I Heart Huckabees was a weird movie. I mean weird. But, it was the first time I saw Jason Schwartzman in a film, and I finished the movie just because I loved him to death. Since then, he’s been in a couple of movies that I love almost as much as I adore him - The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and (my current favorite movie) The Darjeeling Limited.
So, this morning, when I saw on Yahoo News that HBO has signed Schwartzman on to be the star in it’s new series, Bored to Death, I was super excited. I'm guessing clever is going to be the best word to describe it. Now Big Love won’t be the only thing I’m watching on HBO.
The article gives this synopsis of his role: “Following a painful breakup with his girlfriend, his character decides to emulate his heroes from the novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. He takes out an ad pretending to be a private detective and starts taking cases -- solving some and making others worse."
HBO has a record of doing a great job with the series that they produce. I think it’s safe to say with the combo of Schwartzman and HBO, this will be another success story for them.
