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Chicago – Without rescue of a creative joke in sight, “Welcome to the Jungle” eventually devolves into an unsavory mash of “The Office” meets “Lord of the Flies”. Adam Brody’s Chris Myers is the lead character in a cube monkey’s generic fantasy, of which this film treats with a checklist. The attractive and amiable office mate (played by Megan Boone of Chicago Film Critics Festival favorite “Leave Me Like You Found Me”) is to be wooed, a manchild boss (Rob Huebel) is to be dethroned from his ego, and a world of freedom is to be revealed for those who have imprisoned themselves to 9-5 pressures.

Rating: 1.5/5.0

This pride against office doldrums would certainly ring true were Rob Meltzer’s film not a champion of mundaneness itself. Refusing to think outside of stereotypical characters, or even toy with a new way to make a penis joke, its humor matches...

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a man known for roundhouse kicking people into oblivion, not making audiences laugh (well, not intentionally), but that doesn’t mean the iconic action star isn’t up for the challenge! Welcome To The Jungle sees Van Damme’s first purely comedic role, as he plays a motivational leader of sorts conducting a big-business team building “vacation” on a remote tropical island. He’s still a badass hero and his martial arts expertise are still called upon, but Van Damme cleverly indicates he’s keen on the satirical joke – unfortunately, he might be the only one. In the words of Guns N’ Roses vocalist Axl Rose, “Welcome to the jungle, we’ve got fun n’ games” – minus most of the “fun n’ games.”

Welcome To The Jungle isn’t your typical office get-together, which our newly stranded castaways are about to find out. Following their guide...

When one of the principal actors in a film is a store-brand Seth Rogen actually playing a knock-off Seth Rogen type, you probably suspect that you're perched on one of the lower rungs of cinema hell.

When that same film wastes the assets of the perpetually misused Adam Brody (good looks, camera presence, acting skills) and reduces the magnificent Dennis Haysbert to cracking dick jokes, you have it confirmed that said film was pushed from the bowels of cinema hell.

Welcome to the Jungle, directed by Rob Meltzer from a script by Jeff Kauffmann, is satanically bad. When the head of an advertising firm (Haysbert) dispatches his underlings to a weekend camp retreat so they can bond as a team, hijinks should ensue from the clash of types, right? There's the idea-steal...

Welcome to the Jungle Red Band Trailer. Rob Meltzer‘s Welcome to the Jungle (2013) red band movie trailer stars Megan Boone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristen Schaal, Adam Brody, and Dennis Haysbert. Welcome to the Jungle‘s plot synopsis: “Legendary action star Jean-Claude Van Damme takes on his [...]

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We've got a great new red-band trailer for Jean-Claude Van Damme's upcoming action comedy Welcome To The Jungle! The movie was directed by Rob Meltzer and also stars Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, and Dennis Haysbert. The movie looks like it will be very entertaining, and I think it will be worth checking out. 

The story "follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged former Marine Storm Rothchild (Van Damme) goes horribly wrong. Now Chris (Brody) and his co-workers must battle nature -- and each other -- to survive!"

Welcome to the Jungle hits limited theaters on February 7th, 2014.

After a career spent spin-kicking his way through the action movie genre, Jean-Claude Van Damme infiltrates a much different world with Welcome to the Jungle, taking on his first comedic role. We already showed you the first trailer last month, but today, Cinedigm has released a red band trailer, full of R-rated language. Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as former Marine Storm Rothchild, who leads a group of office workers on a weekend retreat on a remote island, which goes terribly awry. Megan Boone, Kristen Schaal, Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert and Rob Huebel co-star in this comedy, which will debut on VOD formats and in limited theaters February 7 from Cinedigm.

Featuring an exceptional cast of comedic talent including legendary action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme (The Expendables 2), Adam Brody (Burning Love, The O.C.), Megan Boone (The Blacklist), Kristen Schaal (30 Rock, Bob's Burgers), Rob Huebel (The Descendants, Childrens' Hospital), and Dennis Haysbert (24, The Unit,...

We've seen the goofy first trailer for Jean-Claude Van Damme's first straight-up comedy, Welcome to the Jungle. But now we get a better taste at the wild comedy with a new red band trailer that certainly gets a little vulgar. This could either be a spectacular mess or a laugh riot, and unfortunately, this may lean more towards the former. Van Damme looks like he's having a lot of fun, but the writing doesn't seem to be delivering comedy greatness. Kristen Schaal, Rob Huebel and Adam Brody can be extremely funny, but we're not sure if they can make this one work. We rather he do some mainstream action again. Watch! Here's the red band trailer for Rob Meltzer's Welcome to the Jungle, originally from Yahoo: Welcome to the Jungle marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Meltzer, and the writing debut of Jeff Kauffman. The film follows...

The new Red Band trailer for Rob Meltzer's comedy Welcome to the Jungle has arrived. Check it out in the player below. Jean-Claude Van Damme takes on his first comedic role and joins Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone and Dennis Haysbert. The comedy, written by Jeff Kauffmann, follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged former Marine Storm Rothchild (Van Damme) goes horribly wrong. Now Chris (Brody) and his co-workers must battle nature -- and each other -- to survive! Welcome to the Jungle hits limited theaters on February 7, 2014.

Legendary action star Jean-Claude Van Damme takes on his first comedic role and joins Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone, and Dennis Haysbert in Welcome to the Jungle, which is directed by Rob Meltzer (A Jewish Christmas Story) and hits Us cinemas and VOD on February 7th 2014.

This laugh-out-loud comedy follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged former Marine Storm Rothchild (Van Damme) goes horribly wrong. Now Chris (Brody) and his co-workers must battle nature — and each other — to survive!

It looks like Jean-Claude Van Damme is embracing his inner goof in his latest, Rob Meltzer’s “Welcome to the Jungle”, which also happens to star Megan Boone, the female lead in NBC’s excellent “The Blacklist”. Other than that, well, there’s the Muscles from Brussels totally goofing off, and the film looks very fun, if kind of pointless. Then again, it is a comedy, and aren’t they all inherently pointless? Check out the trailer for “Welcome to the Jungle”. Try not to get eaten by tigers while you’re watching. The film finds Jcvd playing the improbable named Storm, a badass jungle expert or some such who leads a company retreat on a tropical island that, predictably, goes terribly awry. It co-stars Megan Boone, Kristen Schaal, Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert, Rob Huebel, Bianca Bree, Robert Peters, and Eric Edelstein. Look for it in 2014 or thereabouts.

Welcome to the Jungle Trailer. Rob Meltzer‘s Welcome to the Jungle (2013) movie trailer stars Megan Boone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristen Schaal, Adam Brody, and Dennis Haysbert. Welcome to the Jungle‘s plot synopsis: “Legendary action star Jean-Claude Van Damme takes on his first comedic role and [...]

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Beyond the 2008 meta-comedy drama Jcvd, I.m not sure that I.ve ever seen a movie where Jean-Claude Van Damme has actively tried to draw laughs out of audiences. Wait, you mean to tell me Double Team was a comedy? Now I have to rethink my whole life. Luckily, the above trailer for Rob Meltzer.s Welcome to the Jungle looks like a rollicking good time, assuming you don.t mind your well-casted comedies intentionally looking dumber than a box of bricks. And I don.t. With a screenplay from first-timer Jeff Kauffmann, Welcome to the Jungle is Lord of the Flies for the stereotypical office worker sect. Dennis Haysbert (24) plays a manger who decides to send his entire team out onto a motivational wilderness retreat on a remote island, only he doesn.t realize that the person he.s hired to guide them, Storm (Van Damme), might as well...

Check out this funny trailer for Jean-Claude Van Damme's comedy Welcome to the Jungle. The movie was directed by Rob Meltzer and also stars Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, and Dennis Haysbert. 

The story follows "a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged former Marine Storm Rothchild (Van Damme) goes horribly wrong. Now Chris (Brody) and his co-workers must battle nature -- and each other -- to survive!"

The movie will get a limited release on February 7th, 2014. I'll be checking it out! ...

The name Jean-Claude Van Damme is synonymous with action, and every once in a while, also with comedy. Next year, Van Damme will be blending both as the lead in Welcome to the Jungle, willing to parody his own reputation as a legend of martial arts.

Van Damme stars as a deranged former Marine who is hired for a corporate retreat, with Adam Brody starring opposite as one of the workers. And with just over two months left before its limited theatrical and VOD release, the first trailer has premiered over on EW.

Van Damme and Brody are joined by Megan Boone, Kristen Schaal, Rob Huebel, Aaron Takahashi, and Dennis Haysbert, and whilst this first trailer doesn’t exactly give you the impression it’s going to be comedy gold, there’s still potential when you have a pairing like Van Damme and Brody, with Schaal along for the ride.

Action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme steps into the comedy genre with his latest movie Welcome to the Jungle. Cinedigm has released the first trailer, which follows a former Marine (Jean-Claude Van Damme) who leads a corporate retreat gone awry, with this group of office workers stranded on a remote island. Take a look at the latest footage from director Rob Meltzer's comedy, arriving in theaters and on VOD formats February 7, then read the official press release for more details.

Take a hilarious journey into the heart of madness when Welcome to the Jungle arrives in theaters and via VOD February 7.

Featuring an exceptional cast of comedic talent including legendary action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme (The Expendables 2), Adam Brody (Burning Love, The O.C.), Megan Boone (The Blacklist), Kristen Schaal (30 Rock, Bob's Burgers), Rob Huebel (The Descendants, Childrens' Hospital), and Dennis Haysbert (24, The Unit, Major League), the laugh-out-loud comedy follows...

Following his recent viral splits stunt (which was parodied by Channing Tatum on the set of 22 Jump Street), Jean-Claude Van Damme is back in the trailer for his first comedy, Welcome to the Jungle. A group of office workers, including Adam Brody, Rob Heubel and Kristen Schaal, head out on a corporate retreat with a former Marine. And what should be a nice team-building escape from the office turns into a dangerous trip in the wilderness with Van Damme as their only hope for survival from nature and each other. This has the feel of straight-to-dvd comedy, but this cast and Jcvd having fun could work. Trailer for Rob Meltzer's Welcome to the Jungle from Universal Pictures International Entertainment: Welcome to the Jungle marks the feature directorial debut of Rob Meltzer, and the writing debut of Jeff Kauffman. The film follows action veteran Jean-Claude Van Damme in his first...

Take a hilarious journey into the heart of madness when Welcome To The Jungle arrives in theaters and via VOD February 7. Check out the trailer below.

Featuring an exceptional cast of comedic talent including legendary action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme (The Expendables 2), Adam Brody (“Burning Love,” “The O.C.”), Megan Boone (“The Blacklist”), Kristen Schaal (“30 Rock,” “Bob’s Burgers”), Rob Huebel (The Descendants, “Children’s Hospital”), and Dennis Haysbert (“24,” “The Unit,” Major League), the laugh-out-loud comedy follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged former Marine Storm Rothchild (Van Damme) goes horribly wrong.

Now Chris (Brody) and his co-workers must battle nature — and each other — to survive!

Directed by Rob Meltzer and written by Jeff Kauffmann, Welcome To The Jungle garnered the “Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking – Ensemble Cast” award at the 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival.

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The trailer for Rob Meltzer's new comedy Welcome to the Jungle has arrived. Check it out in the player below. Legendary action star Jean-Claude Van Damme takes on his first comedic role and joins Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone, and Dennis Haysbert. The comedy, written by Jeff Kauffmann, follows a group of unsuspecting office workers who find themselves stranded on a desert island when a corporate retreat led by unhinged former Marine Storm Rothchild (Van Damme) goes horribly wrong. Now Chris (Brody) and his co-workers must battle nature -- and each other -- to survive! Welcome to the Jungle is slated to hit theaters in a limited release February 7, 2014.

How does Jean-Claude Van Damme celebrate Mother’s Day? He released five new images from the upcoming flick “Welcome to the Jungle” on his official Facebook page. If your mom is a huge fan of the action hero’s cinematic output, then your last-minute shopping just got a whole lot easier. That’s why God invented the “share” button! All kidding aside, it’s good to see some new pictures from director Rob Meltzer’s upcoming comedy. Van Damme plays Storm Rothchild, an ex-marine team-building coach who leads a group of office workers on a weekend retreat on a tropical island. However, things get complicated when a freak accident leaves the staff stranded without a guide. When you’re ready to enjoy the fruits of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s labor, have a good look at the images embedded below. And be sure to share them with your mom on Mother’s Day.

I participated in a Dreamago panel moderated by WGA-West VP and USC film writing prof and an artistic director at the Sundance Institute Wrting Labs, Howard Rodman.

Other panelists included Vince Fischer who, having been educated and working in Paris, Montreal, New York in business and advertising, event production, and creating the endorsement agency GlamCom which initiates deals between celebrities and products, such as he did with George Clooney and Nespresso, has gone on to create Artistic Alliance Eci which represents screenwriters, directors and actors with offices in Beijing, L.a. and Paris, to match people and projects abroad. Daniel Hsia, the writer/ director of Shanghai Calling, (Isa: Aldamisa) a U.S. - China co-production distributed in China by China Film Group and in So. Korea by Sookie and due to be released in Norht America in 2013 works with Janet Yang and is eager to do more co-productions in China though he admits to difficulties with censors, etc. You can see the trailer of Shanghai Calling here.

Neil Landau who wrote Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, the 3D animated feature Tad: The Lost Explores from Paramount which is the highest grossing animated film in Spain's history and the #1 Spanish box ofice movie of the year, is now working on its sequel and another animated feature by the same director. His latest screenplay is being produced by Cary Brokaw for Avenue Pictures (The Player, Closer, Angels in America). He is curretnly developing an original miniseries for HBO for the Russian Market and a crime drama for Sreda in Moscow.

Paula Manzanedo-Schmitt is VP of Film Finances Inc. the world leader in completion guarantees. She has been involved in more than 1,000 films and TV programs internationally and in U.S. She spoke of the various cross-cultural requisites in film production abroad.

The discussion centered around whether filmmakers could make a film without the notorioius interference of studios (they should all be so lucky as to have this problem). In other words, the panelists discussed their experiences making films with Russians and Chinese. All agreed that working abroad, and especially with international sales agents who also produce allows for greater freedom of vision (although in China the reward is writng so that China censorship does not interfere because one has written to their specifications). All agreed also that there is a certain cross-cultural divide one must discover in order to work effectively.

My suggestions for finding a way to create without corporate interferences are listed below:

** Coproduce with Canada who has the most coproduction treaties in the world, or go directly to producers or sales agents who do not rely on treaties.

** Work with international sales agents who produce international coproductions which include U.S., or with the producers of those films who now have established track records.

Take a look at Level K, Tine Klint's relatively new Danish company which is preselling films from U.K., Canada and Australia:

Not Another Happy Ending by Brit John McKay 33 Liberty Lane by Canadian Peter Hewitt The Turning by Australian Cate Blanchett and Robert Connelly starring Emily Watson The Last Ocean by New Zealander Peter Young

French sales agent Films Distribution is selling

Marina Zenovich's doc Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out which Showtime acquired for U.S. TV. Citadel from Ireland has sold to Cinedigm/ New Video for U.S. and Mongrel for Canada. 30 Beats from the U.S. sold to Roadside Attractions for U.S. and Codex Media And Advertising Corporation for Turkey.

Other French companies are doing likewise.

Studio Canal is selling

Liz Garbus' Love, Marilyn - though this was picked up complete at Tiff 12. Don Mazer's I Give It A Year from the U.K. and produced by Tim Bevan. It began presales in Cannes.

Celluloid Dreams is selling

Greetings From Tim Buckley--U.S.-Tiff 12 Special Presentations World Premiere - Director: Daniel Algrant The Comedian a U.K. comedy by Tom Shkolnik Francis Ha - U.S. - Tiff 12. by Noah Baumbach Satellite Boy - Australia The Conspiracy - U.K.

Snd is preselling The Love Punch an English language French comedy

Wild Bunch is selling

Blood Ties written by James Gray, directed by Guillaume Canet, Cast : Billy Crudup, Clive Owen, Marion Cottillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Producers: Alain Attal (Les Productions du Tresor), Hugo Selignac, John Lesher.

This very American sotry takes place in New York, 1974. Chris Pierzynski has just been released after years in prison for his part in a gangland murder. Waiting reluctantly outside the prison gates is his younger brother, Frank, a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, who raised them alone, has always favored Chris - despite all his troubles. Frank has known this since they were kids, and it eats at him like nothing else.

It has presold to Belgium-Lumière, Scandinvia -Scanbox Entertainment, Netherlands-Lumiere, Romania-Independenta Film, Switzerland-Frenetic Films, Turkey-Codex Media, Ukraine Top Film Distribution

Maniac by Franck Khalfoun U.S. English Horror, Writers : Alexandre Aja, Gregory Levasseur, Cast : Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Producers : Thomas Langmann (La Petite Reine), Alexandre Aja. It has presold to Germany -Ascot Elite, Japan - Comstock Only God Forbids by Nicolas Winding Refn from Denmark, in English has been selliing since Berlin 2012 and has sold to Bulgaria-A Plus Films Ltd., Germany-Tiberius Film Gmbh & Co. Kg, Hungary-Budapest Film (Distributor), Hungary-Mtva, Italy-Italian International Film, Korea (South)-Daisy & Cinergy Entertainment, Poland-Gutek Film Ltd, Romania-Independenta Film, Turkey-Calinos Films

Global Screen (Germany) has many English language films, some originating from U.S. and English speaking countries and others from non-English speaking countries.

• No Place on Earth (The Cave) by Emmy Award winning director Janet Tobias a U.S., U.K., German co-production. the doc tells the longest recorded underground survival story in human history, when 5 Jewish families descended into a pitch black cave to escape the Nazis for 511 days.

Hungaricom Ltd (Hungary) has the English language animated comedy feature The Secret of Moonacre and Immigrants - L.A. Dolce Vita both produced by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Gabor Kalomista, a Los Angeles based company with Hungarian born principals. The synopsis of Immigrants is worth repeating: More people immigrate to America than to all other countries in the whole world combined. Why? Is it because they love hot dogs and hamburgers? Or because they want to meet Snoop Dogg or have a close encounter with Pamela Anderson? Maybe. But the real reason is – immigrants go to the U.S. to chase the American dream. Immigrants is the story of Vladislav (a Russian), and Joska (a Hungarian). Both are immigrants and best friends, living and chasing the American dream together. Vlad has a daughter, Ana, who’s adapting to life in America at the speed of light, while her dad is in complete culture shock. They stay at the Vista del Mar, an apartment complex run by an old failed actress, Greta Knight, who is always after Vlad for sexual favors. The building is home to immigrants from all over the world: Flaco, a friend from Mexico; Mr. Chea, who runs a Chinese family restaurant; Nazim, a former Pakistani nuclear scientist who drives a tour bus; and Mr. Splits, an old black pimp. We follow Vlad and Joska in their adventures… through their encounter with the American capitalist company Glut-co, through their attempt to open a Russian/Hungarian restaurant, and as their friendship is put in jeopardy when they hit the L.A. night scene. All the while Vlad is looking for a way to make a life for himself and his daughter; and Joska… well, Joska is mainly looking for women.

If Niel Landau's adventures in Russia appeal to you, but you don't have the connections there, visit Rosskino and the L.A. based Eleonora Granata Russian Film Commissioner or produce in Russia through international sales agents which were founded by Russian-Americans who know both cultures such as Aldamisa (where longtime Disney acquisitons VP Jere Hausfater is now looking for projects), 108 Media who has Myn Bala the Kazahkistan submission for Best Foreign Language Academy Award nomination is Canadian owned, or Red Sea, all of whom are Russian – American and/ or Canadian owned.

Singapore is looking for Looking for copros and Icon has stepped up to the plate with James Wan Presents House of Horrors, an English language U.S. horror film now in pre-productions. In the aftermath of a horrific massacre, lead Detective, Mark Lewis, and the police department’s psychologist, Dr. Elizabeth Klein, question a suspect for the brutal murder of five college students. This has been preselling at Cannes 2012 (Line up), Afm 2011, Cannes 2011 and Berlin Efm 2012. Directed by Javier Guttierrez, written by James Wan and Max La Bella it will be distributed in Singapore by Cathay.

British companies are also packaging and preselling U.S. films:

Content is selling American indies 96 Minutes, Hick, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God by Alex Gibney

Stealth Indie (Michael Cowan) is selling two U.S. indies, Crave and The Giant Mechanical Man

Bankside has a deal with New York based Killer Films for Innocence, now in post. This thriller is a modern-gothic vampire story where a recently bereaved teenage girl finds herself the focus of everyone’s attention at her elitist private school where life is steeped in tradition and ceremony.It has been preselling this at Afm 2011 and 2012, Toronto and Cannes 2011 and it has presold to Le Pacte for France, Videovision for So. Africa, Umut Sanat Filmcilik for Turkey, Shooting Stars for UAE.

Ealing Metro is preselling

Nina directed and written by Cynthia Mort, a U.S. production, a biopic about Nina Simone, a tormented genius who eventually finds love and peace. Produced by Barnaby Thompson, Stuart Parr, Mark Burton and Ben Latham Jones, it has presold since Toronto 2011 to Orlando for Israel, Entertainment One for Benelux, Cinesky has U.S. Better Living Through Chemistry directed and written by David Posamentier, a U.S. comedy now in post-production.A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a dangerously seductive customer who takes him on a joyride with explosive consequenses involving sex, drugs and possibly murder. Starring Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan and Ray Liotta, produced by Felipe Marino, Joe Neurater and Keith Calder, it has presold to Metro Pictures of India. Bailout is being presold. One morning Matt Prior wakes up to find himself jobless, crippled with debt, convinced his wife is having an affair and six days away from losing his home. Bailout is a hysterical, heartfelt tale of how we can reach the edge of ruin and begin to make our way back.

Salt is preselling Welcome to the Jungle, a U.S. comedy directed by Rob Meltzer, written by Jeff Kauffman, produced by Justin Kanew and Luillo Ruiz and starring Adam Brody, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone and Rob Huebel. A group of co-workers including Chris (Adam Brody) get stranded on a desert island when their nutty teambuilding coach (Jean Claude Van Damme) is mauled by a wild cougar. in the spirit of "lost in the wilderness" comedies such as Tropic Thunder and workplace comedies like The Office, Welcome to the Jungle is a rare beast in today's market: a comedy that delivers on the laughs - both the high and the lowbrow. It has already presold to Front Row for the Middle East.

Westend is preselling Joe which will start shooting this month be delivered in 2013. It is to be directed by David Gordon Green, produced by lisa Muskat and stars Nicholas Cage. Joe is the story of a man who becomes the unlikeliest of role models to 15-year-old Gary Jones, the oldest child of a family ruled by a worthless father. Together they try to find a path to redemption and the hope for a better life in the rugged, dirty world of a small Southern town. Joe is the story of the last hold-out of the cowboy age, when it was okay to shoot up a bar room or tell a lady what to do.

That Jean Claude Van Damme can be quite funny is enormously evident to anyone who has seen 2008 effort Jcvd but The Muscles From Brussels starring in a full on comedy? It's happening with the Rob Meltzer directed effort Welcome To The Jungle, in which Van Damme stars as a survival coach tasked with toughening up a group of office workers on a corporate retreat.Chris (Adam Brody) is a workplace weakling who doesn't have the balls to stand up to the slick office bully, Phil (Rob Huebel), who steals all his ideas, and he has yet to muster the courage to ask out cute Hr manager, Lisa (Megan Boone). Even Chris' only friend, Jared, a sarcastic slacker It guy who secretly monitors everyone's porn intake,...

Are you ready to look the Devil in the eyes? You are? Good then, we have two great clips from the upcoming Welcome To The Jungle comedy (yes, please, have this in mind – it’s a comedy!) which comes from director Rob Meltzer and has quite interesting cast on board. Just imagine Jean Claude Van Damme and Adam Brody, and… well, check the rest of this report to find out the full cast list as well as two awesome videos!

So, the story starts with Adam Brody aka Chris, a workplace weakling who doesn’t have the balls to stand up to the slick office bully, Phil, played by Rob Huebel. Like that’s not enough, Chris has no courage to ask out cute Hr manager, Lisa, played by Megan Boone, and his only friend, Jared, is a sarcastic slacker It guy who secretly monitors everyone’s porn intake.

Of course – Jared,...

I know I’m a few days late on this one, folks, but things have been a little hectic in my neck of the woods as of late. Although I’m sure you’ve seen the sales art for the upcoming Jean-Claude Van Damme comedy “Welcome to the Jungle” on other websites, I just couldn’t bear the thought of not covering it here at Beyond Hollywood. The film isn’t scheduled to hit theaters until sometime next year, which, in my opinion, is kind of a bummer. However, with all of the other Van Damme movies currently in production, I think we’ll have plenty of stuff to chew on until this one arrives on the cinematic scene. Being greedy isn’t a good thing. Directed by Rob Meltzer, the film follows the adventures of some office workers who find themselves on a tropical island for a company retreat.

Written by Jeff Kauffman and directed by Rob Meltzer, Welcome to the Jungle is a story about a company retreat on a tropical paradise island going terribly wrong. Set to release in 2013, it stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody and Rob Huebel. Take a look at the new poster while we wait for more [...]

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Jean Claude Van Damme makes a foray into comedy in the Rob Meltzer directed Welcome To The Jungle, in which the Muscles From Brussels stars as a wilderness survival / workplace team building trainer opposite Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristen Schaal, Megan Boone, and Dennis Haysbert.Chris (Adam Brody) is a workplace weakling who doesn't have the balls to stand up to the slick office bully, Phil (Rob Huebel), who steals all his ideas, and he has yet to muster the courage to ask out cute Hr manager, Lisa (Megan Boone). Even Chris' only friend, Jared, a sarcastic slacker It guy who secretly monitors everyone's porn intake, slams Chris for being a pussy.But when a team-building "wilderness seminar" goes horribly wrong, and unhinged ex-marine teambuilding...

Exclusive: Dennis Haysbert has signed with Bob Gersh at the Gersh Agency. Haysbert, who starred in the series The Unit and films like Michael Mann’s Heat, has become most identified with his role as the Allstate spokesman. Haysbert, who’s managed by Gs Management Group, will next be seen in Luv, the Sundance film that was acquired by Indomina and Bet, and The Weinstein Co’s The Details, both of which will be released this summer. Haysbert just wrapped the Rob Meltzer comedy Welcome To The Jungle.

Jean-Claude Van Damme has gone directly from shooting the sequel The Expendables 2 to the upcoming Rob Meltzer thriller Welcome to the Jungle, which sees a company retreat go awry. The action icon can be seen here in the jungles of Puerto Rico. Check out Jean-Claude Van Damme's strange get-up in the latest set images below.

Welcome to the Jungle comes to theaters in 2013 and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Raise your hand if you want to see Jean-Claude Van Damme take a spinning roundhouse kick at comedy. I certainly do. To see him play a crazy ex-Marine teambuilding coach? Even better. That’s the plan in director Rob Meltzer’s new film, “Welcome to the Jungle”. (I feel like Axel Rose is going to sue the production over that name at some point.) Here’s the synopsis: Chris (Adam Brody) is a workplace weakling who doesn’t have the balls to stand up to the slick office bully, Phil (Rob Huebel), who steals all his ideas, and he has yet to muster the courage to ask out cute Hr manager, Lisa (Megan Boone). Even Chris’ only friend, Jared, a sarcastic slacker It guy who secretly monitors everyone’s porn intake, slams Chris for being a pussy. But when a team-building “wilderness seminar” goes horribly wrong, and unhinged ex-marine teambuilding...

Jean Claude Van Damme playing a mentally suspect ex-Marine turned workplace teambuilding coach? Believe it, people, because it's being shot right now.Van Damme stars opposite Adam Brody in director Rob Meltzer's upcoming comedy Welcome To The Jungle, with production currently under way in Puerto Rico.Chris (Adam Brody) is a workplace weakling who doesn't have the balls to stand up to the slick office bully, Phil (Rob Huebel), who steals all his ideas, and he has yet to muster the courage to ask out cute Hr manager, Lisa (Megan Boone). Even Chris' only friend, Jared, a sarcastic slacker It guy who secretly monitors everyone's porn intake, slams Chris for being a pussy.But when a team-building "wilderness seminar" goes horribly wrong, and unhinged ex-marine teambuilding coach...

Adam Brody is keeping himself busy as he books two more high-profile roles. The 32-year-old, who previously starred in the seminal teen series The Oc, is reportedly starring in the big-screen adaptation of Neil Labute‘s blisteringly funny and darkly chilling play Some Girls, and Rob Meltzer‘s Welcome to the Jungle. Adam is tipped to play [...]

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[1] 2012 is already shaping up to be the biggest year yet of Adam Brody's post-oc career, as the actor books two more high-profile roles. One is Some Girls, a feature adaptation of Neil Labute's recent play about an almost-married man who travels across the country to visit his ex-girlfriends. [Update: The Hollywood Reporter [2] writes that Mad Men helmer Jennifer Getzinger will direct the drama.] But Brody's next project will likely be Rob Meltzer's Welcome to the Jungle, as that project will shoot next month in Puerto Rico. The story centers around a design firm that goes on retreat to a tropical island, only to become stranded and see Lord of the Flies-style chaos break out. Brody will play the protagonist, who must save his colleagues from a power-hungry leader. Brody's only one of a rather eclectic cast that also includes Rob Huebel, Dennis Haysbert, Kristen Schaal, and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Brody...

Jean-Claude Van Damme possesses a rare ability. The older he gets, the more badass he becomes. It doesn't matter if he's stabbing dozens of people every five seconds (thank you, Universal Soldier: Regeneration) or holding a puppy. The guy's just menacing. The good news? We're gonna see even more of him!

According to Variety, Adam Brody will be throwing down with '90s action star Jean-Claude Van Damme in a survival thriller shooting next month in Puerto Rico.

The duo will star in Rob Meltzer's Welcome to the Jungle, which follows a group of staffers at a design firm who go on an office retreat to a tropical island, where total chaos erupts after they become stranded. A "Lord of the Flies"-type situation unfolds, and Brody's character is forced to match wits with the power-hungry leader in order to rescue his co-workers.

Rob Huebel, Dennis Haysbert, and Kristen Schaal co-star.

Variety reports that "Oc" star Adam Brody will be going tow-to-toe with '90s action star Jean-Claude Van Damme in a survival thriller shooting next month in Puerto Rico. The duo will star in Rob Meltzer's Welcome to the Jungle, which "follows a group of staffers at a design firm who go on an office retreat to a tropical island, where total chaos erupts after they become stranded. A "Lord of the Flies"-type situation unfolds, and Brody's protag is forced to match wits with the power-hungry leader in order to rescue his co-workers." Rob Huebel, Dennis Haysbert and Kristen Schaal will co-star in the Pimienta production.

Former "The Oc" star Adam Brody is set to become a part of two new high-profile indies - "Some Girls" and "Welcome to the Jungle" reports Variety.

'Girls', based on the play by Neil Labute, follows a successful writer who, before getting married, decides to travel across the country to meet his five ex-girlfriends in a series of hotel rooms.

Jennifer Getzinger ("Mad Men") directs from a script Labute adapted. Labute is also producing and shooting kicks off in Los Angeles in April.

Brody is also set to star in Rob Meltzer's "Welcome to the Jungle," which follows a group of design firm workers at an office retreat on a tropical island suddenly overtaken by a dangerous group.

Left stranded, Brody is forced to match wits with the power-hungry leader in order to rescue his co-workers.

Rob Huebel, Dennis Haysbert, Kristen Schaal and Jean-Claude Van Damme co-star and shooting...

With his biggest turns of late being minor appearances in Cop Out and Scream 4 — also, to be perfectly honest, not paying any attention to the guy — had me thinking that Adam Brody was a done deal, but Variety brings us news to the contrary. They’re reporting that the actor will soon lead two films: Neil Labute‘s Some Girls, which is being directed by Jennifer Getzinger, as well as Welcome to the Jungle, from director Rob Meltzer.

The first of those centers on “a successful writer who, before getting married, decides to travel across the country to meet his four ex-girlfriends in a series of hotel rooms”; expect them all to do terrible things and not feel the least bit of guilt about it. The second, written by Jeff Kauffmann, is about “a group of staffers at a design firm who go on an office retreat to a tropical island,...