Van Wilder 2: Rise of Taj
I still can't figure why MGM would want to keep 'Van Wilder' in the sequel Van Wilder Deux: Rise of Taj; especially since Van Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) will be absent from the film. Is the film even titled Van Wilder Deux anymore? Latest report claims it is now National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj.
No matter what the title, MGM has already got an explicit music video for the film.
Rise of Taj Music Video
Jonny Lives! bring their Brit-Pop-meets-Lower East Side-rock sound to the soundtrack for National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj with party anthem “Get Steady”. The video, co –directed by the film’s director, Mort Nathan and star Kal Penn (Van Wilder, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle) is a "Hot For Teacher" meets "Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl" visual-mash-up-gone-wild.
The “Get Steady” video marks the directorial debut of Kal Penn who plays Taj Mahal Badalandabad in the Van Wilder films and gives a raunchy collegiate crash course in Party 101 with Jonny Lives! rocking a fictional Ivy League college campus, complete with hot co-eds and sexy instructors.
Jonny Dubowsky from Jonny Lives! said, “We had so much fun shooting the video - it reminded me of a college sorority formal we recently played at where things got out of hand. “Get Steady” has a way of bringing the party and is a perfect fit for the new Van Wilder film (Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj).”
“I have wanted to get into music video directing for quite some time now, but having never done it before,” said lead actor & “Get Steady” video co-director, Kal Penn, “it's nice to work on a team with & learn from Mort (who's directed a lot more than I have), and to be able to create a video that has a tie-in to a film like The Rise of Taj. The movie is definitely not a sequel in the traditional sense: it's a franchise film, which takes my character and introduces him to a different situation, 4 years later, halfway across the world. We wanted to create a very lighthearted & fun video in the vein of the film: a teacher with a nontraditional, anti-establishment style of teaching, who finds himself in a brand new place.”
On Nov. 21st, Eleven Seven Music will release the original motion picture soundtrack for National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj. The soundtrack is a 16-song compilation that goes all night, featuring party-ready rock anthems from artists with their own cult followings. The soundtrack includes Buckcherry's smash hit "Crazy Bitch," Everclear's newest single, "Hater," never-before released tracks from Hanson and The Exies, along with songs from bands like Brandtson, The Starlight Mints, Punchline, The Lashes, The Ordinary Boys, Reuben, & The Alternate Routes, among others. The Jonny Lives! “Get Steady” video will be included as enhanced content on the soundtrack (alongside multiple other videos from soundtrack artists).
Watch the music video in two formats:
Windows Media
Quicktime
The Rise of Taj opens to theatres on December 1st.
Stay tuned for updates.
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