THE TRIP TO ITALY Trailer Reunites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon

Prepare yourself for another culinary delight from director Michael Winterbottom in this new preview for THE TRIP TO ITALY – the sequel to THE TRIP.

In the 2010 film, Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour England’s finest restaurants and envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon. As the brilliant comic duo, freestyling with flair, drive each other mad with constant competition and showdowns of competing impressions (including dueling Michael Caines, Sean Connerys and Al Pacinos), the ultimate odd couple realize in the end a rich amount about not only good food, but the nature of fame, relationships and their own lives.

Only this go around, the two are asked by The Observer to do another series of restaurant reviews and head off on a road trip around Italy. The journey offers them six meals in Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri.

Someone give these two a weekly TV show in the U.S. – I’m thinking something along the lines of a buddy-cop show.

In the new film, Rob, tired from the responsibilities of being father of a young child, is looking for some adventure. Steve has been living a life of abstinence and hard work in Los Angeles but, now on a hiatus from his job, has the time to come back to Europe and wants to see his children.

They talk about things like Life, Love, Work and Exile. They discuss Byron and Shelley, Romantic poets whose lives were defined by their time in Italy. We will see the journey they go on, the hotels they stay in, the restaurants they eat in, the kitchens and chefs that make the food and then the bill at the end.

Coogan’s latest feature film credits include PHILOMENA starring alongside Judi Dench and directed by Stephen Frears. The movie was released in the UK and the US in November 2013 and received numerous five-star reviews. Coogan co-wrote PHILOMENA with Jeff Pope and the film garnered four Academy Award nominations.

Having screened at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, THE TRIP TO ITALY plays this week (May 30) at the Seattle International Film Festival.

IFC Films will release the film in theaters August 15th.