‘Rapturepalooza’ Trailer: In Which Daryl From ‘The Office’ Is The Antichrist, And Anna Kendrick Is Humanity’s Best Hope
Since the world failed to end in 2012, 2013 seems to be the year we’re all laughing about what could have been.Paul Middleditch’sRapturepaloozais one of three post-apocalyptic comedies due out this year, along with Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen’sThis Is the Endand Edgar Wright’sThe World’s End.
Like the others,Rapturepaloozafeatures a talented (if somewhat lower profile) comic ensemble, includingCraig Robinsonas the Antichrist,Anna KendrickandJohn Francis Daleyas a young couple who want to destroy him,Rob Corddryas Daley’s father, and… is thatKen Jeongas God? Watch thered-bandtrailer after the jump.
IGNpremiered the new trailer.
The apocalypse may be a popular subject in Hollywood nowadays, but it seems to be just now that the Rapture specifically is entering the popular imagination. Somehow I suspectRapturepaloozawill be very different in tone from the other Rapture-themed movie coming up, Nic Cage’s “mainstream"Left Behindreboot.
Considering the fantastic premise and the level of talent involved, it’s a bummerRapturepaloozadoesn’t look better. I dig the weird energy on display, but the jokes aren’t quite landing. I hope for the cast’s sake that it’s just a badly cut trailer. Because c’mon, how could you waste an opportunity to feature Robinson as the history’s goofiest Antichrist?
Rapturepaloozawas first announced two years ago as part of Lionsgate’s new microbudget initiative, and is the first of those projects out of the gate. The effects look pretty cheap, as you’d expect from a film that cost less than $2 million, but that’s less of a problem for an offbeat low-budget comedy than it might be for, say, a fantasy action tentpole. In fact, it’s part of the film’s scruffy charm.
Instead, it looks like Middleditch and his producers wisely put that money toward the talent.Thomas Lennon,Paul Scheer,Tyler Labine,Ana Gasteyer, andRob Huebelalso star.Rapturepaloozaopens in theaters and on VODMay 10.
