Danny McBride

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q336400: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to This Is the End, which ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck credits them on.

Counted as writer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Observe and Report (2009); Halloween (2018); The Exorcist; The Righteous Gemstones; Vice Principals. Count them as actor (5 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

The Exorcist III (1990): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Exorcist, which they wrote: The Exorcist ⇒ The Exorcist III (the host's read). Blatty directed Exorcist III after the horror show of Exorcist II.
    “after the horror show that happened with Exorcist II, directed Exorcist 3”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:20:00 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through The Exorcist, which they wrote: The Exorcist ⇒ The Exorcist III (the host's read). Blatty returned to the world of The Exorcist thirteen years after the second film, with the original's evil.
    “William Peter Blatties, you know, returned to the World of the Exorcist with a lot of the original kind of evil of the 1st one.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:25:38 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Writing (5) everyone in writing

Acting (8) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (5)

  1. career (career): Danny McBride → Will Ferrell. McBride is the funniest since Ferrell, holding the belt after Anchorman.
    “I said he was the he's the funniest guy since Ferrell.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:26:30 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Danny McBride → Chris Farley. McBride is on the shortest list for pure laughs with Belushi and Farley.
    “he's like on the shortest list with like Belushi and Chris Farley and people like that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:27:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Danny McBride → Halloween. McBride wrote or co-wrote the new Halloween movies and The Exorcist ones.
    “And McBride wrote or co-wrote the Halloween movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:50:04 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Danny McBride → Foot Fist Way. McBride was a failed writer-director until The Foot Fist Way made him a comedy star.
    “until Foot Fist Way happened where they were like, would you want to play the lead?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:33:00 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Danny McBride → Halloween (franchise). After this he moved into the Halloween franchise and HBO series to make the genre work he wanted.
    “And then after this, he's like, I'm the Halloween guy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:34:19 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Danny McBride → Bill Murray. McBride plays one blowhard type across roles like Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Ferrell.
    “he's also doing the thing that Bill Murray and Chevy Chase and Farrell do, which is like essentially playing the same guy.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:26:59 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Cypress Hill → Danny McBride. A Cypress Hill needle drop scores Danny McBride's entrance, one of the film's best-music and most cinematic moments.
    “And then Cypress Hill. I think Danny McBride's entrance.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:42:33 · unclear (Rewatchables host) (0.30 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Danny McBride → Prometheus. McBride's pilot in Covenant fills the Idris Elba role from Prometheus.
    “McBride is kind of in the Idris Elba role, like kind of the accordion playing pilot type.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:15:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Danny McBride → Alien. McBride is also a return to Harry Dean Stanton: someone with the wrong energy for a sci-fi movie.
    “McBride's also trying to sort of get back to a Harry Dean Stanton, kind of.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:16:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

people (4)

  1. people (people): Danny McBride → Channing Tatum. McBride's gimp scene with Tatum is a favorite.
    “Danny and the Gymp reappearing.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:33:46 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Danny McBride → Chris Farley. Making everyone break is the rarest talent; they say it about Farley and Belushi too.
    “But they say that about Farley.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:35:42 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Danny McBride → Jody Hill. McBride and friends live near each other in the South and make things together, like Jody Hill.
    “They make shit together, like Jody Hill and those guys.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 1:11:12 · Craig Horlbeck (0.35 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Danny McBride → David Gordon Green. McBride went to film school with David Gordon Green and Jody Hill and acted in all their films.
    “He went to film school with David Gordon Green and Jody Hill and all those guys, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:32:32 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Danny McBride: Hot take: McBride is the funniest person of the last 15 years; Bill says the funniest since Ferrell.
    “I think he's the funniest person in the last 15 years.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:26:27 · Chris Ryan (0.35 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Danny McBride: His entrance, making breakfast, is the cinematic shot of the film and the most rewatchable stretch.
    “McBride probably wins most cinematic.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:43:22 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Danny McBride: Rewatchables created a new award named for him: best job playing yourself.
    “Going forward, the Danny McBride a word.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘This Is the End’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Craig Horlbeck · 0:53:11 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Danny McBride: McBride went to film school wanting to write and direct, was cast in friends' films, never auditioned, and said Covenant was what he always wanted to do.
    “McBride was pursuing a career as a filmmaker.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Alien: Covenant · 0:32:23 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)