The SUPER TROOPERS Team Is Making a HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME Satire Film QUASI
Broken Lizard, the comedy troupe behind the Super Troopers comedy film franchise, is developing a new film for Searchlight Picture titled Quasi, which is a satirical take on the classic story The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The film will follow “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.”
The film just started production in Los Angeles and Kevin Heffernan will direct and star. He also wrote the script with his troupe members and co-stars Steve Lemme, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. Adrianne Palicki (The Orville, Friday Night Lights) is also set to star.
Hefferman said in a statement, “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.”
Searchlight heads of film production DanTram Nguyen and Katie Goodson-Thomas added, “We love Broken Lizard and are always so rapt when we collaborate. 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 on ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’”
I enjoy the silly and wacky comedy of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe and I’m looking forward to seeing how this next project of theirs turns out!
The film will debut exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., and on Disney Plus and Star Plus around the world.