Slow News Day: Professor Jables, Weeklong Swim, No-Name Nowhere Director

ITEM: Jack Black and the Acceptable TV crew have added more hilarious amateur filmmaking tutorials to their website, concluding with a depressing guide to rejection, complete with Heat Vision and Jack reference. By the way, if you haven't been watching Acceptable TV, you should really get started.

ITEM: Adult Swim is expanding to a full week of 11-6 programming, which will make room for more new shows like the previously reported Fat Guy Stuck in Internet (formerly known as Gemberling), a full season of Lucy, Daughter of the Devil, and the long-developing Superjail. Meanwhile, the second seasons of The Boondocks and Metalocalypse are coming this summer, and new episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Squidbillies, and (if finished in time) Venture Bros. this fall.

ITEM: Karey Kirkpatrick has signed on to direct Eddie Murphy in the promising-without-Eddie-Murphy Ed Solomon/Chris Matheson script NowhereLand. Kirkpatrick is probably best known for butchering the script to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, but he also penned the super-affable Chicken Run, and his offbeat cereal-themed directorial debut Flakes is getting pretty good notices in its current festival run, so let's say his involvement pushes NowhereLand further towards the "yes" end of "maybe."

Interview Roundup

The last few news days have been too slow even for our Slow News Day department. The Coen Bros. and George Clooney have announced new dark comedies with little in the way of plot or cast, Les Claypool's Electric Apricot, Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show, and a few other long-wrapped features were picked up for distribution, the Simpsons are getting their own damn ride, and that's been about it. All the comedy mainstays must be out promoting their current projects instead of making new ones, so why not check out this bevy of recent interviews?



The AV Club talks to Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost, keepers of last weekend's biggest per-screen box office numbers, about 138 different cop movies and how to act like a monkey.

Michael Showalter has an awkward phone call with Human Giant.

CHUD talks to Paul Rudd and Ken Marino about those pesky State DVDs and imaginary comedy battles.

The AV Club talks to Master Shake, Frylock, Meatwad, and Carl about peanut butter, mimes, and condoms.

People asks Adam McKay how to get your daughter to curse like a sailor, and then has a brief e-mail dialogue with the Landlord herself.

Gothamist talks to Jon Benjamin about his new Super Deluxe cartoon, his formative years, and "fuck powder."

Slow News Day: Zombies, Ninjas, Aliens, Yada Yada Yada

ITEM: The fine folks at Toonzone report that Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am will hit PS2s this fall. Not much else is known, except that it involves Master Shake and Meatwad wreaking havoc on Frylock's distinguished golf course, and that it will be a character-packed racing game akin to Mario Kart.

ITEM: Ed Helms will play one of the tiny alien commanders who overtake Eddie Murphy's body in the upcoming Starship Dave. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Banks will play Murphy's human love interest. You should probably hedge your bets on this one since it's coming from the infamously obnoxious Norbit director Brian Robbins, but keep in mind that Mystery Science Theater 3000 vet Bill Corbett wrote the script.

ITEM: TV Shows on DVD is "99% sure" that the eighth season of Seinfeld will be released on June 5. It's the first season without Larry David, but don't let that stop you; it features man hands, yada yada, Kenny Rogers' Chicken Roaster, the muffin tops, and more.

Slow News Day: Bateman Joins Juno, Reno Cops Speak Out, Stewie's New Show, Fatboy Trailer, Zahn Cleans Up, Aqua Teen Poster

ITEM: Jason Bateman has joined fellow Arrested Development refugee Michael Cera in Juno, Jason Reitman's follow-up to Thank You For Smoking. The film stars Ellen Page as a the titular character, a teenage girl whose life becomes endlessly complicated when she finds herself pregnant with Cera's child. Bateman will play the husband of Jennifer Garner, who is interested in adopting the bastard child. Allison Janney (of The West Wing, Strangers with Candy, and Drop Dead Gorgeous) has signed on to play Juno's stepmother.

ITEM: Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant, who have been only appearing in character as Jim Dangle and Travis Junior to promote Reno 911!: Miami, recently dropped the act to talk to The Onion AV Club about the final days of The State, their improv methods, and how to keep Comedy Central from harrassing you. Most interestingly, they finally speak out (for the first time?) about their non-illustrious side careers doctoring screenplays for major shitfests such as Taxi and The Pacifier, revealing that somewhere, there exists a totally hilarious first draft of Herbie: Fully Loaded.

ITEM: Variety reports that FOX is developing an online Flash series for MySpace featuring Family Guy's Stewie and Brian as talk show hosts interviewing real celebrities. What a novel idea. The first show will premiere on Oscar night with guest Rob Corddry, promoting his new sitcom The Winner, also written and developed by Guy scribe Seth Macfarlane.

ITEM: Ain't it Cool has posted a bizarre and not especially funny trailer (if that's even what it's supposed to be) for Run, Fatboy, Run, a new comedy starring Simon Pegg, written by Michael Ian Black, and directed by David Schwimmer.

ITEM: Steve Zahn will join Alan Arkin, Amy Adams, and Emily Blunt in Sunshine Cleaning, a dark comedy about a crime scene clean-up company.

ITEM: We think the new poster for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is pretty fucking awesome.

The Mooninite in the Room

The Comedyblog tries to make a habit of not reporting news that you'll also see on any other website, but it feels a little strange to not mention today's top news story since it involves our 5th most antipated comedy of 2007, and one of our most frequently discussed topics, the Aqua Teen movie.

So to compromise, we'll throw up the funniest but least-known aspect so far, which is the off-topic press conference given by guerilla advertisers Peter Berdovsky and Sean Stevens.



Somehow, we're guessing this movie might be bumped up from a limited release. You can't buy this kind of publicity.

Mythical Ancient Aqua Teen Trailer Tomb

The official teaser trailer for Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters is now online. Between the title and the marketing materials, it's safe to say that someone at First Look Pictures is either extremely tolerant, or wants to lose their job, because this shit is beyond weird.

Check it out over at Worst Previews.

Look for Theaters in theaters this March.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Finally Assembled

Just days after rounding out the top five in the Comedyblog's 30 most anticipated comedies of 2007, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie has finally set a definite release through First Look Pictures, after many months of uncertainty and bogus announcements. The film will open this March in around 800 theaters, pretty standard for a limited release, and will obviously expand from there depending on its success. As previously announced, the film is written, directed, and produced by its long-time showrunners Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro, features all the show's regular voice talent, guest stars Bruce Campbell and Rush drummer Neil Peart, and involves the origin of the anthropomorphized food items and their involvement with an dangerous, immortal piece of exercise equipment.

The only thing still in need of clearing up is the film's title, which was originally announced as The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Film For Theaters, later shorted to Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie, and now seems to be completely up in the air.

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