Broken Lizard’s next project has been revealed. The famous comedy troupe, whose previous theatrical releases include titles likeSuper Troopers,Club Dread, andBeerfest, have reportedly started production on a new movie in Los Angeles. Simply titledQuasi, the movie is described as a satirical take onThe Hunchback of Notre Dame, following “the story of a hapless hunchback who yearns for love, but finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other.”
Kevin Heffernan is directing and starring in the project. He also wrote the script with Broken Lizard members Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske, all of which will also star and serve as executive producers. Meanwhile, Adrianne Palicki (The Orville) has boarded the cast. Details on who the members of theBroken Lizard teamwill be playing haven’t yet been revealed.
“I’m très, très excited to get the Broken Lizard gang back together, but I’m even more excited to finally put my PhD in French Medieval Studies to use. It’s been a long time coming,” Heffernan said of the project.
“We love Broken Lizard and are always thrilled to collaborate,” added Searchlight Pictures' DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas. “Kevin, Steve, Jay, Paul, and Erik are a boisterous, talented, and hysterical group. We look forward to seeing them bring their raunchy charm to this satirical take onThe Hunchback of Notre Dame.”
Now 20 years old,Super Troopersstands as one of the Broken Lizard team’s most popular movies. It follows a group of Vermont state troopers who aren’t exactly top-of-the-line professionals, but must band together to do what’s right when the situation calls for it. More recently,the gang got back togetherfor the sequelSuper Troopers 2, this time following the troopers caught up in an international border dispute with Canada. Jay Chandrasekhar has teased that a third installment, dubbedSuper Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers, is in development as well.
Broken Lizard also brought in Bill Paxton to star in the horror-comedy movieClub Dreadin 2004, a classic that doesn’t seem to get the attention it deserves these days. Their other movies includeBeerfest(2006),The Slammin' Salmon(2009), andFreeloaders(2012). Fans have been waiting to hear whatthe next official project would befrom the group and now cameras have already started rolling onQuasi.
Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme are also the creators of the TruTV comedy seriesTacoma FD. Originally premiering in 2019, the show has since premiered its third season in September. It follows the firefighters in a Tacoma firehouse and the things they sometimes do when there aren’t any fires that need extinguishing. Heffernan and Lemme also star with Marcus Henderson, Eugene Cordero, Gabriel Hogan, and Hassie Harrison.
From Searchlight Pictures, the company behind theSuper Troopersmovies,Quasiis reportedly in development for a debut exclusively onHuluin the United States. It will also be made available on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ elsewhere. No release date has yet been set for the movie. This news comes to us fromVariety.
