It’s a cliche that every waiter is really an actor waiting for their big break. So why will Zombieland star Jesse Eisenberg be serving pizza at Home Slice on Monday?

It’s all to promote his upcoming movie 30 Minutes or Less by director Ruben Fleischer, which is based very loosely on the bizarre 2003 Collar Bomb case. Eisenberg will be at the South Congress Italian institution on July 11 from 11:30am to 1:30pm: The man picked up an Oscar nomination for The Social Network, so tip well, folks.

Eisenberg and Fleischer’s last movie together, Zombieland, opened up Fantastic Fest 2009 to a standing ovation at the Parmount Theater. No Woody Harrelson this time, but with Aziz Anzari as the panicky sidekick, and Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down) and Nick Swardson as bank-robbers-by-proxy, it looks like Eisenberg is back in the same pitch-black action comedy line as his breakout role. (Swardson is also no stranger to Austin himself, having shot his Comedy Central special Seriously, Who Farted at the very same Paramount at which Zombieland debuted. Small world, right?)

Here’s the full trailer for 30 Minutes or Less, opening Aug. 12.

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This article appears in July 8 • 2011.

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The Chronicle's first Culture Desk editor, Richard has reported on Austin's growing film production and appreciation scene for over a decade. A graduate of the universities of York, Stirling, and UT-Austin, a Rotten Tomatoes certified critic, and eight-time Best of Austin winner, he's currently at work on two books and a play.