There’s no doubt that 2016 has been the year of hype. TLOP, VIEWS, and now Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. The Lonely Island written movie, set to satirise the fuck out of Justin Bieber and every other young male singer and boyband, has been getting tonnes of attention since it was announced back in March. Rightfully so too, with a cast that includes Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows, Maya Rudolph, and a slew of huge and so far unannounced figures within the music industry.
Today, the next trailer for the mockumentary has been put up, giving us a better idea of just how far the Lonely Island boys are going to go. Following the failure of his latest record, with cover art reminiscent of a lot of German WWII propaganda, Conner (Andy Samberg) goes full gimmick to win back the love of his fans. Magic tricks, Adam Levine holograms and an LED head for his DJ (no doubt a pisstake at Deadmau5) backfire horribly, and Conner is forced to return to his boyband roots. We also get a glimpse of Seal in a cameo role, before he’s brutally mauled to death by wolves. Yikes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoZB6jsb9qY
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is set to be one of the biggest comedies of the year – with the Lonely Island thankfully making their return to both writing for screen, and parody music. It remains to be seen how stars like Biebs are going to take the pretty brutal depiction of their characters, but following his cameo in Zoolander 2, maybe we’ll even be seeing him on screen? Time will tell – see it June 3rd.
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The previously untitled full length project from The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) has just been given a full title and movie poster. With an undeniable Justin Bieber-meets-Jaden-Smith vibe to it.
Full disclosure: I actually had no idea Smith featured on Bieber’s Never Say Never until I looked up their names together, I just thought it sounded like a mantra they might both enjoy. Happy coincidence? Still not sure, it’s a super cringe song, and I love the Biebs. I digress. Andy Samberg announced on Jimmy Kimmel Live overnight that the Judd Apatow and Rodney Rothman produced film is titled Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Written by The Lonely Island trio, the hilariously topical movie follows a singer-slash-rapper, Conner4Real (played by Samberg and pictured on the poster) after releasing his failure of a sophomore album and eventually returning to his former boyband.
Also set to star Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows and Maya Rudolph, Popstar… is promising cameos from “many of the biggest names in comedy and music.” It is one of two upcoming projects the trio are said to be working on. The second is an upcoming Fox sketch series titled Party Over Here. Both projects come following some time off from the Island, with each member doing their own, wonderful thing. Samberg has been starring as Jake Peralta in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the season one finale of which Schaffer directed while Taccone appeared in the final season of Parks and Recreation and was also an executive producer of the wonderful film Diary Of A Teenage Girl, which came out last year.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is out June 3rd, and can someone please get me a print of that poster big enough to take up an entire wall? Thanks.
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The trio known as The Lonely Island, who brought you such classics like Jizzed In My Pants and I Just Had Sex, have reportedly confirmed that they will star in a spoof music documentary called Conner4real.
The movie centres around a washed up rapped whose latest album bombs, forcing him to do the unthinkable: reunite with his former boy band to do a concert.
Obviously the film aims to take the piss out of “fluffy music documentaries” like Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never and Katy Perry’s Part of Me, and features such talents as Sarah Silverman, Imogen Poots, and Saturday Night Live Alumnus Tim Meadows. Meadows will play the rapper’s manager, Silverman his long-suffering publicist, and Poots his love interest.
All three members of The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone) will star, with Judd Apatow (The 40-year-old virgin and Anchorman) serving as the film’s executive producer. Schaffer and Taccone will also have roles directing. Production began a few weeks ago in Los Angeles and Conner4Real is expected to be released sometime in 2016.
Check out one of the crude hits that made The Lonely Island famous below:
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