Bored to Death

[GreenScar]

Check out the trailer to the new HBO series:

HBO has premiered a full trailer for the new television series Bored to Death, which is being billed as “A Noir-otic Comedy”. Jason Schwartzman stars as Jonathan Ames (well, not the real Jonathan Ames, although he is a writer on the show), an alcoholic noir-fiction-obsessed writer who impulsively decides to become an unlicensed private detective. The show also features Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) as Ames’ best friend Ray, a comic book writer, who along with Ames’ editor (played by Ted Danson), winds up tagging along for a few detective cases. Seems like a great concept for a television show.

The trailer also features guest appearances from John Hodgman (Daily Show, Mac ads), Patton Oswalt, Kirsten Wiig, Parker Posey, Bebe Neuwirth, Oliver Platt and while I didn’t notice her in the trailer, IMDb also lists the wonderful Olivia Thirlby. And if you’re not sold yet… Paul Feig, of Freaks and Geeks, The Office and Arrested Development fame, directs a couple episodes.

Bored to Death premieres on HBO on September 20th at 9:30pm.

[fatediesel]

Saw the trailer and it looks decent, a lot of good actors will be on the show. The only movie I liked Jason Schwartzman in was Rushmore and I don't know how much I could like a show where he's the lead. Like all HBO shows I will give it a chance.

[mikejet]

The trailer had a great part where Ted Danson says he is on "Marijuana minutes."

I'll check it out but won't set my hopes too high. I'm more excited about Curb Your Enthusiasm coming back.

[mikejet]

Pretty funny show. Not great but Ted Danson was good. Jason wasn't bad either. We'll see how future episodes play out.

[Secretagentnumber6]

I think this show will improve. The first episode had enough to keep me watching.

[Darev]

I was not overly impressed. As someone who's not a big Jason S. fan, nor even a Ted Danson fan, the only chance this show had to grab me was some solid writing.

It couldn't keep my attention for even 1/2 of the 30 minute episode.

[amoergosum]

Another update:

"Just because I still hear rumblings about it every so often, is there any progress with some sort of Bored to Death movie on HBO?

I did get commissioned to write a script. I wrote two totally different drafts. I thought that neither of them quite worked. I'd like to look at them again, maybe one of them worked better than I thought. But yeah, I don't know...You know like in the end of The Great Gatsby, "We move on hopefully from the current, falling ceaselessly from the past..."

I do wonder though, the further we go out in time if we can still come back to it. People are so fond of the show that sometimes when these movies are made people get disappointed because what you can do over the course of a season is so much greater than what you can do in an 85-minute movie. That's really only three episodes. So I don't know if it would leave people wanting, or if we could recapture the magic. But I won't say never! The actors all remain interested and we're all still good friends, so maybe it could happen."


http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/bored...movie-interest

[Rodney-2187]

This was a great show. Very underrated. I'd be up for a movie!