Due March 21, “Drillbit Taylor,” yet another Judd Apatow produced comedy, is around the corner.
This one however seems a little bit more PG and kid-friendly (though the trailer has it’s decent jokes too, but don’t look for an R-Rated one).
Starring Owen Wilson, ‘Taylor’ teams writing/acting threat Seth Rogen with “Undeclared” writer Kristofor Brown based off an original idea by the veritable godfather of teen comedies, John Hughes (“The Breakfast Club,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” etc.).
The gist is this: two loser teenagers, (relative unknowns, Troy Gentile – who doubles as chubby young Jack Black in “Nacho Libre” – and Nate Hartley) hire a bodyguard who unbeknownst to them is an adult loser, Owen Wilson (Drillbit Taylor) to keep them from their high school bullies (Alex Frost and Josh Peck – who later this year has a breakout role in the hip-hop heavy film, “The Wackness”).
The film is directed by Steve Brill who had a small part in “Knocked-Up” and is good friends with Adam Sandler, who in turn is good friends with Apatow (see ‘Zohan’ later this year). The film also stars Apatow’s wife, the charming Leslie Mann and potential comedy break-out star Danny R. McBride.
JoBlo has an exclusive clip from the film which you can see here below. After Owen Wilson’s alleged suicide attempt it appeared as if it might be difficult to market this film, but the campaign has shifted its focus back on its star, as it all seems to have blown over, and all seems well (‘Drillbit’ is not the first, post-alleged suicide attempt film, “The Darjeeling Limited” was released at the same time all that brouhaha happened). It’s debatable whether this film will be funny to adults, but our headline cribbed from the trailer makes us lol.
Watch: “Drillbit Taylor” scene
Trailer: “Drillbit Taylor”