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Joey, Matthew and Andrew Lawrence stop by THR's suite at San Diego Comic-Con and talk about their new graphic novel 'The Lawrence Brothers: Detective Agency.' Plus, they talk about their biggest dreams for 'The Lawrence Brothers: Detective Agency,' like an animated series.
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00:00Terrific, they're pretty close, as you know, they're not I'm gonna see mr.
00:04You guys, I'm not really in the math. Oh, come on. I loved that storyline. I'm just gonna pretend like I have to do with these guys
00:19I'm Tiffany Taylor for the Hollywood Reporter here at San Diego Comic-Con
00:232025 with the Lawrence brothers. Thank you for being here. Thanks for having us. It's great to be here
00:28So now you guys have a new graphic novel and that's why you're here at Comic-Con. How did the idea for this?
00:33The Lawrence brothers detective agency come about we were in the store passing milk cartons, and we saw this. Yes
00:39Have you seen these guys? Yeah, and it was us. They look familiar
00:44Wait a minute. It's us and then we said we got to find us
00:47So we decided you know what we have to start a detective agency. We've been doing this for 40 years
00:51So it's like the one thing we haven't done and then we teamed up with a great team and we put the whole thing together
00:57What sort of mysteries will these detectives be solving?
01:01Well, you know lost careers from the 90s. Yeah, no
01:04Lots of childhood stars. Where have they gone missing? Yes, so we're gonna go find them. Yeah, truly your favorite cast that you have not seen in 30 years
01:12Are they still working? Are they even alive? We're gonna go find out. No, it's a lot of things
01:17We're gonna be looking at everything. That's part of it, but you know, it's kind of like a sort of a
01:22An edgy adult scooby-doo and we actually are gonna have a detective agency and we're gonna go find stuff now
01:27This takes place in like a corrupt Hollywood, right?
01:31Shockingly
01:31Yeah, it was not corrupt so I corrupt
01:34Clearly we're having a little fun, you know, we're having a little fun taking some liberty
01:37Lots of small time thefts that need to be solved. Yep
01:41Yep, our kickstarter went live yesterday
01:43And we're having so much fun with it. It really took off and it just makes you feel it's pretty shocking, right?
01:49Because we do this thing and obviously we love the graphic novel world
01:52We've never done anything like this, right? We teamed up to work with brothers and and obviously they know the world and they came to us and said
01:58Guys, I think this could be really something cool and to have the kickstarter sort of jump off the way
02:02It did people can kind of join they can become honorary Lawrence brothers. Uh, they can actually become characters in the book
02:09Yep, so there's a whole bunch of stuff that you can be a part of
02:12And they've really taken to it and it's just been so exciting to watch, you know
02:16Will it be entirely funded through kickstarter? Um, no not entirely. No, it's how these things begin, you know
02:23So it's sort of how they start and then it will grow from there
02:27Talk a little bit more about what the fan support has been like on kickstarter and yeah, kind of the things that fans can
02:33How they can be a part of it. Yeah, um, well from exclusive
02:37Uh signed books to like I said being a part of it to being mentioned in the book to being a character in the story all the way to being an official
02:45Lawrence brother like the fourth one that's brother
02:48Yes, what's the price tier for that? Oh millions millions and millions. It's crazy thousand dollars for the ultimate prize is five thousand dollars
02:57So, you know to be a brother that feels cheap that feels like a small price
03:01We're selling it. We're not trying to you know, we're not trying to take advantage
03:04No, five thousand dollars. You can be one of us. Yep, that's all we pay each other
03:09So it's true. We're very cheap every month. I give Joe five thousand dollars and I continue to be his brother. Yes, so it's been good
03:15It's been really good works out. I read that you guys have high hopes for this
03:18You'd love to see it, you know in the TV or movie sphere
03:21What are your biggest dreams for the lawrence brothers detective agency animated series for sure would be the next phase
03:27It is gonna be the next phase. Yeah, this is the beginning. We're all big fans of animation and stuff and uh, yes
03:32And again, I think it would be a fun a fun step when I said scooby-doo. That's where we see it going
03:36It's an adult, you know kind of scooby-doo edgy fun, um, you know and animated for sure
03:41Yeah, I just hope that these three bumbling idiots kids can uh can solve some uh some serious crimes
03:48Yeah, if they can't these bumbling men will so that'll be fun by absolute accident
03:54We are gonna crack some of the toughest cases between our procedural drama skills learned from 90s television and absolutely
04:00Berkowitz brothers and Sean von Gorman. We're going to kick the butt, you know, I had a little guest star on NCIS
04:07from that point on
04:09I knew we were destined for this. Yeah now earlier we were talking about how it's you know set in Hollywood
04:15So definitely very meta and even though it sounds yes super fun and edgy
04:20I guess will that edginess take it into maybe kind of addressing some of the pitfalls of hollywood that you guys experienced as young actors
04:26Absolutely. Why not? I don't think anything's off the table
04:29Uh creatively we are uh unobstructed. So, um, you know
04:33There are several directions that it that it will go and and that we've talked about it going and we'll have you laughing
04:38We'll have you crying a full gamut of emotions
04:41Yes, hiding your face in fear. There'll be a whole gamut of emotions. You might never leave your house
04:46Who knows? Well, a lot of people aren't doing that just in general nowadays, so, you know, so why not get behind a graphic novel?
04:52Sit on the couch or scroll and read it'll be perfect. You'll love it. You'll love it
04:57But so many fans are just so excited to still see you all working together. I mean all these years later. Why we're still alive
05:03Have you seen these boys? You've done that bit. It's it's played out
05:09We get us
05:10Yeah, but why is it important for you guys to still work together as brothers and create content together have the podcast together?
05:16I mean deliver to fans in that way. Yeah, honestly, honestly, we've been so lucky, you know
05:20We've been in all seriousness been able to do this for 40 years, you know, and it's pretty crazy
05:24Well speak for yourself. I'm 37, but that's okay
05:26Well, obviously we've been dragging Andy through it, which is why he's even still working but at the end of the day
05:30Um, we've been able to do this for a very long time and we feel very lucky to do that very few people get that opportunity
05:37And um, you know
05:39The whole world of entertainment has changed so drastically in the last 5 10 years especially after covet like everything just changed
05:45And um, you know doing the podcast like andy said and doing this graphic novel
05:49These are things that we never really saw ourselves doing
05:51But um, we're having so much fun doing it and as matt has said before and andy said before when we work together
05:56We really have more fun than at any other time
06:00So to be at this point in our lives as grown men and to be able to work together and have this this kind of fun
06:04Doing what we love to do and to be supported by an incredible group of fans and in our community that has followed us for so many years
06:11You just can't really ask for anything
06:12I think the best way to sum this up short and sweet
06:15Would be uh, what I said was pretty, you know alone
06:18Okay
06:18Weak together
06:20Strong
06:21Yeah, I know you and andy have said that a lot, but I never really personally said that
06:24But that's really just sums it up. Sure. I like it. Yeah, and fans have been asking for a brotherly love reboot on tv for years
06:30And you've kind of teased over the years that maybe a new tv project from all of you is coming
06:35What are the latest updates on that it is and we're getting closer and closer to it?
06:38It's just we finally uh, have season one complete
06:42Um, and uh, what and season just give up talking once
06:46Joe's doing it all
06:47Go ahead any time you want to cut in i'm joking
06:49I know you are
06:50Um, but we're gonna pass the milk carton and that's gonna give us the opportunity to speak
06:53Oh, yeah, that's a good idea. I like that. I like that. Anyway, it's season one is complete
06:59Uh, it'll be launching soon, and we'll be getting all the details coming out
07:02Um, probably in the next month or so wait, that's amazing
07:04So you've already shot season one of the series
07:07Now this is the hollywood reporter. So i'm gonna kind of dig in are you shopping it around is it coming out on streaming?
07:12What's the plan? Yeah, well, here's the world so it's gonna be um, our brother joe
07:17Loves to put the cart before the horse
07:19No, there's no that's just what there's a lot of horses and a lot of cars. No, we are ready
07:23No, we didn't shoot season one
07:25We're gonna launch it in a very unique way. So very trying to be as um
07:30Vague as possible as possible
07:32Well, no, the business has changed. It's really changed. So we have to adapt with the business and
07:38Going the old way is not really the best way to get your product out there anymore
07:43There have been some there's so this is riveting riveting information guys different avenues and so many different things
07:49So that's really been the biggest thing. We've been trying to figure out is exactly how do we do
07:54How do we present this in the best way possible? That's that's and that's what we're literally figuring out right now
07:59Yeah, we think we've cracked it and uh, we'll have updates soon
08:02Maybe you've cracked it truly. I think we have. Maybe we've cracked it. That's smart
08:05And I mean, that's how you you know what I mean like stay in the business and you keep evolving
08:09Well, yes, exactly right. Yeah, so it's gonna be exciting
08:13It's like a renaissance period for entertainment. So we're constantly, you know reinventing and figuring out how to stay
08:20current and modern and luckily we again
08:22We're just super blessed and humbled that we have a community out there that that is supporting us and behind us in all these different adventures
08:28Matt just broke his microphone
08:30Oh, your pop filter
08:32Wow, what a technical term
08:34What's it been like? This is your first comic-con being here with the comic-con community for the first time. It's been great
08:40The reaction has been awesome, you know, we feel very welcomed here even though we've never done anything like this before
08:45And we're having a lot of we're having a lot of fun. I mean, this is this is this is the Mecca, right?
08:49I mean, this is like this is the one, you know, so being here at San Diego like like this is
08:55I like to call it the Coachella of cons. There you go. Kind of feels like that. It does. It's pretty wild out there, you know
09:02Mm-hmm most cons it's it's it's you know, you got a lot of people dressing up and it's fun everything
09:06But this one's just on a whole
09:08It is top dog top dog of cons
09:11And we're having we're having fun. We're gonna keep the fun going. I'm gonna have you answer some
09:15Popcorn bucket comic-con questions from the crypto the dog from Superman
09:20Each of you can draw one out of it
09:23And then all the milk cartons down is that where crypto like crypto came from maybe the dog
09:28Do you think that inspired crypto like cryptocurrency? No, okay, no like kryptonite. He's a character that's been around for a while
09:37First, what's your favorite comic book villain and why the Joker because he's the best
09:41Do you really want me to go for this? Well, I got to give a little backstory to me
09:44Do I really want you to answer the question? I was out of town and these two guys decided to do a podcast without me
09:51Highest rated one we've ever done
09:53Put it out there a lot about a movie that just came out called Superman. Yeah, we just got the question now
09:59I'll get to my question. Did you see James Gunn's Superman and what did you okay? Well here Matt?
10:04What did you think about it? Yeah, you need to tell us what we thought about what did you think look it's it's a
10:10There's definitely a take. It's clear that it's James Gunn
10:14It reminded me a lot of the guardians of the galaxy series
10:19I liked mr. Fantastic and that storyline that squad
10:24I thought that worked in the film the most mr. Terrible
10:28No, mr. Fantastic and mr. Terrible you guys
10:32Can we get a check for these two and have them brought it
10:35Then why don't you tell us yeah, who was it the guy the crew the other crew the nathan fillion crew
10:40It was Green Lantern, right terrific terrific terrific didn't I say you said terrible I said fantastic terrible terrific
10:48They're pretty close as you know, they're not. We're gonna see mr. You guys
10:53I'm not really
10:55Come on. I loved that story line. I'm just gonna pretend like you have to do with these guys. This is my life. I love that storyline
11:02I thought that
11:04Some of the scene work didn't work for me like they had the scene superman had the scene with lois lane
11:10I don't wanna ruin it for anybody
11:12So, you know, I don't think you're gonna ruin it by saying okay man was in a scene with lois lane
11:15That's true. That's true. That's true. I think they can expect that one
11:18Okay, okay
11:19We have a scene where they kind of have a fight about a interview. They're having a relationship
11:25I understand what the point of it was it was to humanize
11:30Superman put him in this thing, but I don't think it was accomplished and I felt there were other scenes
11:34Like that in this movie where I was like
11:36I could take or leave this scene and I didn't really so those sure the
11:41Connection. I also didn't feel the connection to superman that I wanted to feel I don't know what that was about
11:46But I didn't get that like short here's and here's the above all short answer got me this really got me
11:52I'm a huge
11:53Animal lover I work in conservation. I have
11:57More pets than I can count most of them reptiles and amphibians
12:01But I've had some amazing connections with dogs over the years
12:05Yeah, and that is not the relationship that I wanted to see
12:08I think it needed more heart it needed more depth
12:11He was kind of like ah this dog
12:13I don't really care about this dog
12:14And the dog leaves him at the end of the movie
12:16Just watching the dog I that connection if you've had a dog and you had a real connection with your dog
12:21That is not it and I wish I would have seen that because
12:25That always needs to be highlighted. It's not in the right way
12:29And I just felt like spring was so callous
12:31Towards the towards crypto. I didn't like that and I thought also crypto was very superficial the dog itself dogs have
12:39There's no pun intended. They were super but they have are we still here
12:42They have an incredible amount of depth with their emotions. They really do and that just what's non-existent
12:48Matt
12:48And I would have loved to have seen what relationship be more of the crux of the movie
12:52What like they did he came comes in and saves them at the end. Yo, man again, you didn't feel where what do you
12:57Can you have a you have like a two-word?
13:01Can we rewrite the question and put in there in bold letters?
13:05One sentence answer anywhere on there that says keep it short. Yes, right there
13:09I had a lot to say it's it's implying you know what it says it on mine
13:13Now oh my gosh, you're done with all that said with all that said I still think it was a new take and that was cool
13:21You know what I liked about it. I like that. Superman was reintroduced to a new generation
13:25I think that's a good accomplishment. I just wish a hero some love some kindness that was introduced a little bit different
13:31Did we like it?
13:33Something that was like it was like the timing was off or something was just
13:36Off in some of these scene works. So you were not sold. I wasn't but you liked it
13:41I liked elements of it. Okay, I'm real. I'm a tough critic, you know
13:45I'm like a tim burton batman kind of guy. So yeah, it's it when when that they're just I think they're two different breeds really, you know
13:53Do you want to do your question?
13:55Are you sure?
13:56Are you sure we might be here for a while?
13:59All right, my question another one
14:01I have an easy question. Um, how do you feel about the political environment in the coke?
14:06No, my question is uh, what is your song of the summer? That's my question patty labelle
14:13No, it's patty labelle stir it up
14:15What that's yours? I did that song but my song of the summer this summer, you know, um
14:22She's a bad mama jama came back and it trended and everything like
14:26Um, what you just said this summer and then you yes, what is your song of the summer bad mom?
14:32That's the thing. It's the you, but I said patty labelle
14:35And you're like patty labelle this summer as if you were going to go into something current
14:38No, I don't and then you regurgitated
14:40something from the same period that I was going from yes, but the song is has
14:45Re-emerged in all of the kids because I have teenage daughters and everybody like love this song
14:49And it's so funny because I love this song since I was a little kid, but it's come back
14:52So we've been blasting that a lot this summer
14:53I love seeing your brotherly bond still and I guess you were talking about how much you love working together and brothers
14:58My final question is what's the hardest part of working together as brothers? Being brothers
15:02It's like a family business, you know, I mean like any business. There's going to be some quarrels and because we're brothers
15:07Maybe they are heightened, but there's the loves there and we and we always resolve it
15:12We do well, yeah, you have to that's the thing, right?
15:15Or at least you should strive for the gentleman's game. Usually it's 10 paces, you know the dueling pistol and we have a rule where
15:21Luckily, we neither already rules
15:23So if we do have that to agree and the other one doesn't that other one loses doesn't matter
15:28I prefer the dueling pistols. Yeah, the brotherly love. That's it. Thank you guys so much for hanging out. Thank you
15:42You
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