Roman Coppola’s Fist of Oblivion

The Fist of Oblivion is a new online series featuring “kung fu-fighting puppets” scheduled to debut next month. Ordinarily I’d probably wait until this was out or there was at least a video preview available to mention it here, but I’m intrigued by the fact that the show was created by Roman Coppola. Roman is probably most famous for the family he belongs to (see the Coppola family tree for more); he’s the son of legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and an accomplished filmmaker in his own right.

Roman is the founder of the production company The Directors Bureau and has directed videos for musicians like The Strokes, Moby, Green Day and Fat Boy Slim (including the iconic video Praise You). He’s also served as a second unit director on movies like The Darjeeling Limited (for which he also co-wrote the screenplay), Marie Antoniette, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It’s interesting to hear about this on the heels of the Jason Segel/Nick Stoller led Muppet movie and Kanye West’s Alligator Boots; I wonder if this is just a short-lived trend or if we’re seeing the beginning of something more. Is the generation that grew up on the Muppets storming Hollywood?

Look for the The Fist of Oblivion on Scion Broadband in November with new episodes scheduled to debut every Tuesday through the end of December.