HBO’s Eastbound And Down Renewed For Second Season!
I just returned from the set ofH2(Halloween 2)and am running off adrenaline, craft services coffee, and an iPod of Brian Jonestown Massacre and MF Doom. And also, a little bit of anger. Let me just say that Twitter has become a HUGE problem on movie sets, and that I do not grasp why it is necessary for some sites, however cool, to Tweet every effing detail of what they are seeing in real time. Word spreads quickly on these productions, and one bad, trivial, prematurely ejaculated Tweet can potentially and seemingly spoil access for everyone. End rant. The below news was in my email, cheered me up, and even though I need to crash, it was too good to delay posting…
HBOhas officially confirmed that its original comedy seriesEastbound and Down—a /Film fave—has been renewed for a second season. Better yet, given the fast ascent up the comedy ranks of the show’s masterminds,Danny McBride,Jody Hill, andBen Best, one may have expected another six-episode season further down the pipeline. Instead, the next season begins filming later this year and will air in2010. Woo. When we were on the set last year, co-directorDavid Gordon Greenrevealed that a follow-up pitch was being entertained that centered on McBride’s profane bulletproof tigerKenny Powersshipping off to South America to quasi-fulfill his baseball career. However, the idea seemed to be news to much of the cast, and given how well received the ensemble performances ofAndy Daly,Katy Mixon,John Hawkes, andSteve “Ass Blood” Little, I wouldn’t bet on it.
My review of Jody Hill’sObserve and Reportis on the way. It’s a9.5/10and one of the most uncompromising, face-checking comedies to come around in a long time.
