Bill Hader Unveils a Few Details About ‘House of Joel’

Back in January, we brought you the news that Bill Hader was writing a screenplay for a slasher film that would be produced by none other than Judd Apatow.   That news came from a conversation Devin Faraci over at CHUD had with Hader at Sundance.   Now, Faraci is back with a few details about the film straight from Hader, himself.

The film has a tentative title of ‘House of Joel.’Â   Hader will be playing the character of Joel, but this isn’t the killer in the film.

We told you the premise in our initial article, but here it is again just as an FYI:

‘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?’

Back in January, Hader wasn’t 100% sure the film would get made, but it is looking more and more likely that Apatow is going to push the film through.   The film is currently set up at Universal.   There is nothing set as far as production goes, but Apatow Pictures is definitely behind the film getting made.

We’ll keep you posted.

Source: CHUD