Jake Szymanski, who directed HBO's just-aired mockumentary Tour de Pharmacy, will helm The Eggplant Emoji for Netflix.
Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, the creators of digital animated series Gentlemen Lobsters, wrote the script for the ballsy project, which has Ben Stiller and Nicky Weinstock producing via their Red Hour Films banner. Ross Dinerstein is also producing.
Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck, the creators and stars of the hit Comedy Central show Workaholics, are also producing the dark comedy.
The plot is throbbing with comedic potential: When a teenager accidentally cuts off his penis during a camping...
Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, the creators of digital animated series Gentlemen Lobsters, wrote the script for the ballsy project, which has Ben Stiller and Nicky Weinstock producing via their Red Hour Films banner. Ross Dinerstein is also producing.
Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck, the creators and stars of the hit Comedy Central show Workaholics, are also producing the dark comedy.
The plot is throbbing with comedic potential: When a teenager accidentally cuts off his penis during a camping...
- 7/10/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a curious development, Netflix has beaten out several other broadcasters in a fierce bidding war for The Eggplant Emoji – a new, dark comedy from Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider (Gentlemen Lobsters). The project will be a co-production between Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films, and the talent behind Workaholics – Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck.
The Eggplant Emoji looks to be a move on the part of Netflix to expand its original comedy slate in the direction of broader humour than it perhaps has been noted for in the past. While few details have been confirmed, it’s reported that the writers will seek to adopt a tone that is similar to Superbad – featuring R-rated shenanigans against a backdrop of male friendship and bonding. At the current time, the only specific element of the plot that is known is that the story will involve a teenage...
The Eggplant Emoji looks to be a move on the part of Netflix to expand its original comedy slate in the direction of broader humour than it perhaps has been noted for in the past. While few details have been confirmed, it’s reported that the writers will seek to adopt a tone that is similar to Superbad – featuring R-rated shenanigans against a backdrop of male friendship and bonding. At the current time, the only specific element of the plot that is known is that the story will involve a teenage...
- 1/27/2017
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Netflix has come out on top in a competitive bidding war for Eggplant Emoji, a new film from Ben Stiller and the Workaholics crew. Penned by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, who produce the bizarro web series Gentlemen Lobsters for GQ and Seeso, the film is about a group of teens working to overcome the usual adolescent problems: girls, peer pressure, and one of their members getting his dick chopped off in the middle of a camping trip. “The intent is to make a comedy in the vein of Superbad, something that focused on friendship but throbbed with insane situations and R-rated language,” described The Hollywood Reporter, using up several of the better penis puns, and forcing the rest of us to scrabble in the dirt for material.
Stiller will produce the film, along with Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck, all from Comedy Central’s Workaholics...
Stiller will produce the film, along with Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck, all from Comedy Central’s Workaholics...
- 1/27/2017
- by William Hughes
- avclub.com
Netflix has risen to the occasion to win a bidding war for The Eggplant Emoji, a spec by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, the creators of digital animated series Gentlemen Lobsters.
Ben Stiller and Nicky Weinstock will produce the dark comedy via their Red Hour Films banner. Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck, the creators and stars of the hit Comedy Central show Workaholics, are also on board to produce.
The plot is anything if not fully formed: When a teenager accidentally cuts off his penis during a camping trip, he and his friends rush to save...
Ben Stiller and Nicky Weinstock will produce the dark comedy via their Red Hour Films banner. Blake Anderson, Adam Devine, Anders Holm and Kyle Newacheck, the creators and stars of the hit Comedy Central show Workaholics, are also on board to produce.
The plot is anything if not fully formed: When a teenager accidentally cuts off his penis during a camping trip, he and his friends rush to save...
- 1/26/2017
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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