Back in January CHUD broke news of a Bill Hader scripted slasher flick being set up at Apatow productions. I’m not sure why I didn’t report on the story because the premise actually sounds quite fun as Hader describes it saying, “It’s partially Straw Dogs meets Halloween meets Home Alone meets Monster Squad.”
Hader also added a bit of a storyline, which by the final line really piques my interest:
It is definitely about guys nowadays, that idea that you watch fucked up shit on TV, how violence in our culture – this sounds really hoity toity – you watch fucked up reality shows, I love true crime shows. The idea of that thing coming to your house, and what do you do? I would shit my pants. That’s basically what the movie is about. What if that guy decided to come to your house? What would you and your dipshit friends do about it?
Today CHUD has additional details on the story, most prominently a title, saying it is currently working with House of Joel as a working title, with Hader taking on the role of Joel. A previous title was When A Stranger Calls A Dude, but Hader says the problem was Joel never gets a phone call.
The script was penned by Hader with his “Saturday Night Live” partner Simon Rich and is currently set up at Universal. The film doesn’t have the greenlight as the script was just handed over to Apatow Productions.
