BoxOffice® Pro - May 2012

ON THE HORIZON
THEY KEEP
THE STREETS
SAFE—MAYBE
NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH
ALIENS IN AMERICA
>> Like America’s answer to the runaway British hit Attack
the Block, Neighborhood Watch merges domestic interests and
intergalactic action in search of intelligent comedy on Earth.
Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade hold
a neighborhood watch group as a cover for their hangouts—it’s a
way to escape their families, bond and decompress. But as Stiller
tolerates Vaughn’s maniacal urge to uncover the intentions of his
daughter’s suitors and looks suspiciously at the neighborhood’s
“creepy” resident, they uncover an alien plot to take over the
world. Hill hardly seems old enough to be a harried husband,
but his role in the film can’t help but inspire fond recollections
of Superbad or even the underappreciated The Sitter, both films
that featured Hill in a suburb surrounded by swarming lights.
He could just as soon think those tractor beams mean “House
party!” and the involvement of Superbad cowriter Seth Rogen is
but another reason for fond memories. Doug Jones is slated to
play an alien, but I’m hoping to see Rogen step into some E.T.
garb himself, since his recent turns as Paul and Bob (Monsters
vs. Aliens) made those slimy oddballs seem so cuddly. Hill and
Rogen have almost made a brand of absurd tales about male
friendship. Let’s see if it those bonds can tolerate (ahem) “probing”
intimations.
DISTRIBUTOR 20th Century Fox CAST Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn,
Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, Rosemarie DeWitt, Will Forte,
Doug Jones DIRECTOR Akiva Schaffer SCREENWRITER Seth Rogen,
Evan Goldberg PRODUCER Shawn Levy GENRE Comedy/Sci Fi
RATING TBD RUNNING TIME TBD RELEASE DATE July 27, 2012
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