Julie Delpy is currently in development on 2 Days in New York, a sequel to her acclaimed indie comedy 2 Days in Paris. In the sequel, the romantically-challenged Marion, played by Delpy, will have children and a new lover. Today it’s been announced Chris Rock has signed on to the project, and popular opinion says he’ll take on the role of Marion’s new man.

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While watching Grown Ups, starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and David Spade, I realized two things. First, I learned about the fallacy of composition – the theory that says the whole will equal the sum of its parts. Second, I learned that sometimes you have to look past what’s wrong with a film and see it for what it is. Read the full story

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Martin Scorsese remade Infernal Affairs four years later. Gore Verbinksi took the same amount of time to remake The Ring. This year we will see Matt Reeves turn around Let The Right One In just two years later. David Fincher is currently planning his The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo remake, a film released just this month in the U.S. With a world made up of so many different languages and cultures, it’s become common knowledge that a praised foreign film will eventually see its way through Hollywood in some form.

And so it is with Death at a Funeral; a film not only remade in the same language, but aside from a few quips here and there, has the same exact narrative structure down to every comedic beat. If you’ve seen Frank Oz‘s 2007 Brit original there is nothing new here. If you haven’t, this is an mildly entertaining comedy thanks to an impressive cast and the absurdity of the original story. Read the full story

A film that I am more than moderately excited about, Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? will begin shooting in the fall and hopes to ride the Oscar wave in 2011. The LA Times (via First Showing) interviewed the star, Marlon Wayans, and gave updates on the project and how he was preparing. Read the full story

The teaser trailer for Dennis Dugan‘s new ensemble comedy Grown Ups has been released by Columbia Pictures.  The film has a massive cast including Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Maria Bello, Gary Busey and David Spade. Check out the trailer below via Yahoo.

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Variety reports Kevin James, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and David Spade are in negotiations to star in an untitled comedy for Columbia Pictures. Dennis Dugan (You Don’t Mess With the Zohan) will direct, and hopefully start shooting by summer. Sandler’s Sony company, Happy Madison, will produce. Sandler wrote the screenplay with Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star scribe Fred Wolf. The comedy is about five best friends from high school who reunite 30 years later on a Fourth of July weekend.

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