Judd Apatow's Completely Made-Up Pedophile Comedy

This has either been the best-kept secret in Hollywood or it's a remarkable ruse (and for three or four minutes, I was a remarkable rube). Through Cinemablend, I was dragged over to a story at Weekly Dig, an alternative paper out of Boston. I was already questioning the story's validity when I noticed the words "Cuckolding Blonde Brat Who Loves Big Black..." in an ad on Dig's front page, but I decided to run with it anyway, because it's just so outlandish. But if it's true, I'll eat my sandals. Here are the major details: Judd Apatow has been filming a movie with Jonah Hill in and around Beantown called Pedovan, in which Hill plays a character who loves kids...only he's often mistaken for a guy who loves kids. Why hasn't anyone heard of Pedovan? Dig explains that after the Tropic Thunder fallout, people are more sensitive to those kinds of issues and keeping a low profile was good both for the production and the rumor mill. I don't even believe that much, because the Tropic Thunder dust-up is maybe two months old. There was never an announcement made about this movie even being produced, and Camp Apatow always announces those things. The idea is actually pretty funny, which is the only thing about this story that holds water. Hill's character really just wants to give the children of his community happiness, but his efforts are misinterpreted, especially when he starts driving kids around in a van. But it's only funny up to a point, and that point would either be boredom or implied creepiness. The paper cites sources, like a Tim Lochland from the Office of Film Industry Tax Relief, neither of which show up in a Google search outside of this story. So that's shady at the very least. And the more you read, the less plausible it becomes. There's even an "official website," which looks entirely unofficial. So why bother? Got me. This article is nearly 1,500 words long, and unless The Weekly Dig does this sort of thing every week (and if that's the case, they should be better at it by now), there's no relevance to it. And the only thing funny in the article is the plot outline, which, as we said, is the only part of it that is even logical. Every other detail screams nonsense. Is it a satire of all things Apatow? I guess. But isn't this a long way to go to get to the punchline, particularly when the setup is funnier than whatever the punchline is? I mean, a separate website? The article says to look for Pedovan in late 2009, but I think we'll just see Apatow denying the sort of story The Onion does so much better.

Comments

[John M.]

I really like the Photoshopped movie poster and the Red Band trailer you can't click on.

[Get The Big Picture]

Yes, and let's not forget the International Pictures logo.

[Jeremy]

A 'Christmas 2009' release date and they already have the R rating secured, huh...?