A NSFW red-band trailer for the animated featureNerdlandhas arrived online ahead of the film’s world premiere screening on April 14th at the Tribeca Film Festival. Scripted bySe7enscribeAndrew Kevin Walkerand directed byMetalocalypsealumChris Prynoski, the film findsPatton OswaltandPaul Ruddvoicing a pair of best friends in Los Angeles looking for their big break as a writing/acting duo. The two set out to finally achieve fame before they hit their 30th birthdays, but run into a variety of unsavory situations along the way.
Walker broke out in a big way with his spectacular script forSe7en, which kicked off a relationship with filmmakerDavid Fincherthat saw him performing uncredited rewrites on films likeThe Game,Fight Club, andPaul W.S. Anderson’s sci-fi horror picEvent Horizon, and he also wrote the never-producedBatman vs. Supermanfor directorWolgang Peterson. WithNerdland, however, he’s tackling subject matter of a very different sort, albeit with some of his darker sensibilities still at play.
The film looks pretty funny and could spark to audiences who enjoy the animated programming found on Adult Swim, and Prynoski’s experience with similar material makes him a solid fit.
Check out the trailer below, viaVariety.Nerdlandalso features the voices ofHannibal Buress,Mike Judge, andMolly Shannon.
Here’s the official synopsis forNerdland:
NERDLAND is the story of two best friends, aspiring screenwriter ELLIOT and aspiring actor JOHN, whose dreams of super-stardom have fizzled. With their 30th birthdays looming and their desperation growing, John and Elliot decide that in this 24/7, celebrity-obsessed world of over-shared navel-gazing, there are more ways to become famous – or infamous – then ever before. So why not become famous TODAY? NERDLAND is that day.
Making up for what they lack in brains and talent with abundant, witless enthusiasm, John and Elliot troll Los Angeles on a fame-grab journey, encountering and abusing friends both new and old. Navigating their hyper-stimulating landscape of consumerism gone wild, our two consumers want desperately to be consumed – and they will have their FAME, no matter what the cost.
