Jack Black sings up for comedy-fest

School Of Rock star Jack Black has signed up for the new film from Columbia, Year One, adding his name to a list of funnymen that are involved with the movie.

According to reports, the man from Shallow Hal, Nacho Libre and Orange County has pledged his acting talents to the movie, which is written and directed by Harold Ramis, who starred in Groundhog Day and played Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II.

The film is being produced by Judd Apatow, who also lent his production talents to Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby, while executive producer on the project is none other than Owen Wilson, no stranger to comedy roles himself.

Wilson featured to hilarious effect in Zoolander, Starsky And Hutch, and Wedding Crashers, among others, suggesting he has the taste for what's funny.

"With Judd Apatow, Harold Ramis, Jack Black and Michael Cera [from Arrested Development], the filmmakers have assembled an insanely talented group of comedians," said Columbia president of production Matt Tolmach.

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