It's got all the elements of a great summer comedy: Ben Stiller. Vince Vaughn. Jonah Hill. Plus a script co-written by Seth Rogen about a misfit band of volunteer crime fighters who battle an alien invasion. ''I'm the manager of a Costco who is always starting clubs in his community — Spanish-speaking club, senior reading centers — because I don't have any friends,'' says Stiller. Vaughn plays a suburban dad who joins mostly because, according to Vaughn, ''he's excited to get out of the house and hang with some guys.'' And Hill's character signs up after being rejected by the local police force due to emotional problems. ''You know that kid you grew up with who wanted to be in the Army since, like, the second grade?'' says Hill. ''That's me.''
Of course, the movie's title has an unintended overtone since the real-life slaying of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood-watch captain in Florida. But Stiller, who faced a similar situation with Zoolander, isn't worried about fallout, with the release date still months away: ''You're talking to the guy who had the first comedy out after 9/11.''
