John Travolta turns sidekicks into action heroes in this trailer for Kevin Hart's Die Hart
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After his gonzo turn in last year’s worst movie, John Travolta is here to toy with his onscreen persona once more, this time as a foul-mouthed Hollywood “coach” in Kevin Hart’s new Quibi series.
Die Hart, the latest star-studded original from the fledgling mobile streamer, finds Hart yearning to break free from his history of playing comedic sidekicks—see: Central Intelligence, Ride Along—by attending an “action star school” that, per a synopsis, is “run by a lunatic.” Enter Travolta, who sports a bald head and a scrappy denim jacket as the cuckoo coach. Game Of Thrones’ Nathalie Emmanuel, meanwhile, co-stars as another student at the school.
Can this trio of high-wattage names pull Quibi from its well-documented tailspin? Probably not, considering that every Quibi show is filled with famous people and still the only show anybody’s talking about is “The Golden Arm.”
Watch the trailer for Die Hart, in which one gets to hear Travolta say words like “anal” and “blowjobs,” below.
Die Hart, which was co-created by John Wick writer Derek Kolstad and directed by Brooklyn Nine-Nine alum Eric Appel, premieres on July 20, with new episodes premiering every weekday until July 29.
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I feel like that trailer contained pretty much all I need to see of that concept.
I mean, it technically was the whole show…sorry, the whole “Quibi”
And then some!
Kevin Hart, John Travolta, and Quibi all in one thing? Could I possibly want to see this any less?
I dunno, it looks like a good chuckle.
Reminds me of an old The Simpsons episode where a space shuttle launch comes on their TV and the remote has no batteries.“The power cord, boy!”I would move heaven and earth in order to not watch this monstrosity.
Wait, Quibi still exists? Huh, weird.
So Quibi apparently is totally pointless because all these show and movie creators own all the rights and once they are done with Quibi they can be collected and shopped elsewhere as a whole. Guess I’ll just wait until then.
truly the best part of the whole thing.
But, but, but you can turn your phone on its side!**That’s still a feature, right?
i believe the idea is you can choose to turn your phone on its side if you want to.seriously boggling to me that they thought networks would be breaking down their door to licence their content to them in the ‘quick bite’ format. perfect combination of misguided ‘this is what young people want, right? we don’t need to ask any’ and ‘i’m so wildly successful there’s no way this idea is bad! in fact, it will be my legacy!’
I recently did a marathon of Harvey Birdman, and seeing this article (once again about Quibi) made me think that 10-12 minute shows/episodes is nothing new. I know the reasoning behind Quibi wanting to keep it mobile only, but seriously, this is not a new format. I guess they’re trying to find online streaming partners but it may be the case of too little, too late.
Quibi: proof-positive something can be “invented” which is beyond worthless.
The Fanatic is truly astonishing and I’m genuinely happy it exists. It’s a special kind of terrible and repugnant that’s on a par with something like Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders.
“Ah, Hell Naw!”Yes, indeed.
quibi’s MO is just ‘shit that might have been popular in 2013 – today!’
A few more shovels-full onto the burning heap that is Quibi.
John Travolta is here to toy with his onscreen persona once more, this
time as a foul-mouthed Hollywood “coach” in Kevin Hart’s new Quibi
series.
Aside from all of those things, I don’t see how this can possibly lose.
I wonder if they’ll have any file cabinets at the Quibi liquidation sale. I could use one.
The best value comes from the copper wire in the walls.
Kevin Hart’s new Quibi seriesThese are words humans should never have to see or hear.
I literally stopped the trailer right after I saw “Quibi Presents”
The forbidden five-word incantation, known only as “KHNQS” in the ancient texts, has been uttered aloud. Truly the end of days is upon us.
“Go‘way! Quibbin’!”
Nathalie Emmanuel may be exactly what it takes to get me on Quibi.
Man, remember after Pulp Fiction when we were all expecting John Travolta to make a huge comeback?This is the exact opposite of that.
He was good in Get Shorty.
And Face/Off.
I mean, he did. The rest of the 90s were pretty good to him.
I think Pulp Fiction was approximately three comebacks ago for Travolta.
TBF, he really does the best John Travolta parody you can buy.
I’d like to petition that from now on whenever AV Club refers to Quibi, it shall be described as “the MoviePass of streaming services.”
Cannot star enough!
Hold on, this isn’t a budget movie for streaming tv? It’s a whole damn series? With multiple episodes? OOF.
This actually doesn’t seem as terrible as it should be. Sometimes a comedy like this is just what I’m in the mood for. Too bad it’s on a service I will never subscribe to. Maybe I’ll watch when it hits some other streaming service as a feature film.
Kevin Costner, ya ding dong.
I like the concept of this. Don’t know if the show would be any good. Kind of a meta spoof of classic action movies clashing with modern takes on action. It would make more sense if Tom Cruise were playing the coach. I could actually see Tom Cruise having his own action hero stunts compound. It might be even more fun to have a whole bunch of actors and actresses guest starring in episodes playing coaches. Sylvester Stallone, Liam Neeson, Milla Jovovich, Kate Beckinsale just showing up in this weird universe playing themselves playing coaches.
Nobody? Really? Alright, I’ll do it:Die Hart, DieThis one looks like they came up with the title first and the premise afterward. I’ll probably give it a shot if I can torrent it.
Idiot, that’s German for “The Hart, The”!
I just came in here to say I have a really bad UTI and I can’t be dealing with shit like this.
Die HartSo…they started with the title and worked backwards eh?