POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING trailer/poster – Andy Samberg parodies Bieber Fever

POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING trailer/poster – Andy Samberg parodies Bieber Fever
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In recent years we’ve seen music documentaries that focus on the big pop stars of the moment, like JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER, KATY PERRY: PART OF ME, and ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US. It’s actually a little surprising someone hasn’t done a modern day parody of these internet-loved singers before now. Leave it to the boys of The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Shaffer and Jorma Taccone) to take on the challenge. In POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING, Samberg plays an rather obvious parody of Bieber, but there’s many other influences at play here. The supporting cast includes Imogen Poots, Martin Sheen, Bill Hader, Sarah Silverman, Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph, Joan Cusack, Will Forte, Adam Levine, Paul Scheer, Snoop Dogg and Joanna Newsom… oh, and of course, as you can see in the trailer, Seal is one of many celebrities playing themselves in the film. Take a look at the new trailer and tell us your thoughts in the comments.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is headlined by musical digital-shorts superstars Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, collectively known as The Lonely Island. The comedy goes behind the scenes as singer/rapper Conner4Real (Samberg) faces a crisis of popularity after his sophomore album flops, leaving his fans, sycophants and rivals all wondering what to do when he’s no longer the dopest star of all.

The latest comedy from blockbuster producer Judd Apatow (Trainwreck, Superbad, Knocked Up) co-stars Sarah Silverman, Tim Meadows and Maya Rudolph and many of the biggest names in comedy and music in cameo performances. Co-directed by Schaffer and Taccone and written by The Lonely Island trio, Popstar is also produced by Rodney Rothman (producer of Get Him to the Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall; co-writer of 22 Jump Street), as well as Samberg, Schaffer and Taccone.

POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING opens June 3, 2016

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Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff.