Now while we'll be pulling for the low budget little indie films, like Transformers, I think we all know this to be the summer of the tv explosion. What am I talking about? Well four shows, that are utterly brilliant, which makes me wonder how two of them are even still on tv, are gonna take over the box office. Okay, so they probably won't be as successful as Spiderman the Third at World's End of the Pheonix, is you base on money grossed, but trust me, they will shine. This summer seems to be missing the Frat Pack of Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, the Wilsons and company, but they have helped pave the way for a new wave of big screen talent.But,what is this...new wave, you may ask? Well it's the brilliance of Scrubs, Arrested Development, The Office (American version)and Freaks and Geeks, with a hint of SNL and Undeclared that'll keep you in stitches this summer.
May 11th, which is right around the corner, we get hit with The EX starring Zach Braff from Scrubs and Jason Bateman from Valerie, the Hogan Family and of course Arrested Development. Braff describes it as "a mesh between the sensibilities of Arrested Development and Scrubs." Well if that's true, The EX could be one of the funniestmovie all-time, right up there with Gung-Ho and Fletch. It also has SNLs Fred Armisen and Amy Poehler,as well as the highly entertaining Donal Logue.
Of course we'd be remiss if we neglected Shrek the Third. What?! Yes folks the newest installment of Shrek features The Office's John Krasinski as Lancelot, SNLs Amy Poehler as Snow White, Maya Rudolph as Rapunzel, SNL alum Cheri Oteri as Sleeping Beauty, and Freaks and Geeks' Seth Rogen as a a ship captain. All aboard? I know I am.
But our beloved Jim from the Office, is not done there folks! On July fourth he'll have a summer movie role, where we will not only hear him, but also see him. Krasinski joins Mandy Moore in License to Wed. He'll be joined by Office friends Angela Kinsey (Angela), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin), and Mindy Kaling (Kelly) in this one as he takes on wacky minister played by the incomparable Robin Williams.
Well, Jill already touched on SNL's Will Forte and ADs Will Arnett in The Brothers Solomon. It also stars SNL's Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, along with the Office's Jenna Fisher.
Next you have August's Superbad starring Arrested Development's Michael Cera. He will team up with that fat kid from Accepted as well as SNL's Bill Hader (he's everywhere!) and Freaks and Geeks' Seth Rogen. Take a look:
And then Rogen takes on a starring rolein Knocked Up with the Tantalizing Kristin Heigl from Grey's Anatomy. This one features fellow Freaks and Geeks' alum Jason Segel (currently Marshall on How I Met Your Mother), Undeclared's Jay Baruchel, The Office's BJ Novak,and SNL's Kristen Wiig and a brief appearance by Steve the Pirate Alan Tudyk, who of course was Ann's (her?) father in AD.
So there'ssomeof the movies, the real pop culturists will should be wtaching out for.
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Hmmm, is it a coincidence that every single one of those movies are in my excel spreadsheet of movie release dates? I think not. Good to know I'm a real real pop culturist."
Good Lord, Pop-Pop (Culture) in the Attic should be required reading for our nation's children. How else will they know about these movies?
Excellent run-down, Will. I feel like a much more informed viewer than I was when I started reading.
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