Scott Aukerman spent the better part of the last 24 months making a movie. For a significant chunk of that time, he couldn’t really tell that many people what it was.
“We had two different code words for the movie,” Aukerman told IndieWire in a recent interview. “Our producer Corinne Eckhart came up with one of them, which was ‘Pineapple Harvest.’ Anytime we would be in an elevator talking about the movie and there were other people, we would have to use that and say, ‘What are you doing tomorrow?’ ‘Ah, I have to go write ‘Pineapple Harvest.’ Another one I think was ‘Child Ninja,’ what all the signs would say that would lead you to the set. It was definitely a little more high stakes and we had to keep everyone who was going to be in the movie a secret.”
That cloaked production ended up becoming “Between Two Ferns: The Movie,...
“We had two different code words for the movie,” Aukerman told IndieWire in a recent interview. “Our producer Corinne Eckhart came up with one of them, which was ‘Pineapple Harvest.’ Anytime we would be in an elevator talking about the movie and there were other people, we would have to use that and say, ‘What are you doing tomorrow?’ ‘Ah, I have to go write ‘Pineapple Harvest.’ Another one I think was ‘Child Ninja,’ what all the signs would say that would lead you to the set. It was definitely a little more high stakes and we had to keep everyone who was going to be in the movie a secret.”
That cloaked production ended up becoming “Between Two Ferns: The Movie,...
- 10/3/2019
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Netflix’s feature film expansion of Zach Galifianakis’ web series Between Two Ferns delivers lots of laughs and famous faces.
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“I’ve got three kids and a wife. What have you got besides two ferns?”
Over the years, Zach Galifianakis' wonderfully hilarious Between Two Ferns web series has increased its scope in terms of the profile of its guests, grabbing the likes of Jerry Seinfeld and Barack Obama. Now the series increases its goals in terms of turning a five-minute talk show web series into a feature length narrative film. Adding a plot or backstory to Between Two Fernsmay seem incredibly unnecessary or a reason for concern, but rest assured, adding a real sense of story, expanding the sandbox of this universe, and the pathos of Zach’s character is maybe the best thing the property has ever done.
Since the scope and length of Between Two...
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“I’ve got three kids and a wife. What have you got besides two ferns?”
Over the years, Zach Galifianakis' wonderfully hilarious Between Two Ferns web series has increased its scope in terms of the profile of its guests, grabbing the likes of Jerry Seinfeld and Barack Obama. Now the series increases its goals in terms of turning a five-minute talk show web series into a feature length narrative film. Adding a plot or backstory to Between Two Fernsmay seem incredibly unnecessary or a reason for concern, but rest assured, adding a real sense of story, expanding the sandbox of this universe, and the pathos of Zach’s character is maybe the best thing the property has ever done.
Since the scope and length of Between Two...
- 9/20/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Netflix’s movie adaptation of Funny or Die’s Between Two Ferns talk show has added Ryan Gaul, Lauren Lapkus and Ucb’s Jiavani Linayao. The trio will join Zach Galifianakis’ crew in the feature that will be directed by Comedy Bang Bang‘s Scott Aukerman. The movie is set to debut on the streaming platform September 20.
The meta film follows a version of Galifianakis who dreams of becoming a star. When Will Ferrell discovers his low-budget public access TV show Between Two Ferns, he uploads it to Funny Or Die and as a result, Zach becomes a viral laughing stock. Zach and his loyal crew end up taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews in order to restore his reputation. Between Two Ferns: The Movie is a...
The meta film follows a version of Galifianakis who dreams of becoming a star. When Will Ferrell discovers his low-budget public access TV show Between Two Ferns, he uploads it to Funny Or Die and as a result, Zach becomes a viral laughing stock. Zach and his loyal crew end up taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews in order to restore his reputation. Between Two Ferns: The Movie is a...
- 6/17/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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