Brett Ratner has set up his first feature directing gig since Rush Hour 3 in 2007. Deadline reports it will be the long-gestating project formerly known as Trump Heist, now titled Tower Heist. Read the full story

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A new international trailer for Little Fockers (known as Meet The Parents: Little Fockers overseas) has been released via ComingSoon. This trailer shows much different footage from the previously released domestic trailer. Unfortunately, none of it is very funny. The comedy is directed by Paul Weitz and stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Jessica Alba, Laura Dern, Harvey Keitel, Teri Polo and Barbara Streisand. Check it out below. Read the full story

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Ricky Gervais is arguably the biggest comedic actor from England at the moment, and Ben Stiller is arguably the biggest comedic actor from America at the moment. So, it seems obvious that the two of them would eventually team-up for a film (and no, the Night at the Museum films do not count). Read the full story

There’s never a moment in Noah Baumbach‘s new film in which we openly root for Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), the film’s narcissistic antihero. But then there’s never a moment in which we cannot relate to his actions. Roger’s a mean, selfish person with one friend (Rhys Ifans) who’s too good to him and a brother (Chris Messina) who thinks of him more as a burden (and then, hired help) than as family.

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It’s time to meet the Little Fockers. The debut trailer for the upcoming comedy has hit the internet. If the title sounds familiar, it’s because this is the third film in the Meet The Parents series. Starring Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, the film is coming to theatres December 22, 2010. Check it out below via Apple. Read the full story

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Earlier this week, we reported that Tom Cruise had been quoted confirming rumors of a feature-length film involving his Tropic Thunder character, Les Grossman. Today, Paramount Pictures and MTV Films announced that they are indeed set to develop said movie. Read the full story

A few days ago we reported that Paramount had passed on a Anchorman sequel, even after Adam McKay got the cast and production to lower their budget. Now, like McKay’s news broke, Ben Stiller reports via Twitter that we won’t be seeing Derek Zoolander either. Read the full story

The Playlist is reporting some pretty great news, in my opinion,  Michelle Williams is planning to take the lead role in Noah Baumbach‘s The Emperor’s Children, his adaptation of Claire Messud‘s 2006 novel. Other noteworthy actors, including Keira Knightley, Eric Bana, and Richard Gere, have also recently joined the project. Brian Glazer and Ron Howard, who were originally slated to bring Baumbach‘s script to life, will most likely stick with producing credits.

The film, set in post-9/11 New York, will track a group of Ivy League graduates who approach their 30′s having not quite reached the lofty aspirations they had for themselves during their college days. This storyline will undoubtedly draw comparisons to Baumbach’s 1995 debut Kicking and Screaming, which followed a handful of people struggling to deal with post-college life.

The report suggests that filming could start as early as this summer; however, it is worth noting that Baumbach also has Mr. Popper’s Penguins, starring Ben Stiller, in early development, which could take precedence if difficulties arise. Baumbach of course directed Stiller in what might be his best performance in this year’s Greenberg.

I for one would be delighted to see Williams join this project, and hopefully her reputation will continue to grow along with it. As far as this year goes, she stars in Derek Cianfrance‘s highly-buzzed Sundance romance Blue Valentine, for which Williams and co-star Ryan Gosling have received enormous praise.

Would you like to see Williams work with Baumbach? What do you think of the writer-director’s future potential?

Greenberg co-writer/director Noah Baumbach may re-team with his star Ben Stiller in a bigscreen adaptation of Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Variety reports. Most interesting to note is the script is written by Sex Drive, She’s out of My League and Hot Tub Time Machine writers Sean Anders and John Morris. The project is set up at 20th Century Fox. Read the full story

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There’s never a moment in Noah Baumbach‘s new film in which we openly root for Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller), the film’s narcissistic antihero. But then there’s never a moment in which we cannot relate to his actions. Roger’s a mean, selfish person with one friend (Rhys Ifans) who’s too good to him and a brother (Chris Messina) who thinks of him more as a burden (and then, hired help) than as family.

The film, however, is only half about Greenberg. It actually opens on Florence Marr, played by the impossibly natural, impossibly tragic Greta Gerwig, of Mumblecore pseudo-fame (Baghead, Nights and Weekends, etc.). Gerwig’s Florence is who we root for: a female version of Benjamin Braddock in many ways. She’s graduated college and now “been out of school for as long as she was in school.” She’s still an assistant for a professional doing what she’s apparently not ready for yet (the pro is Messina).

Imagine her reassurance when she meets Greenberg, a 40-year old carpenter who’s come to Los Angeles to dog/house sit for his brother while he and his family go to Vietnam to open up a new hotel. Roger’s decided to “do nothing for a while.” Compared to this old man, Florence is just fine. She’s got plenty of time to do nothing before it becomes “doing nothing.”

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