Saget Penguin 'FARCE' Attracts Major Talent

Saget Penguin 'FARCE' Attracts Major Talent

NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Bob Saget's spoof FARCE OF THE PENGUINS has begun to attract major talent in the starring voiceover roles as well as a veritable Who's Who of comedy in its many cameos. Samuel L. Jackson has been signed to narrate the picture. Lewis Black, Mo'Nique, and Tracy Morgan will voice the three lead penguins along with writer/director Saget, who will play the lovelorn main character. The parody of the Academy Award-winning documentary of similar name is produced by David Permut and Saget for THINKFilm.

Saget has also gathered a number of his friends and colleagues in cameo roles, including (in alphabetical order): Jason Alexander, James Belushi, Jason Biggs, Dane Cook, Norm Crosby, Dave Coulier, Adam Duritz, Harvey Fierstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Gilbert Gottfried, Alyson Hannigan, Penn Jillette, Jaime Kennedy, David Koechner, Lori Loughlin, Jon Lovitz, Norm Macdonald, Carlos Mencia, Jeffrey Ross, Jonathan Silverman, John Stamos, and Abe Vigoda. According to Saget, "There are more cameos to come. I'm fortunate to know a lot of incredibly talented people and they all want to be a penguin."

Saget says, "One of the gifts is Samuel Jackson narrating our film. He's a brilliant actor who will bring so much to this film comedically. I'm truly privileged that he is the voice that tells our story and that he is such an incredibly funny and dimensioned character. Lewis Black, Mo'Nique, and Tracy Morgan brought such individually brilliant comedic voices; I thought I'd written an irreverent script until each of them had their way with it!"

Jackson will appear next in "Snakes on a Plane" and "Black Snake Moan," Craig Brewer's much anticipated follow-up to "Hustle & Flow." Lewis Black is currently filming "Unaccompanied Minors" in Utah. Mo'Nique stars next in "Phat Girlz." Tracy Morgan is currently filming the Wayans Brothers' picture "The Little Man."

FARCE OF THE PENGUINS is a comedic wildlife adventure/love story that combines spectacular live-action penguin footage with an irreverent and decidedly R-rated theme and soundtrack. The story concerns one penguin's search for love while on a 70-mile trek with his libidinous buddies on their way to a hedonistic mating ritual.

Saget says, "The idea for this is pretty simple -- I was watching the 'March' movie at a screening at my friend's house, and being the adolescent that I am, I couldn't stop doing the voice-overs of the penguins, reminiscent of when I did those animal voices on that video show back in the day. I told my friend, David Permut, and he said, there's a great comedy movie in this!"

Fully financed by THINKFilm, FARCE OF THE PENGUINS is a co-production with Permut Presentations, Inc. and Bob Saget's Two Angels Productions. Steve Longi, Permut Presentations VP of Production, and Elliot Rosenblatt co-produce. Michael R. Miller ("Ghost World," "Raising Arizona") edits. The film opens in theaters this summer.

Well known by college students as the director of the cult comedy feature film "Dirty Work," and known the world over for his lengthy tours-of-duty on hit family television these past two decades, Saget received clamorous critical acclaim for his extended rendition of the off-color "Aristocrats" joke in Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette's film of the same name. The ensuing national media attention, which helped propel the unrated, no-budget THE ARISTOCRATS to over a $10 million dollar gross, was followed by a similarly image-shattering guest appearance on the HBO series "Entourage." HBO has just ordered a script for an R-rated sitcom built around Saget starring as a Phoenix dermatologist with a fourteen year-old son. Saget will produce and co-write with Chuck Tatham ("Arrested Development").

Producer Permut is well-known for his ability to conceive of and recognize original high-concept projects. His production of RICHARD PRYOR: LIVE IN CONCERT was the first live comedy concert released as a feature film and it was his production of DRAGNET, starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, that spawned the notion of remaking television classics as major motion pictures. His other credits include BLIND DATE, starring Bruce Willis in his big screen debut, and FACE/OFF, starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage. He is currently in post-production on an Untitled Rodney Dangerfield documentary and on LOCAL COLOR, an ensemble drama starring Ray Liotta, premiering at the Tribeca film festival in April. Additionally, Permut is about to launch production on the teen comedy YOUTH IN REVOLT.

Saget is represented by Brillstein-Grey and William Morris Agency.
Samuel L. Jackson is represented by Anonymous Content and ICM

About THINKFilm

THINKFilm is a privately held production distribution company now in its fourth year of operation, boasting four Academy Award nominations in as many years, and a win with BORN INTO BROTHELS in 2005; the company's most recent production, MURDERBALL, was recently Oscar-nominated for Best Documentary feature. Upcoming releases include the Edward Norton/Evan Rachel Wood drama, DOWN IN THE VALLEY, on May 5; the Gael Garcia Bernal/William Hurt thriller, THE KING, on May 19; the Amy Sedaris/Stephen Colbert/Paul Dinello comedy, STRANGERS WITH CANDY, on June 28th; and the highly acclaimed Ryan Gosling drama, HALF NELSON, in August. For more information, please visit www.thinkfilmcompany.com.

Contact:
Alex Klenert, THINKFilm, (212) 444-7900, aklenert@thinkfilmcompany.com
Tom Piechura, The Dart Group, (212) 277-7555, tompiechura@thedartgroup.net

Source: THINKFilm

CONTACT: Alex Klenert of THINKFilm, +1-212-444-7900,
aklenert@thinkfilmcompany.com; or Tom Piechura of The Dart Group,
+1-212-277-7555, tompiechura@thedartgroup.net

Web site: http://www.thinkfilmcompany.com/

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