In movies, going away for a weekend retreat at an isolated location is a sure sign of disaster. Ostensibly, they are meant to be relaxing, rejuvenating, and a chance to rebuild a lost connection with a loved one. Never turns out to be the case! And it’s certainly not in Jorma Taccone’s dark comedy, Over Your Dead Body, which stars Jason Segel and Samara Weaving as a couple with secret plans to kill one another.
I guess you could also add that inviting Weaving, often the blood-soaked lead in multiple action flicks, is a sure sign that things aren’t going to go well.
Taccone has never swung and missed as a director. The Lonely Island member previously directed the hilarious comedies MacGruber and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
Over Your Dead Body has a script by SNL writers Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney.
Here’s the synopsis: A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to supposedly reconnect, but each has secret plans to kill the other.
Also in the cast are Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine.
Over Your Dead Body hits theaters on April 24th, but will have its world premiere at SXSW next month.
