Black Jack. Green wrote the pilot with Michael Starrbury which follows Black Jack who, after 20 years as the most kick-ass special ops agent the US government has had on its payroll, finally goes too far and suffers being de-commissioned.  He’s sent home to begin the most treacherous mission he’s ever faced – normal life.

Apparently the official order of the pilot is cast-contingent on who takes the title character. It doesn’t sounds like Danny McBride will take the part (though he’d be perfect for it), but he’s still executive producing through his Rough House production banner formed with Jody Hill and Matt Reilly.

PaleyFest 2011: EASTBOUND & DOWN Recap

by Jake Lasker    Posted: March 11th, 2011 at 7:41 am

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the Eastbound & Down panel at the 28^th annual PaleyFest in Los Angeles. Since filming hasn’t started on the show’s third season, I wasn’t sure how much the cast would say about what’s coming up. Thankfully, they dropped a few clues and I also got to hear some great behind the scenes stories about one of TV’s best comedies.

The panel featured star/creator Danny McBride, director/creator Jody Hill, executive producer Chris Henchy and stars Ana de la Reguera, Katy Mixon, Steve Little and Michael Pena. Hit the jump for a full recap of the night’s events.

HBO Remaking Sundance Boxing Documentary KNUCKLE Into a TV Drama

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 24th, 2011 at 9:19 pm

Most films come to Sundance to find a distributor, but from day one the boxing documentary Knuckle was subject to a different kind of positive buzz — namely, “This would be great for a remake.”  Deadline counts Gerard Butler, Robert Downey Jr., and Vin Diesel among the suitors, but the remake rights ultimately went to Rough House Pictures, who will team with HBO to turn Knuckle into a drama series.  Eastbound and Down co-creators Danny McBride and Jody Hill and director David Gordon Green are attached through their partnership with Rough House, though it’s unclear if this extends beyond a producing role.

From the sound of it, there could certainly be a role in there for McBride.  Directed by Ian Palmer, Knuckle depicts the longstanding feud between two Irish families that often resort to bareknuckle boxing.  Hit the jump for the official synopsis.

Jody Hill Exclusive Interview EASTBOUND & DOWN

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: September 23rd, 2010 at 9:50 pm

Eastbound & Down. If you’re not excited for the second season, then maybe it’s time to catch up with Kenny Powers (as played by the always amazing Danny McBride). The first season follows Powers – a one-time champion baseball player who’s pissed away his career and savings on drugs and women – as he’s forced to move in with his brother and work as a P.E. teacher, and is trying desperately to get back in the game. The second season finds him in Mexico, starting the new season as a cock fighter who is lured back in to playing baseball for a rinky-dink Mexican team.

One of the key creative figures behind the show is writer-director Jody Hill. Hill caught the attention of Will Ferrell and Adam McKay with his film The Foot Fist Way, and it launched both Hill and McBride into the mainstream. McBride has been playing comic support for many in the Ferrell and Apatow-centric comedies, while Hill directed the cult classic Observe and Report. But the two found their greatest success with this HBO show. And with season two starting up this Sunday September 26 at 10:30 pm, the very friendly Hill sat down for a half hour to talk about the show, its fans and what’s next for him and for Kenny Powers. As for the discussion, the only real spoilers are casting-based (if you don’t know who’s in the season, I guess that can be a spoiler). My interview with Jody Hill follows after the jump.

Mandate Pictures Acquires BULLIES; Based on an Original Idea from Danny McBride

by David Lane    Posted: June 16th, 2010 at 4:19 pm

Mandate Pictures has acquired Bullies, which is an original idea by Danny McBride.  According to the press release, the film will be written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul (Yes Man) and produced by Rough House Pictures – which is made up of Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, Jody Hill and Matt Reilly.  The comedy is about two brothers who have bullied people their whole life and finally get what is coming to them.  No word yet on whether McBride might star in the film, but I could totally see him playing this character.   Hit the jump for the press release:

Aziz Ansari and Danny McBride to Co-Star in Untitled Comedy

by Germain Lussier    Posted: May 10th, 2010 at 2:03 pm

Two comedic actors best known for supporting film roles and television work are teaming up to co-star on the big screen. Aziz Ansari (Funny People) and Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down) are set to co-star in an untitled comedy written by Parks and Recreations writer Harris Wittles from an original idea by Anzari and 30 Rock writer Matt Hubbard.

The plot is being kept under wraps, however, considering it’s being produced by Ansari, McBride, Wittles as well as David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express), Jody Hill (Observe & Report) and others, the film has quite the comedy pedigree behind it. It’ll be the second under a deal between Rough House (McBride, Green and Hill’s new production company) and Mandate Pictures.

Hit the jump to read about what each of the principals has coming up before this mysterious comedy sees the light of day.

Danny McBride to Star in L.A.P.I. with Jody Hill Directing

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 4th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

If you’re a fan of The Foot Fist Way, Observe and Report, or Eastbound & Down, I’m about to make you very happy.  That’s because Danny McBride and director Jody Hill have signed on to the action comedy L.A.P.I. While story details are under wraps, Variety reports McBride will play a beaten-down, hardboiled P.I.  The project is the first movie being developed by Rough House Pictures, a company being run by Hill, McBride and David Gordon Green.

While McBride and Hill are known for writing their own material, L.A.P.I. is going to be written by Michael Diliberti and Matthew Sullivan based on their own pitch. While you may not have heard of these guys, they’re a hot commodity due to two of their scripts being on the 2009 Black List, and they’re also writing the remake of Brewster’s Millions at Warner Bros.

Needless to say, anything McBride and Hill do will be on our radar, so expect plenty of updates as we get them.

UPDATE: We were just sent over the press release.  Hit the jump to read it:

EASTBOND AND DOWN DVD Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: June 28th, 2009 at 8:40 pm

One of the things I love about Danny McBride is how he variates his essential comic character. McBride usually plays one form of white trash or another but The Foot Fist Way’s Fred Simmons is different than Kenny Powers. Fred Simmons never had his lifestyle challenged, even with the Chuck “The Truck” stuff. Both men are delusional, but Fred managed to the big fish in a small pond. Kenny Powers, the main character of Eastbound and Down, was a superstar, and he’s still got the swagger way after he lost his arm, and his money. It’s a different sort of delusion, someone desperately clinging to the illusion that they’re still hot shit, which is different than someone who achieved something more than being the king of the demo. More after the jump:

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