The Rocker

The Office star Rainn Wilson portrays a drummer named "Fish," who gets a second shot at fame 20 years after getting kicked out of his band on the very night they signed the record contract that made them stars. Fish has spent the past two decades languishing at soul-crushing day jobs while his old ...more

Rainn Wilson's brand of humor thrives on the small screen. His comedic timing in that controlled environment is never in doubt. The question, however, is this: Can Wilson carry a movie? Has he reached a point in his career where he can draw audiences and fill theater seats? Wilson steps into the spandex pants of a sour, mullet-sporting, aging former rock star in The Rocker, a role where his patented penchant for sly, dry humor is on display as it is every Thursday night on NBC's The ...more

There's a high probability that studios keep piles of generic comedy scripts like The Rocker sitting around in the vaults. They probably lie in stacks, divided up based on type, each pile with a Post-it note on top baring a hopeful casting suggestion; the stickie on the Sports Comedies says "Will Ferrell," the note on the Cringe Comedies says "Ben Stiller," and while the one on the Rock Comedies probably says "Jack Black," fortunately for us in this hypothetical scenario, Mr. Black's agent ...more