Neighborhood Watch

New Trailer for THE WATCH Starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 23rd, 2012 at 10:37 am

A new trailer for director Akiva Schaffer’s (Hot Rod) sci-fi comedy The Watch (previously titled Neighborhood Watch) has been released.  The film stars Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller and Richard Ayoade as a group of neighbors who form a local neighborhood watch group and end up stumbling onto an alien plot to destroy the world.  This trailer is essentially an all-ages version of the red band trailer that was released a few weeks ago, with a few bits of new footage interspersed throughout; we also get our first look at the aliens.  This trailer has a few laughs, but as we saw with the red band cut the pic is a pretty hard-R so it’s hard to get a gist of the comedy when it’s cleaned up.  That said, I’m really looking forward to seeing this ensemble of great comedic talents play off of each other with the filter taken off.  Moreover, Hot Rod is wonderfully underrated and I’m eager to see Schaffer bring his brand of weird to a big commercial comedy.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer.  The film also stars Billy Crudup, Will Forte, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Nicholas Braun. The Watch opens July 27th.

New Title and Red Band Trailer for THE WATCH Starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: May 4th, 2012 at 12:03 pm

The comedy previously known as Neighborhood Watch now has a new red band trailer and a new title.  To distance itself from the Trayvon Martin case in Florida, director Akiva Schaffer’s (Hot Rod) sci-fi comedy is now simply titled The Watch.  Nevertheless, this trailer exactly what I was hoping would come out of a Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Ben Stiller team-up.  Thankfully, it appears they’re going full-R on this one based on the a high number of f-bombs and dick jokes thrown into this red band clip.  The film stars Vaughn, Hill, Stiller and Richard Ayoade as a group of neighbors who form a local watch group and end up stumbling onto an alien plot to destroy the world.

I’m a huge fan of Hot Rod, and it looks like Schaffer is bringing some of the same oddball humor to this film. The sci-fi aspect is played way up in this trailer, and I especially love how the characters react after stumbling upon an unknown alien weapon.  Hit the jump to watch the trailer.  The film also stars Billy Crudup, Will Forte, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Nicholas Braun. The Watch opens July 27th.

New Images from NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, LIFE OF PI, ICE AGE 4, and DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 3

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: April 28th, 2012 at 7:15 pm

Do you hear that?  That’s the sound of new images from four 20th Century Fox movies:

• Neighborhood Watch – Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade star in the alien invasion comedy.
• Life of Pi – Ang Lee is directing the adaptation of Yann Martel‘s fantasy adventure novel with Suraj Sharma in the lead.
• Ice Age: Continental Drift – Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, and Queen Latifah reprise their characters in the fourth entry in the animated series.
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn, and Robert Capron are back to depict more of the awkward adventures of middle schooler Greg Heffley

Images after the break.

20th Century Fox CinemaCon Recap: Ang Lee’s LIFE OF PI, TAKEN 2, NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, PROMETHEUS, and More

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: April 26th, 2012 at 1:50 pm

At this morning’s 20th Century Fox CinemaCon 2012 panel, Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos (Co-Chairman Fox Filmed Entertainment) world premiered footage from all their upcoming releases and talked about what they have coming up in the future.  While I was excited to see more of Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus, and Liam Neeson kicking a lot of ass in Taken 2, the real surprise was Ang Lee‘s Life of Pi.  Called unfilmmable by anyone that’s read Yann Martel‘s 2001 novel about a boy and a tiger that get stranded at sea, the unfinished footage that Fox world premiered today was nothing short of stunning, and it was easily the highlight of their presentation.  While you might have wondered if Ang Lee could pull it off, based on what I saw today, Life of Pi is an early contender for Best Picture and all the other year end awards.  Hit the jump for more.

Poster Round-Up: ON THE ROAD, ROCK OF AGES, ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: April 19th, 2012 at 5:22 pm

We’ve got a few new posters to share with you this evening.  Briefly:

• On the Road – New character posters showcasing Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund from director Walter Salles’ adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel.
• Rock of Ages – An ensemble poster from the 80s rock musical starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, and Russell Brand.
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – A new poster from the blood-filled twist on the story of our nation’s 16th President.  Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, and Anthony Mackie star.
• Neighborhood Watch – A new poster for the sci-fi comedy starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade as bored men who join a neighborhood watch group for fun.

Hit the jump to check out the new posters.

Teaser Trailer for NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill [Updated with Images and UK Poster]

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: February 29th, 2012 at 11:20 am

Just the other day we got a look at a teaser poster for the comedy Neighborhood Watch, and now a teaser trailer has hit the web. The film stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade who are in over their heads as a group of neighbors who form a local watch group and end up stumbling onto an alien plot to destroy the world. This trailer is very much a teaser, as it’s mostly just the four leads riding around in a minivan blasting Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. As if the cast wasn’t enough to entice me to see Neighborhood Watch, The Lonely Island member and Hot Rod director Akiva Schaffer is at the helm. If this movie is even half as goofy and twisted as Hot Rod, I think we’ll be in for a good time.

Hit the jump to check out the teaser. The film also stars Billy Crudup, Will Forte, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Nicholas Braun. Neighborhood Watch opens July 27th. [Update: We've added images and the UK poster]

First Teaser Poster for NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, and Jonah Hill

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 27th, 2012 at 9:29 pm

As Steve was walking out of a screening tonight, he noticed the teaser poster for Neighborhood Watch up on the wall and quickly snapped some pictures to show you guys.  It’s a slick one-sheet, opting for a subtle tweak of the suspicious silhouette on the familiar Neighborhood Watch logo.  The sign itself is riddled with bullet holes and covered in a goo that indicates just how over far Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade are in over their heads as a group of neighbors who form a local watch group and end up stumbling onto an alien plot to destroy the world.

This happens to be one of two teaser posters that we know about, so look for the official release of both designs soon.  In the meantime, hit the jump for a first look at the teaser poster.

Update: We’ve been provided with the official poster in high resolution. It’s after the jump

Set Photos from NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, LOVELACE, DOG FIGHT, and FILTH

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 23rd, 2012 at 9:03 pm

In this edition of “Photos from the Set,” we have:

• Neighborhood Watch – Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade star as a group of neighbors who form a local watch group and end up stumbling onto an alien plot to destroy the world.
• Lovelace – Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgard star as Linda Lovelace and her abusive husband Chuck Traynor in the biopic about the star at the center of the porn phenomenon Deep Throat.
• Dog Fight – Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis star as rival politicians running for a congressional seat in a small North Carolina district.
• Filth – James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming star in the adaptation of the Irvine Welsh novel about a malicious Scottish police officer.

Hit the jump for the set photos and more info on each movie.

Renowned Prosthetics Actor Doug Jones Cast as a Party-Crashing Alien in NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: October 7th, 2011 at 5:57 pm

Some of Hollywood’s most iconic practically-achieved characters as of late have been brought to life by Doug Jones (Hellboy).  Probably most well known for his portrayal of Abe Sapien in the Hellboy movies, Jones has also played the Silver Surfer in the Fantastic Four sequel, as well as characters in Pan’s Labyrinth, Doom and Men in Black. Jones will next star as a party-crashing alien in Fox’s Neighborhood Watch, the Akiva Schaffer (Hot Rod) directed comedy starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill.

The plot of Neighborhood Watch is about a group of dads who join the watch to escape the pressures of their families, only to stumble upon an intergalactic plot to destroy the world. Hit the jump for more.

Casting Call: Jaimie Alexander Joins Arnold Schwarzenegger in THE LAST STAND; Billy Crudup Up for NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: October 4th, 2011 at 4:03 pm

Jaimie Alexander, who played Sif in this summer’s Thor, has landed herself a prime role opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Governator’s comeback film The Last Stand. Directed by Kim Jee-Woon, the film centers on the Sheriff of a sleepy border town who is the only thing that stands in the way of a drug kingpin headed for Mexico. Variety reports that Alexander will play “a beautiful cop under Schwarzenegger’s command” who strikes up a romance with an officer played by Rodrigo Santoro. Peter Stormare and Zach Gilford also star in the pic, which is set to begin shooting later this month in Albuquerque. Alexander is expected to return for Thor 2. The Last Stand opens January 18th, 2013.

Hit the jump for casting news on the Ben Stiller comedy Neighborhood Watch.

Shawn Levy Talks NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH; Says ‘It’s Hands-Down Top Three Funniest Scripts I’ve Ever Read’

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: October 1st, 2011 at 3:57 pm

The more I hear about Neighborhood Watch, the more I think it’s going to be one of the best films of 2012.  First, it’s being directed by Akiva Schaffer (Hot Rod), who makes up one third of The Lonely Island and is very funny.  Second, it’s loaded with an all-star cast made up of Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Nicholas Braun.  Finally, the R rated script has been completely rewritten by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express), with producer Shaw Levy telling me at the Real Steel press day, “It’s hands-down top three funniest scripts I’ve ever read.”

Hit the jump for more info and quotes on the project.

Seth Rogen Talks 50/50, the GREEN HORNET Sequel, MY MOTHER’S CURSE, SETH AND JAY VS. THE APOCALYPSE and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: September 29th, 2011 at 11:19 am

The dramedy 50/50, directed by Jonathan Levine (The Wackness), is one of my favorite films of 2011.  Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Anjelica Huston, the film is based on screenwriter Will Reiser’s real-life battle with cancer and focuses on the twists, turns, shock, sadness, and comedy he experienced along the way.

While at the Toronto Film Festival, I was able to speak with Rogen about the movie.  We talked about balancing the humor with telling an honest and real story, was it tough to get made, karaoke, what’s the last video game he played, and the great reaction at TIFF.  In addition, Rogen also gave me updates on the Green Hornet sequel, My Mother’s Curse,  Neighborhood Watch, and he tells me that he’s going to direct Seth and Jay vs. the Apocalypse this February.  Hit the jump to watch.

Jonah Hill Talks MONEYBALL and NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: September 19th, 2011 at 4:21 pm

At this year’s Toronto Film Festival, I was able to talk with Jonah Hill about director Bennett Miller’s Moneyball.  Based on the non-fiction book by Michael Lewis, the film stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane, the general manager of Oakland Athletics who helped usher in a statistical revolution to professional baseball, with Hill playing a fictional character based on Paul DePodesta.  The fantastic cast also includes Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Stephen Bishop, Kathryn Morris, and Chris Pratt as Scott Hatteberg.

During the interview, Hill talked about working with Pitt, what kind of research he did to prepare for the film, if acting in Moneyball was different than acting in comedies, what the last year has been like as he’s appeared in a number of high profile projects, Neighborhood Watch (which also stars Ben Still and Vince Vaughn), and his intention to do another drama next year.  Hit the jump to watch.

Will Forte Joins NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

by Jason Barr    Posted: September 15th, 2011 at 4:11 pm

Saturday Night Live alum Will Forte has joined the ever-expanding cast of director Akiva Schaffer’s (who has written and acted on SNL and directed Hot Rod) comedy Neighborhood Watch. Forte will star alongside Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Nicholas Braun and Richard Ayoade in the pic which centers on a group of adult males who form a neighborhood watch group for the real purpose of enjoying nag-free male-bonding time (an admirable endeavor, no doubt). As the story goes, the group inadvertently uncovers a plot to destroy the world.

THR reports that Forte will play a character named Sergeant Bressman in the film, but stops short of giving further details on the role. In addition to Neighborhood Watch, the actor also has roles opposite Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester and Susan Sarandon in the comedy I Hate You, Dad which is due out on June 15th, 2012. He can also be seen in Rock of Ages alongside Tom Cruise and Bryan Cranston on June 1st, 2012 and has a part in one of my own most anticipated films, Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, with Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, John C. Reilly, Jason Sudeikis and more. Neighborhood Watch opens on July 27th, 2012.

Gerald McRaney Joins DJANGO UNCHAINED; Richard Ayoade Picks Up NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

by Jason Barr    Posted: September 13th, 2011 at 5:50 pm

We have a couple of casting bits to bring you tonight. First up, The A-Team‘s Gerald McRaney is in negotiations to join Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming western Django Unchained. If the deal goes through, McRaney (who’ll always be Major Dad to me) will become part of a cast that already includes Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Kevin Costner. Variety scooped the news of McRaney’s negotiations, while stopping short of divulging any details regarding his potential role. For those unaware, Django Unchained tells the story of a freed slave (Foxx) who undergoes training with a German bounty hunter (Waltz) in preparation of saving his wife from their evil owner (DiCaprio). The film is scheduled to begin shooting in November in time for its scheduled December 25th, 2012 release.

Next up, Richard Ayoade (writer/director Submarine) has joined the cast of director Akiva Schaffer’s (Hot Rod) comedy Neighborhood Watch. Ayoade will star alongside Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Rosemarie DeWitt and Nicholas Braun in the pic which follows a group of neighbors who uncover a conspiracy in the process of “crimestopping.” Although they don’t offer any details regarding Ayoade’s role, Variety reports that Chris Tucker was also being eyed for the part at one point. Neighborhood Watch hits theaters on July 27th, 2012.

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