Reptilian sleazebag rocker vocalist/bassist, Gene Simmons of Kiss, who would monetize the death of a grandparent if he could, will have an appearance as a “shady lawyer” in the upcoming comedy, “Extract” according to a blurb in this weeks Entertainment Weekly (not online, but Blabbermouth has the same info).
From writer/director Mike Judge (“Office Space,” “King of The Hill,” “Beavis and Butt-Head,” “Idiocracy”) , in “Extract” Joel, played by Jason Bateman (“Juno,” “Arrested Development”), is one step away from selling his flavor extract factory and retiring to easy street when a freak workplace accident sets in motion a series of disasters that put his business and personal life in jeopardy. The film also stars Kristen Wiig (SNL, “Ghost Town”) as the wife who won’t sleep with him, Mila Kunis (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”) plays a temptress factory worker and Ben Affleck (“He’s Just Not That Into You”) is Bateman’s stoner buddy given to bad decision-giving and suggestions (also apparently playing his lawyer, again, bad idea). Clifton Collins Jr. plays one of the factory co-workers who loses ahem, a “body part” (see the poster) in a freak accident and is now due for a huge settlement.
“Extract” opens in theaters on September 4 in limited release, and nationwide on September 11, 2009. Here’s the admittedly amusing-looking trailer if you missed it. Bearing unforeseen circumstances (like those studio politics that buried “Idiocracy”), the film looks like a winner that should hopefully perform fairly well.