The “Year One” Biblical Comedy Starring Jack Black & Michael Cera Looks Hilarious!
Classic comedy director Harold Ramis (”Caddyshack”, “Groundhog Day”) will release a biblical comedy called “Year One” this summer and the trailer has already started generating good buzz. The plot follows a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers named Zed and Oh (Jack Black and Michael Cera) who are banished from their primitive village. Soon after the two bafoons set off on an epic journey through the ancient world meeting various characters from the Old Testament.
The film also features Paul Rudd and David Cross, who play Cain and Abel, Hank Azaria as Abraham, Christopher Mintz-Plasse (aka McLovin) as Isaac, and Oliver Platt as a High Priest. Based on an original idea by Ramis, and a screenplay by “The Office” scribes Gene Stupnitsky & Lee Eisenberg (the same guys who are writing the new “Ghostbusters” movie), “Year One” is scheduled to hit theaters on June 19th 2009.
I have high hopes for this high concept bible story farce. If history has proven anything in Hollywood it’s that you need good timeless jokes to pull off a risky gimmick like this. Let’s just hope that the trailer doesn’t give away all the real funny stuff.
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