Trailer out for Rainn Wilson's The Rocker

UPDATE: Watch our exclusive video of Rainn Wilson at Sasquatch here.

Kicked out of his band, a middle-age rock musician unites with a ragtag group of kids to form a successful group. No, we're not talking about School of Rock, but rather the upcoming The Rocker—quite a different film. How different? While the earlier film starred Jack Black playing guitar, this one instead has Rainn Wilson playing drums.

Hmm... perhaps a better way to distinguish between the films is to check out the new trailer:

See? Clearly there are quite a few things to distinguish The Rocker. Aside from the trailer, another positive sign for the film is that it was co-written by Wallace Wolodorsky, an ex-Simpsons writer from the halcyon years of that particular cartoon family.

Wilson's first starring role, The Rocker, hits theaters August 1.

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