The trailer for the Nicholas Stoller-directed, Judd Apatow-produced (his first of 2010), “Get Him To The Greek” has arrived.
The film reunites Jonah Hill and Russell Brand with their “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” director Stoller and the film is sort of a sideway sequel to that film as it follows the further adventures of Brand’s character from that film, the rock star Aldous Snow.
In ‘Marshall,’ the Zen-like Snow is on the wagon. In “Get Him To The Greek,” he’s fallen off hard. The film centers on a record company assistant (Hill) tasked by his boss (P. Diddy) to drag the uncooperative (and totally bombed) rock legend (Brand) to Hollywood for a comeback concert and has a mere three days to do so.
The trailer looks, well, kind of generic and doesn’t provide many real laughs. We’ll give it the benefit of the doubt as we like all the talent involved, but we hope further trailers actually bring some real comedy.
The film also co-stars Rose Byrne (who replaced Emily Blunt), Elisabeth Moss, Aziz Ansari, Colm Meaney (as Brand’s father) and the film apparently features songs written by Jason Segel (who wrote the songs for ‘Sarah Marshall’) and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker. The film also boasts cameos by Katy Perry (yes, but shot way before they were a couple, though we now assume this is where they met), Pink, Christina Aguilera, Oasis and more. Many of them were shot during the 2008 MTV Awards when Brand hosted.
“Get Him to the Greek” arrives in theaters on June 4. The trailer is over at Apple in HD, though you can see an embed below.