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Broken Lizard Plans 'Super Troopers' Sequel, Brian Cox Expected To Return

13 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

I'm a huge fan of Broken Lizard, so much so that I'll even defend the widely panned "Club Dread" until I'm blue in the face. But like most lovers of the comedy troupe, I'm most at home with "Super Troopers," their glorious highway cop movie filled with pranks, schemes, ugly truck drivers, Shenanigans and tons of hilarity.

Given my affinity for that movie, I'm understandably psyched about today's news that a "Super Troopers" sequel is officially in the works. During an interview with Movie Cultists to promote the upcoming film "The Slammin' Salmon," the Broken Lizard gang offered a quick update on the much hoped-for sequel.

"We have the financing," said "Super Troopers" director and star Jay Chandrasekhar. "So we're going to try to make a deal with Fox."

"We're like, three drafts into it," added Steve Lemme, who played the overly aggressive Mac in the film. "It's funny, because »

- Josh Wigler

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First Trailer for Broken Lizard’s ‘The Slammin Salmon’

9 November 2009 2:15 PM, PST | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

The comedic team of Broken Lizard has made it’s way into the hearts of many moviegoers over the past 8 years since their wide release Super Troopers in 2001. Since then, they have had some hits, such as Beerfest, and some flops, such as Club Dread. After seeing this newest trailer for The Slammin’ Salmon, it may be safe to say that we’re looking at the troupe’s next hit.

The film is about a retired boxer-turned restaurant owner who is indebted to the mob and issues a contest to his staff to see who can make the most money in an evening. Of course, his staff is made up of the Broken Lizard regulars, and hilarity ensues from there.

The film stars the regular cast of characters, with Kevin Heffernan taking the director’s chair this time. Also joining in the fun time is Michael Clarke Duncan, Jim Gaffigan, »

- Matt Raub

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The Slammin' Salmon Trailer: Broken Lizard Serves Up Funny

8 November 2009 8:38 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

I.m about to lavish Broken Lizard.s latest movie, The Slammin. Salmon, with a ridiculous amount of praise. Before I do that, a positioning statement: I.m not one of those deluded Broken Lizard fans who humps everything they do as if it.s the second coming of Monty Python. Nor am I one of those weak-kneed bloggers who pretends to like Club Dread, just because Broken Lizard is friendly towards the online press. I loved the hell out of the first ten minutes of Super Troopers and have been waiting, ever since, for them to do something else that makes me laugh. Here it is. The Slammin. Salmon isn.t just the funniest thing Broken Lizard has ever done, it.s one of the funniest things I.ve seen all year. It.s consistently hilarious, every moment.s a laugh, and it easily trumps Waiting as the best »

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News & Notes: Steve Carell, Slammin’ Salmon, Shattered Union

27 October 2009 11:40 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

There is plenty of news and whatnots happening in the world of film this evening, so we thought we'd throw together a quick round of News & Notes, so that you can keep it all straight. We start, as we always do, with something mildly interesting. As per my newly fashioned format, the first few words of each item serve as the link to the source. Just give them a click to read more. Steve Carell is working on a new comedy for Warner Bros., entitled Missing Links. He will play a golfer who joins fellow municipal course schlubs to take a shot at the country club down the road. Very original. (THR) The Cup of Tears is a new sci-fi samurai flick that we picked up via our friends over at First Showing. It is more than a little badass, mixing the aesthetic of 300 with the badassery that Ninja Assassin could've only hoped to achieve. (First »

- Neil Miller

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Anchor Bay Lands Broken Lizard's 'Slammin' Salmon'

27 October 2009 1:03 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Fans of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard won't have to wait much longer to see the group's latest film, The Slammin' Salmon. Variety reports that Anchor Bay has acquired theatrical rights and will open the film on Dec. 11. No word yet on how wide the release will be, but all of Anchor Bay's previous titles (including Spread and While She Was Out) have been fairly limited.

Broken Lizard's first film, Super Troopers, premiered at Sundance in 2001 and earned a cult following when it hit theaters a year later. But the follow-up efforts, Club Dread and Beerfest, failed to recapture the magic. Slammin' Salmon, which premiered at Slamdance this year and subsequently played at South By Southwest, is a return to form. It's about a boxer-turned-restaurateur who bullies his waitstaff into a contest to see who can sell the most food in one night, all to help him repay a »

- Eric D. Snider

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Broken Lizard’s The Slammin’ Salmon Will Finally Hit Theaters This December

25 October 2009 9:11 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Anchor Bay Films is going to get a pass from me for a while because they picked up Broken Lizard’s newest film, “The Slammin’ Salmon” and will distribute it to theaters this December.  Every time I saw an update from Bl on Facebook, I would wonder when I would finally get to see the movie which premiered at Slamdance this past January.  Now I get to see it before the end of the year and I’m beyond excited.  Hit the jump for details.

Some people don’t enjoy the comedy of Broken Lizard but I try not to associate with these people.  While I still think their breakout film “Super Troopers” is their best, I also have “Club Dread” and “Beerfest” sitting on my shelf.  But “Super Troopers” is one of those rare comedies that only gets better with every viewing.  While it’s unfair for me to »

- Matt Goldberg

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Box office preview: 'Zombieland' to dominate

1 October 2009 3:48 PM, PDT | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »

Horror comedies have been a mixed bag at the box office. You have the good: Ghostbusters and the Scary Movie franchise. You have the bad: Snakes on a Plane and Eight-Legged Freaks. And then you have the ugly: Jennifer's Body and Club Dread. In the case of this weekend, Zombieland seems destined to join the good. The film -- starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin as the last four humans stuck on a zombie-invested planet -- has been generating incredible buzz and is sure to win the weekend. How high it goes will depend on how »

- Nicole Sperling

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Grace (Blu-ray Review)

24 September 2009 1:55 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

If I may get a little incestuous for a moment… It’s always nice to see filmmakers whom Fango gave an early boost making good, and the recently released Blu-ray and DVD of Grace showcase three directors who were part of our Blood Drive short-film compilation discs. Not only are there Means To An End creators Paul Solet, who wrote and helmed Grace, and Jake Hamilton, who chronicled its trip to the Sundance Film Festival, but also Mainstream’s Adam Barnick, who put together its exemplary behind-the-scenes package.

The multiple featurettes demonstrate that this story of a very unusual birth and the unsettling events that follow was a (no pun intended) labor of love, and it’s also clear from the conviction with which Solet spins his weird tale that it was a passion project for him. First excerpted by Solet as a six-minute short of the same title, the »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)

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Jay Chandrasekhar Locked and Loaded for Shotgun Wedding

15 September 2009 10:57 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Jay Chandrasekhar, of Broken Lizard, has made a decent name for himself as a cult comedy director. After he had the hilarious Super Troopers under his belt (we'll just ignore Club Dread out of courtesy), he made the jump to a more mainstream comedy in the 2005 bland and uninspired Dukes of Hazzard. Luckily he followed it up with another worthy cult comedy in Beerfest. As of late, Chandrasekhar has spent a lot of time as a gun for hire directing episodes for Universal television series like "Psych" and "Chuck." Variety now reports his return to features directing Shotgun Wedding, comedy he co-wrote with David Gilcreast. The low budget comedy follows the traveling antics of a bachelor when he asks his friends to join him on a weekend trip for his wedding (uh oh, sounds like The Hangover). Aside from the story details, I'm sure we can expect that Chandrasekhar ... »

- Ethan Anderton

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(500) Days of Summer: A Smart Romantic Comedy

17 July 2009 1:44 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Believe or not there are some people in the world that Haven’T seen Transformers 2. Yes, I know it’s hard to believe - especially with TF2 raking in almost three quarters of a billion dollars worldwide - but it’s true! So what are these people willing watch if not the biggest blockbuster film of the summer? My guess is that they are part of the art house, indie-loving crowd and they were holding off for Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s new film, (500) Days of Summer.

We haven’t covered this film on Screen Rant yet, but better late than never. (500) Days of Summer looks to be a really good mid-summer date film, much like The Proposal last month, but with more subtle humor and insight, rather than the big laughs Green Lantern Deadpool Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock brought to the screen. Today we’ve got the trailer for (500) Days of Summer, »

- Paul Young

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The Return Of Schlock Value! Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus, Psycho Cop, RetarDEAD!

10 July 2009 3:46 PM, PDT | iconsoffright.com | See recent Icons of Fright news »

Australian writer Danny Price is back after a long sabbatical with a brand new edition of Schlock Value! In this special return edition? Mega Shark versus Giant Octopus, Psycho Cop, RetarDEAD! Yes, fiends, reading is believing! Check out his latest by clicking the image below!

Previous Editions Of Schlock Value!

- Schlock Value January 2009 Edition! (Komodo Vs. Cobra, Yeti, Shark: Red Of The Ocean aka Devil Fish)

- Schlock Value December 2008 Edition! (The Salena Incident, The Gingerdead Man, Loch Ness Terror)

- Schlock Value September 2008 Edition! (Attack Of The Sabretooth, Razortooth, Scream Bloody Murder)

- Schlock Value’S Back! June 2008 Edition! (Raptor, Paranoid, The Crow: Wicked Prayer)

- Schlock Value! March 2008 Edition! (Haunted Boat, Club Dread, Scarecrow)

- Schlock Value! Coming Attractions For 2008! (2/08)

- Schlock Value! February 2008 Edition! (Diary Of A Cannibal, Strawberry Estates, Curse Of Halloween)

- Schlock Value Vs Avp:r! (Alien Vs Predator: Reqium Review)

- Schlock Value! »

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Grace DVD Info

30 June 2009 7:27 AM, PDT | HorrorYearbook | See recent HorrorYearbook news »

Horror fans better save their pennies for September, especially Blu-ray fans. According to our Horror on Blu-ray Calendar there are at least 5 or 6 decent horror movies coming to blu-ray that month, including Paul Solet's Grace. Grace was produced by Hatchet's Adam Green, and stars Jordan Ladd, who appeared naked in Club Dread and was also in Eli Roth's Cabin Fever. It is about a woman who decides to carry her dead baby to term, and when it is born, it comes back to life... With an appetite. »

- wil

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DVD Review: Broken Lizard’s ‘Puddle Cruiser’

23 June 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

If you haven’t seen Super Troopers, Club Dread or Beerfest, you’re probably not familiar with the comedy troupe known as Broken Lizard. Since their college days, Jay Chandrasekhar (Director, Dukes of Hazzard), Kevin Heffernan, Stephen Lemme, Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske have been making people laugh and sometimes, making a movie or two. I first became familiar with their work when a colleague told me to check out Super Troopers.

I scoffed. It sounded stupid. Then, late one night on cable, Super Troopers was on, so I gave it a chance. I was right. It was stupid. It was also one of the funniest little films I’d seen in a very long time. After drinking the Kool Aid and becoming a member of the Broken Lizard fan club, I scoured the internet to find a copy of their first film, Puddle Cruiser. On some crappy website where »

- Heather Toshiko

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Ogre and still more “final” guests added to La Fango con

12 April 2009 7:31 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

We thought we were finished, but everybody wants to come to our scary shindig next week! Legendary Skinny Puppy singer Nivek Ogre (a.k.a. Oghr) and a few more notable genre folks have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa).

Ogre will appear with his Repo! The Genetic Opera cast and crew on Sunday. The singer played Pavi Largo in the cult horror/rock musical. The latest bonus guests (hey, we are running out of room!) include:

• Greydon Clark: cult director of Without Warning, Satan’S Cheerleaders, Wacko, Black Shampoo and Dance MacAbre (signing at Hollywood Book & Poster table)

• Tim Thomerson: fan favorite from Near Dark, Trancers, Dollman, Nemesis and new War Wolves and Live Evil (the latter screening at the con; Thomerson will »

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Lost Boys singer G Tom Mac w/ Corey Haim at L.A. Fango Con!

11 April 2009 8:35 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The Los Angeles Weekend of Horrors just keeps getting better, with so many guests being added (and some day-of surprises in-store!) that we can barely keep up here at Fango HQ! The latest addition to the West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa) is G Tom Mac, the writer and voice of "Cry Little Sister" from The Lost Boys. He'll be joined with star Corey Haim at the event on Sunday, April 19th!

The most recent announcement of Fango terror talent includes:

• Roddy Piper  Wrestler/They Live star previews new film A Gothic Tale; also appearing: Piper’s daughter, actress Ariel Teal Toombs of Creeper (Sunday)

• Terrance Zdunich, Repo! The Genetic Opera star and co-creator (appearing Sunday)

• Last House On The Left reunion: with original baddies David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler »

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Roddy Piper and a ton more guests added to La Fango con

10 April 2009 2:50 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Wrestler/They Live star Roddy Piper and a ton more genre stars have joined the lineup of the fast approaching West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa). Piper will appear with his daughter, actress Ariel Teal Toombs of Creeper (formerly Little F*Cker), on Sunday to discuss their respective new fright films (also screening at the con), including Piper’s new anthology A Gothic Tale (pictured).

The additional, perhaps final, windfall of Fango terror talent includes:

• Terrance Zdunich, Repo! The Genetic Opera star and co-creator (appearing Sunday)

• Last House On The Left reunion: with original baddies David Hess, Fred Lincoln, Jeramie Rain and Marc Sheffler (panel on Sunday; signing all three days at Hollywood Book & Poster tables)

• Christa Campbell: star of 2001 Maniacs and Day Of The Dead, signing free posters from her new »

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Drag Me To Hell stars doin’ La Fango con

8 April 2009 10:06 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Drag Me To Hell actors Justin Long and Lorna Raver (Fango #283’s cover girl!) have joined the lineup of the upcoming West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa). Long (of the Jeepers Creepers films and Live Free Or Die Hard) and Raver (a TV actress who has logged time on Star Trek: Voyager, Charmed and Weeds) will join director Sam Raimi on Friday at the show.

Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Southern California blowout include:

• Sam Raimi: director of the Evil Dead and Spider-man trilogies, Darkman, Crimewave, The Quick And The Dead and many more will preview Drag Me To Hell (Friday)

• Clive Barker: creator of Hellraiser, Candyman, Nightbreed, Midnight Meat Train and Lord Of Illusions will preview his new movies Dread and Book Of Blood, plus the novel »

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Tommy Victor (Prong, Ministry) and Skumlove to sign Schecter Guitars at La Fango Con!

8 April 2009 8:15 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Prong mainman Tommy Victor, who was recently interviewed by Fangoria (read it here) will be appearing at Fangoria's Weekend Of Horrors in Los Angeles, April 17-19, 2009. Victor, who recently toured with both Ministry and Danzig, will see the release of Prong's Power Of The Damn Mixxxer (read our review) on May 12th, 2009 via 13th Planet Records.

Tommy will be appearing at the Schecter Guitar Research booth for signing sessions throughout the weekend, along with Skumlove, who's new album The Church Of The New Perversion was recently recorded and co-written with Victor.

Music from Skumlove's past album Songs Of Lust And Corrosion were featured on the Award winning Horror-Porn DVD "Grub Girl" and the B-style horror movie Intermedio starring Edward Furlong (Terminator 2) and Amber Benson (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer).

Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Southern California blowout include: • Sam Raimi: director of the Evil Dead and Spider-man trilogies, »

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Orphan/House Of Wax director doin’ La Fango con

6 April 2009 1:49 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

House Of Wax remake director Jaume Collet-Serra (pictured below) has joined the line-up of the upcoming West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa). Attending Sunday, the Barcelona-born Collet-Serra will be previewing his new chiller Orphan at the show. The Warner Bros./Dark Castle picture, about an evil child, opens July 24.

Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Southern California blowout include:

• Sam Raimi: director of the Evil Dead and Spider-man trilogies, Darkman, Crimewave, The Quick And The Dead and many more will preview Drag Me To Hell (Friday)

• Clive Barker: creator of Hellraiser, Candyman, Nightbreed, Midnight Meat Train and Lord Of Illusions will preview his new movies Dread and Book Of Blood, plus the novel The Scarlet Gospels

• Tobe Hooper: director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist, Eaten Alive ’Salem’S Lot, »

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Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman doin’ La Fango con

3 April 2009 2:15 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Troma chief Lloyd Kaufman has joined the lineup of the upcoming West Coast edition of Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held April 17-19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 South Figueroa). The independent film maverick will be attending the show on all three days and will take the stage on Sunday to talk about such Tromatic movies as Poultrygeist, Terror Firmer, Class Of Nuke ’Em High, Tromeo & Juliet, Troma’S War and the Toxic Avenger flicks.

Other exciting guests/programs set for Fango’s Southern California blowout include:

• Sam Raimi: director of the Evil Dead and Spider-man trilogies, Darkman, Crimewave, The Quick And The Dead and many more will preview Drag Me To Hell (Friday)

• Clive Barker: creator of Hellraiser, Candyman, Nightbreed, Midnight Meat Train and Lord Of Illusions will preview his new movies Dread and Book Of Blood, plus the novel The Scarlet Gospels »

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