‘Over Your Dead Body’ Director Jorma Taccone on the Lonely Island’s ‘SNL’ Legacy and Recovering From a Shattered Pelvis: ‘I Had a Moment of My Life Flashing Before My Eyes’

By Daniel D'Addario

Daniel D'Addario

Chief TV Critic

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Jorma Taccone’s newest film looks a bit different than the work he’s known for. 

Taccone, one-third of the aughts “Saturday Night Live” collective The Lonely Island, is known for comedy: In addition to the many, many digital shorts he and his friends have made for “SNL,” Taccone directed 2010’s “MacGruber” and, with Lonely Island costar Akiva Schaffer, co-directed 2014’s “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.” Now, with the new film “Over Your Dead Body” (out April 24 after a South by Southwest premiere), he ventures toward dark relationship drama.

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