Jake Johnson Turned an Existential Crisis Into His Directorial Debut

Inside the former New Girl star’s wild SXSW comedy about a deadly dark-web game.

. But when the Lonely Island and comedy veteran Ali Bell agreed to produce the movie, Johnson had an excuse to scale up. The star power rose in tandem. Johnson’sco-star Anna Kendrick signed on to play a fellow loner who joins Tommy as the game escalates, and Christopher Lloyd, Mary Holland, Natalie Morales, Emily Hampshire, andThe game itself is hard to talk about, in part because details risk spoilers and in part because the whole concept is open to interpretation.

Samberg, for one, didn’t ask Johnson to spell anything out. “I do have a theory, but I think the fun of it is letting the audience discuss and decide what they think,” he says. “That said, I think they’re all dead and it’s purgatory. Just kidding. But I do think it’s fun no matter what the truth of it is.”depicts a lost soul who seems a bit out of his mind, Johnson is aware that some viewers may bring heftier subtext to Tommy’s saga.

But Johnson is no longer the judge of Tommy’s fate — that would be the SXSW premiere crowd and everyone else who seesdown the road. “I believe you’re allowed to laugh at any scene you want to,” he says. “I don’t think there’s a sequence that has to be too heavy for you. But if you’re watching it and it’s heavy for you, you’re also right. You are allowed to enjoy this movie any way you want.”

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