Check out the (comically misfit) characters in Mike Judge’s Extract

I just posted the trailer for Mike Judge’s Extract, and here’s a look at the characters. I’m probably most excited about this movie as any coming out this fall. The character descriptions are straight from the official Extract press site…

Joel (Jason Bateman)
Jason Bateman plays Joel, the big boss at Reynolds Extract. If Joel hasn’t reached his front door by 8 o’clock, he’ll find his wife, Suzie (Kristen Wiig) cinching up her sweatpants – and about as interested in him as he is in her mastery of supermarket coupon design.

Sexually frustrated, Joel confides in his best pal, Dean (Ben Affleck), a barkeep, and soon finds himself wrapped up in a convoluted scheme to make Suzie cheat on him first with a dim-witted gigolo (Dustin Milligan), thereby allowing him to pursue beautiful new employee Cindy (Mila Kunis) with a clear conscience.

More after the jump…

Cindy (Mila Kunis)
Cindy, played by Mila Kunis, is a life-long con artist and sociopath who’s just one step away from having her parole revoked. Cindy relies on her whiles and good looks to ensnare unsuspecting men. Before the end of the film Cindy has managed to scam, con and play most of the characters.

Suzie (Kirsten Wiig)
Kirsten Wiig plays Suzie Reynolds, Joel’s unfulfilled and downright bored wife. “She designs coupons, which I’m sure was her lifelong dream, and she’s been married to Joel for a handful of years and things are getting a little stale,” the actress explains. “I don’t think I know what’s going on for him at work, because I’m having an affair, and that takes up a lot of time. You don’t really ask your husband about his work when you’re sleeping around. You’ve got other things on your mind – like sleeping around.”

Dean (Ben Affleck)
Joel’s best friend Dean, played by Ben Affleck, doles out advice (and illicit substances) to Joel from behind the bar. Thanks to Dean, Joel finds himself getting into all sorts of trouble.

Step (Clifton Collins)
Clifton Collins plays Step, who aspires for nothing more than to one day be floor manager at the factory. A bizarre factory accident leads to Step losing one of his “boys,” and shenanigans ensue as Cindy manipulates, Joe Adler (Gene Simmons) represents, and Joel tries to make everyone happy. Read my interview with Clifton Collins – one of the hardest-working guys in Hollywood! — here)

Brian (J.K. Simmons)
Rounding out the workplace ensemble is Factory Supervisor Brian, brought to vivid life by omnipresent character actor J.K. Simmons. He loves the business and the company, but he doesn’t know anybody’s name. Everybody’s “Dinkus” or “What’s-His-Name."

Nathan (David Koechner)
Perhaps no character in "Extract" feels more like a signature Judge creation than the Reynolds’ neighbor, Nathan, a man who could challenge Milton from “Office Space” in the category of “singular focus.”

Mary (Beth Grant)
Mary (Beth Grant) is a fanny-packed, bitter slouch at the end of the assembly line who’d rather fold her arms and shake her head than keep life at Reynolds moving along. That’s exactly what she’s doing when a bottleneck occurs on the line, resulting in a chain of accidents that cost poor Step a portion of his manhood.

Rory (T.J. Miller)
On the line with Step is Rory, a bona fide indie rock geek with a face full of piercings and body covered in ink. “I’m sure it wasn’t a progressive thing,” says his alter ego, actor T.J. Miller, of Rory’s tattoos. “He was, like, ‘I finally have $800 – I’m getting eight tattoos.’”

Brad (Dustin Milligan)
The final complicating factor in Joel’s life is Brad, the dull-headed gigolo Dean hires to seduce his wife. In a scenario right out of a 70’s porn flick, he poses as the new pool guy, and finds his advances all too welcome.

Images: Miramax