Podcast fanatics and festival fanatics alike will be ecstatic to hear that their favorite podcasters are taking over the Now Hear This Podcast Festival. The cool kids of podcasting including Marc Maron, Lauren Lapkus, Scott Aukerman, and Paul Scheer will be in attendance with their respective podcasts. Now Hear This will take place this October on the 28th to the 30th at the Anaheim Marriott. Additionally, thirty other live podcast recordings will be going down. There will also be meet and greets with who’s who in the podcasting world. To go along with Howl’s moniker “Netflix for podcasts,” festival organizer Midroll Media is dubbing this the “Comic Con of podcasting.” I can’t wait until they start a “church of podcasts” and we have to study our “devotions of podcasting.” TIckets go on sale on July 11.
Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel to hit the road again with more vehicle based comedy
Like Paul Scheer? Like Rob Huebel? Like Uber? Well then, you’re in luck. All three of those things are getting into business together (well, not really Uber). Deadline is reporting that the two comedians are taking their love of Uber and turning it into a ten episode series called Drive Share. The half hour series comes from Insurrection Media and should begin production next month. Drive Share follows the “Uberification” of ride sharing as drivers take interesting people around town. Scheer and Huebel have previously dipped their toe into automotive comedy so this show should be a hit.The guys from Burning Love, Jonathan Stern and Keith Quinn, are on board as executive producers. Drive Share will appear on something called Seriously.TV later this year.
Johnny Depp plays Donald Trump in a limited run Funny or Die movie
Easy jokes are easy and who's easier to make fun of today than the biggest loser himself, Donald J. Trump. Comedy website Funny or Die has made a movie starring Johnny Depp (yes THAT Johnny Depp) as the presidential hopeful. This isn't the first time the video streaming service has ventured into random movie making. They tackled Steve Jobs before anyone else in the movie iSteve. The Trump based movie is called Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie and runs about 50 minutes. Depp is joined by one of the biggest casts since Wes Anderson's last three movies combined. Supporting characters include Ron Howard, Patton Oswalt, Michaela Watkins, Jack McBrayer, Henry Winkler, Kristen Schaal, Paul Scheer, Christopher Lloyd, Andy Richter, Rob Huebel, Alfred Molina, Robert Morse, and more. The movie takes the form of a made for TV special that has been unearthed after decades of VHS degeneration as it makes fun of the book that Trump wrote in 1987. To make it even more "so 80's," Kenny Loggins recorded the theme song for it. It's only up for a limited time so give it a go.
Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and friends 'Crash Test' a bus
Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer are taking comedy on the road of Los Angeles in a new special called Crash Test. Exclusive to Vimeo, Crash Test is a comedy special that takes place entirely on a glass bus. The two leads ride around with an audience as they run into their famous friends including Natasha Leggero, Aziz Ansari, Rob Corddry, Aubrey Plaza, and more getting into some wacky situations. Along with the comedy, Earl Sweatshirt stopped by to perform a few songs. It's like Dave Chappelle's Block Party is it was entirely on a bus which doesn't sound half bad. Check out the special on Vimeo when it releases on August 18.
Jason Nash is Kickstarting a Vine Movie
On the heels of that Facebook film and way before the obvious Pinterest play, Vine is getting a movie about its vineness.
Jason Nash (Jason Nash is Married) has started a Kickstarter campaign for his second self written/directed film FML: A Social Media Adventure. Set to star Vine aficionados Jason Nash and Brandon Calvillo, the movie follows "Sam (Nash) as a father and husband that is barely getting by and is having a mid-life crisis. Henry (Calvillo) lives at home, works at a video game store, and is angry at the world. They meet through a social media app called ReLoad and, despite having very different lives, decide to take a two-month road trip to collab with social media stars around the country and boost their number of followers 'in hopes of never having to work a real job again.'"
Oh and, with this being a Vine movie, other vine stars will appropriately be appearing including Brittany Furlan, Nicholas Megalis, and Markus Johns as well as over 35 additional Viners. Actual movie and television stars are too making appearances like Patton Oswalt, Busy Philipps, T.J. Miller , Andy Daly , Paul Scheer, Rob Corddry , and Ken Marino.
Rewards of course start with a digital download of the completed film and production diaries then go to a Eddie Pepitone voicemail rant and a Vine or Instagram takeover by one of the stars. You could even get consulting on how to properly benefit from social media. Yeah, it's a thing.