Jack Black Working To Make Dog Turds And Drug Laws Disappear

[Khephra]

HOLLYWOOD — Jack Black is so stoked about the Tenacious D movie that he can't talk about it without sounding like he's narrating the trailer.

"It starts off before there was a D," the comedian said at last week's "School of Rock" premiere (see "Osbournes, Dashboard Turn Out For Jack Black's 'School Of Rock' "), lowering his voice and raising his eyebrows. "I'm a child, a 10-year-old child. Hopefully we can get Meat Loaf to play my father. I run away from home. I find Kyle in Los Angeles. We become friends. We form Tenacious D. You find out the secret meaning behind the word Tenacious D that you don't know. And then we go on our first quest. And that's all I can tell you."

Black and Gass are producing the movie, recently titled "Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny,' " and co-wrote the screenplay with "Sifl & Olly" co-creator and "United States of Whatever" rocker Liam Lynch, who will direct the project (see "Coming Soon: Tenacious D's Big Fat Movie"). The still-untitled film begins shooting next year.

In the meantime, Black is producing a documentary called "60 Spins Around the Sun," which is being directed by his girlfriend, former "Saturday Night Live" comedienne Laura Kightlinger.

"It's all about how awful the Rockefeller Drug Laws are, how they need to be stopped," Black said, referring to New York laws passed during Nelson Rockefeller's tenure as governor in the early '70s. The harsh laws mandate long prison terms for the possession or sale of relatively small amounts of drugs.

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[Richardo]

1. Black is dating Laura Kightlinger??!!??!

NOW I'm depressed.... :-(

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Give it time. If Black has the excess talent for comedy and drugs

that Belushi & Farrell had ... well, just give it time.

<sigh>

[tridim]

3. Honestly, I can't figure out why people don't like

Jack Black. Maybe it's just because we share a surname, but I think the guy is a major talent. He can act (and make it seem like he's not acting), write, sing, play guitar, dance and make people laugh. All this, and he's just an average looking, short, stalky guy. Props to him and the 'D'!

[Richardo]

4. I like him...but Laura Kightlinger?

Waaaaaah.

The first time I saw him was in High Fidelity, and I had no idea who he was, so the final payoff of his (excellent) performance at the club was a true delight.

I take him in measured doses - he's pretty funny that way. Plus he reminds me of one of the trombone players in our high school jazz band who had the very same facial expressions and mannerisms.