Disclaimer: this post isn’t really movie-related, but in my defense, movie news can be really boring.  So apparently the new hot thing among hipsters is wearing fishing lures in your hair (the ones with feathers, specifically).  It combines conspicuously unappealing fashion trends with co-opting blue collar culture so it’s perfect.

Fly-fishing shops nationwide, he learned, are at the center of the latest hair trend: Feather extensions. Supplies at stores from the coasts of Maine to landlocked Idaho are running out and some feathers sold online are fetching hundreds of dollars more than the usual prices.
Fly fishermen are not happy, bemoaning the trend in online message boards and sneering at so-called “feather ladies.” Some also blame “American Idol” judge and rocker Steven Tyler, who began wearing the feathers in his long hair.

DEY GENTRIFIED YER JOB! And now for the money quote:

“It takes years and years and years to develop these chickens to grow these feathers. And now, instead of ending up on a fly, it’s going into women’s hair,” said Matt Brower, a guide and assistant manager at Idaho Angler in Boise.

I want to marry that blockquote. “We bred these chickens specifically for our antiquated method of hobby fishing, not something frivolous!”  And now for the Huh, I Never Knew That part:

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Gentlemen Broncos, the upcoming movie from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess, "follows a high school outcast who’s an aspiring fantasy author. He attends a fantasy convention to show off his work and finds his supposed masterpiece – ‘Yeast Lords’ – ripped off by legendary novelist Ronald Chevalier, who has turned desperate for ideas."

Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords  ("New Zealand: Why not?") plays Chevalier, and the above video is from his viral site, RonaldChevalier.com.  An excerpt:

A Cluster Award-winning, published author since the age of 13, Dr.Chevalier’s robust body of work includes titles such as Cyborg Harpies, Brain Cream, and the all new, completely original novel Brutus & Balzaak. 
Dr. Chevalier’s talents extend into such varied spheres as the sciences, arts. His original painted works have received various accolades within the “Art World”, and he’s revolutionized the genre of “Visitation Portraiture”.

This movie hasn’t even finished shooting yet and already has a viral site.  It seems like every movie has a viral site these days.  These viral sites have really been spreading like… uh, wildfire. 

Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) and Dax Shepard have signed on for the Disney comedy When in Rome, alongside Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel.  It will be directed by the guy who did Ghost Rider and Daredevil.

Call me crazy, but I think Dax Shepard actually has the potential to be funny (see: Idiocracy).  Sadly, he usually does movies like The Comebacks and that one with Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook.  His agent has screwed him yet again:

Bell (“Heroes”) plays Beth, a successful but hopelessly single Gotham real estate agent. When her younger sister impulsively marries in Rome, Beth flies out for the wedding and, after picking up coins from a reputed “fountain of love,” finds an overabundance of suitors waiting for her back home.  Heder plays a street magician who uses his talents to try to get the girl. [Variety]

This is all David Blaine’s fault.  Before he came along, “Street Magician” meant a guy who yelled “Abra Cadabra, muthafucka!” and then punched you in the face and ran off with your wallet. 

I’ve posted this video from Flight of the Conchords because Jemaine Clement (he’s the weird looking one) has been cast in Gentleman Broncos, Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess’ next film. 

Gentlemen Broncos "follows a high school outcast who’s an aspiring fantasy author. He attends a fantasy convention to show off his work and finds his supposed masterpiece – ‘Yeast Lords’ – ripped off by legendary novelist Ronald Chevalier, who has turned desperate for ideas." The film’s script was written by Jared Hess and his wife Jerusha, the same two who wrote both Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. Production is set to start in March. [FirstShowing.net]

Also joining the cast are Sam Rockwell (left, with the sweet mustache) and Michael Angarano (right). 

I’m not sure how to feel about this one.  I like Flight of the Conchords, and I even loved Napoleon Dynamite before the nerds ruined it (yeah, I said it. it felt good, dammit).  But Conchords humor plus Napoleon Dynamite humor?  Jesus, it might be so deadpan that it’s just two guys staring at each other with their mouths open for two hours.  It’d cut to one guy, then the other, then to a close up of the ironic galoshes they’re both wearing. It might not be funny, but you’ll laugh because the only other option is feeling really uncomfortable.

Mike White, the really pale dude from School of Rock (pictured), and Napoleon Dynamite team Jared and Jerusha Hess (who are Mormons, scientifically proven to be the whitest religion, even whiter than Southern Baptists and snake handlers*), will be collaborating on the upcoming comedy Gentleman Broncos.

The Hesses previously collaborated with White on Nacho Libre (fart noise).

The film returns to the indie NAPOLEON roots and follows a high school outcast who’s an aspiring fantasy author. He attends a fantasy convention to show off his work and finds his supposed masterpiece – "Yeast Lords" – ripped off by legendary novelist Ronald Chevalier, who has turned desperate for ideas.  [JoBlo]

After a lukewarm response to their last movie, this could be the Hess’ last chance to prove they’re not a one-trick pony.  Meanwhile, the guy who played Kip offered to blow me for crack money.  I let him do it, but I didn’t give him the money because what do I look like, an enabler? 

^{*The Heaven’s Gate cult also briefly challenged for the title}