Coming off the hugely successful opening weekend for Knocked Up, Judd Apatow (the new Hollywood comedy golden boy) has announced that he will produce a Harold Ramis (yes, Egon from Transformers) comedy. Year One will star Jack Black and Michael Cera (Superbad). Owen Wilson is attached as executive producer (what that means exactly, we don’t know). But Owen has some experience in this area, having been involved with You Me and Dupree, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore and As Good as it Gets.
Ramis co-wrote the script with The Office scribes Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg. So what is the new movie about? Well… ummm its about the first year of… okay, we don’t have a clue. As it turns out, the studio wants the plot details to be kept under wraps (for now). But our spys will be on the lookout.
Ramis has written (and or directed) a lot of classic comedies including: National Lampoon’s Animal House, Meatballs, Stripes, Ghostbusters, Back to School, Caddyshack, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Groundhog Day, and Analyze This. He’s obviously not good with the art of the sequel (Analyze That and Ghostbusters II being textbook examples of how not to make one). But as of recent years, he’s produced a bunch of lackluster efforts including The Ice Harvest, BeDazzled, Multiplicity, and Stuart Saves His Family.
June 4th, 2007 at 5:50 am
Not to be the guy who breaks balls, but Egon from The Ghostbusters, not Transformers. I think he might be the only Egon in the history of movies, but for the younger folks who might not have seen it yet…
June 4th, 2007 at 8:32 am
That’s what I was coming to say Scott, and since I’m here I’ll say that there is no “the” in front of Ghostbusters. :-P
Somebody has Transformers on their mind though, it seems!
June 4th, 2007 at 10:20 am
I didn’t realize I put “The” in there! I use it all the time being a smart-alec. Kinda of like “Oh no! That turned me the gay!” When I read the post earlier, I kinda laughed to myself because it sounded odd. THE Transformers stuck out.
June 4th, 2007 at 4:54 pm
…Um both of you said it already. Damn you.