as much as i wish the rumor about an fotc hbo encore is true, it's not

The article that started this rumor firestorm was The Guardian interview w/ Jemaine Clement re: What We Do in the Shadows...My guess is that one sentence was misinterpreted by one person & like in a child's game of telephone, the original message got garbled up a bit ...

 

The text underlined in red above, indicates that HBO has a show in the works involving Clement and Taika Waititi not necessarily Bret McKenzie.

 

Here are some links of websites erroneously reporting the return of FOTC show to HBO:

 

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/hbo-commissions-new-flight-of-the-conchords-series-20140903-10bp29.html

 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=11318326

 

http://www.avclub.com/article/hbo-has-commissioned-some-sort-new-flight-conchord-208768

 

http://exclaim.ca/News/flight_of_conchords_sell_new_show_to_hbo

 

Glad to see the Nerdist website made note of Clement's clarification tweets also...

 

Flight of the Conchords - Funny, Cute AND Charitable - A Timeline

PHOTO: KENT BLECHYNDEN/FAIRFAX NZ

April 2014: The FOTC guys played a rare show to raise money for the refurbishment of the Bats Theatre in Wellington. Early shows at this venue were instrumental (oh my, terrible pun) in launching their career.

TV3 Article and Video
RadioNZ Article
Dominion Post Article and Video 
Bats Theatre Fundraising Page
  

PHOTO: FAIRFAX NZ

September 2013: The New Zealand Ukulele Trust appoints Bret as Trust Ambassador. The NZ Ukulele Trust goals include raising money to supply ukuleles to schools in an effort to expose students to music at no cost to them and holding an annual free community music festival.

Scoop Article
New Zealand Herald Article
NZ Ukulele Trust - Mission Statement and Donation Info

PHOTO: Kelly Dare

August 2013: Bret McKenzie teamed up with Taika Waititi to promote and "drum up support" for the Big Bang Arts Festival.

Dominion Post Article and Video
Big Bang Festival Boosted Page
Big Bang Festival Website 

August 2012: The Flight of the Conchords released the song
"Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" to raise money for Cure Kids, and was part of Red Nose Day: Comedy for Cure Kids TV special.

The Press Article
Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That) on iTunes  
Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That) on Amplify
 
June 2012: Flight of the Conchords gig at the Christchurch CBS Arena concert. From the profits of this show, the FOTC gents donated $125,000.00 NZD to the restoration fund for the Christchurch’s Isaac Theatre Royal (which is scheduled to re-open in November 2014).

TV3 Article


Also March 2009: FOTC played a charity gig, raising approximately $70,000.00 NZD for Masterton's Makoura College.

NZPA Article 

PHOTO: CRAIG SIMCOX/The Dominion Post

March 2009: Bret and Jemaine play with balls for charity, at a tournament organized by the Rotary Club of Wellington to benefit Wellington City Mission and Wellington Tennis.

The Dominion Post - March 11, 2009
The Dominion Post - March 20, 2009

November 2008: The FOTC dudes don false 'staches to raise awareness about Movember, which raises money to benefit men's health charities.

Scoop Article

Bottom line: Not only are Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement handsome and quirkily charming, but they're also generous and care about giving back to their community, which of course makes them even more attractive.

FOTC-Related Potpourri: What We Do In The Shadows/Austenland...

SWEARWOLVES!

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY UPCOMING SCREENINGS OF 

WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS SCHEDULED IN THE U.S.???? 

Wish I could've seen the free Utah showing in July :( 

click for random Jemaineness

Besides impatiently waiting to see What We Do In The Shadows...


I watched Austenland last night...All I can say is, Keri Russell is ridiculously fortunate to be cast in a love triangle situation with Bret McKenzie and JJ Feild!!!

Bret is rather fetching in a bonnet, eh?

  ♥ winking Bret from Austenland ♥

I've gathered a few Austenland gifs from the Austenland Movie Fans Tumblr - see the Bret ones I picked out here  

I'm trying to figure out  how I'm going to be able to watch Two Little Boys (2012) starring Bret since there are apparently no Region 1 DVDs out there and my old "multi region" DVD player ist Kaput...I'd like to write some sort of review for Austenland eventually...if that ends up happening, I'll post it in this silly little blog of mine... My Diagnosis: Death post probably doesn't make much sense, so if you'd like to read reviews with a more coherent format, check scaryminds or flickering myth

I'd like to check out Coming and Going (2011) because I'd like to see how Rhys Darby is in a romantic comedy...Also contemplating getting Gentlemen Broncos (2009) for more Jemaineness...