Or maybe they’re just Cro-magnon, primitive hunters and gatherers whatever. The biblical comedy “Year One,” starring Jack Black and Michael Cera has a poster. We read the script earlier this year, it’s cute and funny. A harmless, but probably fun addition to the Judd Apatow-related comedy universe (he’s just producing; script review soon). Here are the details we wrote earlier this year.
“The Year One” – Columbia – Dir. Harold Ramis
Synopsis: When two cavemen are exiled from their tribe in ancient times, they team to make it through the rough terrain of extremely ancient history together.
What You Need To Know: While this is another big ’09 comedy from the Judd Apatow brand, he’s only serving as a producer, and has no creative input, leaving that to the still-vital Ramis, who also co-wrote with Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (“The Office”). Jack Black and Michael Cera are the leads, and early test screenings have been positive, suggesting this is more of the “Walk Hard” school of genre parody without actual shot-by-shot mockery. Also, David Cross and Paul Rudd play Cain and Abel.
Release date: June 19th, 2009
Here’s the teaser-trailer superbowl spot from earlier this year. [Poster via Firstshowing]