The project takes aim at the fluffy music documentaries of recent years such as Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never and Katy Perry’s Part of Me. It centers on a rapper (Samberg) whose latest album bombs and he must do the unthinkable: a reunion concert with his former boy band.
The Lonely Island boys are filming their first movie, a musical comedy (duh), in LA starting this week, and they’re being joined by one Sarah Silverman. The movie, which is as-yet untitled, is being co-directed by Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone and produced by Judd Apatow. Here’s the synopsis:Silverman will play Samberg’s “sharp and sarcastic†publicist.