--- description: The 'On a Boat' comedy group heads to the big screen title: Lonely Island, Andy Samberg to Star in Movie Produced by Judd Apatow image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87fa98ef8b7a1648/69869ece169ab0e55727aa71/169080205-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Judd Apatow to Produce a Lonely Island Movie  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 12:57 AM CUT  Actors/comedians Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island attend "The Big Live Comedy Show" presented by YouTube Comedy Week held at Culver Studios in Culver City, Calif. on May 19, 2013. Actors/comedians Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island attend "The Big Live Comedy Show" presented by YouTube Comedy Week held at Culver Studios in Culver City, Calif. on May 19, 2013.Mark Davis—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Aug 8, 2014 12:57 AM CUT The comedy team behind “I’m On a Boat,” “D\*\*k in a Box” and “Jizz in My Pants” is [getting its own movie](http://www.deadline.com/2014/08/lonely-island-judd-apatow-universal-comedy-film/ "undefined"). Lonely Island will team up with Judd Apatow Productions to make the film, Deadline reports. Universal has acquired a still-untitled project. All three group members—Andy Samberg (who won a Golden Globe this year for his performance on _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_), Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone—will star in the film, and Schaffer and Taccone will co-direct. Apatow, whose movie credits include _Knocked Up_ and _40-Year-Old Virgin,_ will work with Lonely Island on the project. The singing trio skyrocketed to fame after their appearances on _Saturday Night Live_, where Samberg was a cast member and Schaffer and Taccone were writers. In 2009, they released an album called _Incredibad_, and in 2013 they dropped the _Wack Album_. Stars like Lady Gaga, Adam Levine and Justin Timberlake have recorded songs with the group. \[[_Deadline_](http://www.deadline.com/2014/08/lonely-island-judd-apatow-universal-comedy-film/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/"},"headline":"Judd Apatow to Produce a Lonely Island Movie","datePublished":"2014-08-08T00:57:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:33:45.813Z","description":"Andy Samberg's comedy group heads to the big screen","url":"https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87fa98ef8b7a1648/69869ece169ab0e55727aa71/169080205-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87fa98ef8b7a1648/69869ece169ab0e55727aa71/169080205-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"YouTube Comedy Week Presents \"The Big Live Comedy Show\"","caption":"YouTube Comedy Week Presents \"The Big Live Comedy Show\"","creditText":"Mark Davis—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/","name":"Judd Apatow to Produce a Lonely Island Movie"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Late-Night Highlight: Andy Samberg Gets Hilarious Throwback Gift","description":"Andy Samberg and pal Seth Meyers showed off a photo of the hilarious gift David Copperfield gave a soon-to-be-wed Samberg last year.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/3vpCKrR0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-11T11:54:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/3vpCKrR0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3090043/judd-apatow-to-produce-a-lonely-island-movie/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```