WTF Happened to Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping?
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2023
- Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping should have been a hit movie. It came out when Andy Samberg was riding high on Saturday Night Live, thanks to the innovative, viral shorts he made with his crew, The Lonely Island. Their “Lazy Sunday” and “D*ck in a Box” shorts were early CZcams smash hits. This movie featured Samberg as Conor4Real, a pop star who split with his former boy band Style Boyz to go solo. It was a loving send-up of the music industry, with Conor having some similarities to Samberg’s pal Justin Timberlake and his split from NSYNC. Always one to appreciate a good joke, Timberlake had an extended cameo in the film as Conor4Real’s chef.
Timberlake wasn’t the only one to contribute a cameo, with the cast list a who’s who of SNL vets including Tim Meadows, Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, and Sarah Silverman, plus music royalty like Mariah Carey, Michael Bolton, Arcade Fire, Katy Perry, 50 Cent and tons more. With songs from the soundtrack, including “I’m So Humble” with Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, going viral before the movie even came out, everyone expected a hit. Yet, when Universal released the film in June 2016, it landed with a thud. Online critics (including us at JoBlo) loved it, but the moviegoing public ignored it, with the film only grossing an anemic $9.6 million domestically. According to Box Office Mojo, it only made something like $40k internationally, meaning it likely went direct to VOD in most places. Ouch.
Yet, years later, Poster: Never Stop Never Stopping has become a legit cult film and a fave of everyone who enjoys an excellent absurdist comedy. In this episode of WTF Happened to this Movie, we examine how Poster: Never Stop Never Stopping got made, flopped, and became a cult favourite.
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I liked this movie, it's a great parody of celebrity culture. Shame that it never really caught on with the mainstream crowd.
I watched this movie for the first time a couple weeks ago, and it's one of the funniest films I've ever seen. I especially loved when they made fun of the people from TMZ.
Same here. IDK how I missed it when it came out.
The same. I’m so happy for being able to see this masterpiece for a first time time being so baked as shit.
"How many times do I have to tell you that '30 Seconds To Mars' is the name of a band, not a fact?"
This movie was truly a master class on how to parody what pop stars are actually like >
I really dig this movie. I've always felt like it should've been a bigger hit. There's so many in your face jokes but just as many subtle jokes and nods to the music industry. Absolutely love it.
This movie definitely still deserves more love even now. I remember when I saw it, went straight to Spotify to download the album.
14:39 this scene is so well done and acted... mockumentaries are so hard to seem natural... this scene is so natural its like Nigel Tufnel talking about the sustain on his '59 Les Paul... its awkward realism...
This film is one of my favorite comedies.
This movie is so fu**ing hilarious. I love it.
This is one of the funniest movies ever made. I watch it every few months. Brilliant.
I watched palm springs a few days ago
The amount of big name musicians they got to play along is amazing. It really takes the movie to another level, as it becomes harder and harder to believe this isn't real. Justin Timberlake has a great sense of humor, playing Quash.
omg the movie low key invented the masked singer. some fox exec saw this and green lit the show.
Hahahaha
Facts. #confirmed
Such an underrated comedy! Quotable af!!!It's in my top 5 favorite comedies
This was my Spinal Tap and I love it to pieces. It's music, view on the modern day industry and friendship, that and its stupidly funny.
good shit bro keep up the great work
This made me go watch this yet again!
This is one of my favorite movies. Super under rated.
not so much underrated, as its pretty much universally adored by the people who've seen it, but definitely way underexposed. I showed it to three separate friends who'd never even heard of it and they all declared it one of the funniest things they'd ever seen
I'm so glad the movie is getting its due. I remember renting it and laughing my ass off.
An absolute crime this movie didn’t crush at the box office. Instant classic.
This movie is funny as hell! The cameos the music. A perfect parody movie
This is the first time I've heard that it is not a Justin Bieber parody. When I watched it I was just confused because I don't know anything about JB except he abandoned his monkey. But Justin Timberlake was hilarious in it.
I think the marketing leaned heavily on parodying Bieber since he was popular at the time
Unreal flick.
Man I fucking love this movie
Proud to have seen this in the theaters
I had literally never heard about it once before this video LOL
Straight up, thought it was Never Stop Stopping
i put this on when i want to laugh- its such a bop of a film
Never saw this
For the past 7 years of watching almost exclusively CZcams's for my entertainment endeavors, JoBlo has consistently made my favorite content. We loves you and shit JoeBlo‼️
Best fucking parody...mockumentary?...movie ever
Love this film. The soundtrack is brilliant too
The movie doesn’t need a sequel, it was great as it is
i love Hot Rod, but Popstar is great too.
I truly thought this movie would s##k! How wrong I was!! This movie is freaking hilarious!! I'm glad it found it's audience.
gotta make the sequel 15 yrs later!
You could mention steamers, tiktok, that imagine meme during the pandemic, etc. Plenty of music industry stuff to parody.
How tf this guy uploads a new video everyday
Where can I find this movie? I wanna watch it.
Samberg is amazing.
Honestly, this film is one of the best parody's of mainstream pop culture, and it actually gets better if you rewatch it from time to time to laugh at a way too serious cash-cow industry.
Great movie.
Lonely island are great, the movie is great and it deserved more recognition than it got
can you do wtf happened to disney's artemis fowl
Remember folks, International Popstar Day is coming up! It's the release date of the movie (june 3 I think off the top of my head) so get your buds together with some buds and celebrate the best music mockumentary ever made - and yes, I'm middle aged so I have seen This Is Spinal Tap
The movie is hilarious!!! An unsung flick for sure!! The soundtrack is absolutely stellar.
I should had given a chance. I thought it looked stupid. The marketing made it look bad :(
watched it opening week in theater, and was pleasantly surprised. thought it was pretty good. probably not as good as hot rod imo but i still enjoyed it. the songs are definitely the best parts.
Is hot rod good? I watched palm springs a few days ago(loved it) and am thinking of watching hot rod too
@@captainjackson18 hot rod is amazing. Extremely quotable movie. It's a dumb one, but still really fun. Watch it with friends if you can.
@@beardalaxy will do
The Seal wolf attack scene will never not be funny to me.
it's got the nice little joke in there of 'how do you think I got these scars?'' IRL Seal has discoid Lupus....which is Latin for wolf
Chris Redd was great in this movie.
I thought this movie had done grea. i saw it in theaters and it was hiiiiilarious. I have watched it miltiple times since then. I am genuinely surprised it bombed ar the box office.
Right... so, listen
This is in my top 10. Shame that it wasn't a hit. The soundtrack is great too!
I dont know how so many people really liked this. I only watched it once and was not a fan. Maybe i need to give it another shot
I've seen Adam Sandberg in a ton of stuff, and he seems like his humor is meant for children. I don't know how anybody with a sense of humor finds him funny at all.
Humor is subjective. Mystery solved.
I liked this movie a lot
Fucking amazing movie
I enjoyed this movie so much when I was younger and went to re-watch it about a year ago now, still pretty good but not as funny as I remember
The marketing flopped because the wanted to make a connection between the fail and plot of the movie
This is my daughter’s favorite show ever lmao i like it too so its not that bad! We dont get shows like this no more its up to u if that is good or not.
This shit was hilarious
It's a great movie 😀
in my top 10
Funniest movie of the 2010s. Too bad no one saw it.
Jorma was great in Kung Fury!
Still waiting on Kung Fury 2!
Popstar is one of the greatest comedies of all time.
Hot Rod is one of the funniest movies ever, also it pays homage and even out does Chris Farley's hill fall from Black Sheep... Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Ilsa Fischer, AND IAN MOTHER DEAD WOODIN' GAME OF THRONES'N JOHN WICK'N LOVEJOY'N KUNG FU'N FRIGGIN MCSHANE... this is a good movie... This movie is the quintessential Netflix & Chill movie... thats all having "the rizz" is, just be funny... trust me... not charming... FUNNY... Ever wonder why the seemingly POS bullies always get the girl? Ever wonder why the chubby funny guy got the girl? Charisma and confidence can definitely spark an interest... but being funny is fire...
It should have kept the bee ending because the wolf ending is the worst part of the movie
Top 5 funniest movie ever
It flopped that's what happened 🤷 jk 😂 but seriously it did
I love this movie.
I hated the content background track in your video.
I don’t know if this comment belongs here or not, but…
“That M*ther F**ker
is NOT REAL!!!”
I thought this movie was funny
Movie is great.
O_o running out of ideas?
Adam Sandberg is terrible enough on his own, and adding the rest of the Lonely Island crew is a sure fire dumpster fire. I don't know how these people have careers.
"Adam Sandberg"
It's weird to hate someone so much when you don't even know their name.