“The world needs more Pee-wee Herman” according to Judd Apatow and he is going to do his part to make it so. Variety is reporting the prolific comedy producer “is developing an untitled Pee-wee Herman feature for Universal.” Paul Reubens is working with Paul Rust (Inglourious Basterds, I Love You, Beth Cooper) on the script which follows the “iconic geek in a road pic built around a gigantic adventure.” Read the full story
Deadline is reporting that Judd Apatow and his wife Leslie Mann have planned a new project after teaming up with all of his three features. No word yet on if he will direct, but Universal is prepping for an (extremely fast) release of January 2011. Read the full story
The director of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Nicholas Stoller, returns to the cinema with this hilarious (somewhat) sequel. While Marshall came across as a bit tedious and forced, Get Him to the Greek delivers on all fronts. This film is a witty, gut busting, comedy that will bring you to hysterical tears. Read the full story
Thanks to Funny or Die, the first five minutes of the Nicholas Stoller comedy is now online.
The Forgetting Sarah Marshall director teams up with Russell Brandand Jonah Hillagain in this Judd Apatow produced film. Revisiting the character of Aldous Snow from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Brand gives an outstanding performance along side Hill who plays a record company executive who is entrusted with the task of chaperoning the rock legend to his 10 year anniversary comeback concert at the Greek Theatre in LA in just 3 days.
Jennifer Aniston has never really been able to carry a movie on her own. Her attempts (Derailed, Rumor Has It…, Picture Perfect, The Object Of My Affection) have paid back diminishing returns. When she teams up with a male star, however (Bruce Almighty, Along Came Polly, Marley and Me), she’s usually golden.
The actress is now tapped to co-star the Judd Apatow-produced, David Wain/Ken Marino-penned film Wanderlust, starring Paul Rudd. She’ll take on the film after she’s done with the Seth Gordon-directed comedy Horrible Bosses(with Jaime Foxx, potentially Colin Farrell, Charlie Day and Jason Bateman).
Wanderlust concerns “a married couple trying to escape the trappings of the city life for a counterculture existence.” Shooting will start this fall. [Deadline Hollywood]
Sounds a lot like a lot of movies, but with Rudd, Apatow, Marino and Wain at the helm (and Aniston to help with ticket sales) it might just work.
Paul Rudd had always been the link between the Apatow comedy crew and The State comedy crew; but it looks like a delicious P&J sandwich they’re finally coming together. While on the red carpet for the Time 100, Apatow revealed that
“I’m producing a movie that Paul Rudd’s in that’s shooting in the fall which David Wain wrote with Ken Marino, and they’re going to announce that soon.”
Obviously Apatow has churned out quite a few movies lately, but one that is written by members of The State (an 90′s sketch comedy show that featured Wain and Marino) is particularly exciting. It’ll be interesting if it can blend the heart of an Apatow movie with the absurdity of The State.
Are you excited to see David Wain/Ken Marino written Apatow movie?
Not much is known about Bridesmaids, the upcoming Judd Apatow produced comedy starring Kristen Wiig. News is starting to com in though as we got word last week it has a release date of May 13th, 2011 and now we know fellow Saturday Night Live player Maya Rudolph will join Wiig (via Production Weekly). The film is about “two women battling to plan their friend’s wedding party.” Read the full story
The Judd Apatow-produced and Nicholas Stoller-directed Get Him To The Greek now has its red band trailer thanks to MySpace. The comedy is a spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall in that it stars Aldous Snow, Russell Brand’s crude (and hilarious) rock star. The film also stars Jonah Hill, P. Diddy, Aziz Ansari, Rose Byrne, Colm Meaney and Elisabeth Moss. Check it out below. Read the full story
The Hollywood Reporter has given us the good news that Paul Feig and Judd Apatow will be reteaming for a wedding themed comedy written by and starring Saturday Night Live superstar Kristen Wiig. Feig will direct and Apatow will produce. This is a big deal seeing as how both of them worked together to produce the cult classic television series Freak and Geeks; which not only launched their careers but the ones of Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel, Linda Cardellini, Busy Phillips, Martin Starr and Samm Levine. Read the full story
Apple has debuted the first (and likely not last, as red-band one will assuredly pop up) trailer for the Judd Apatow-producedand Nicholas StollerGet Him To The Greek. This is a spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall in that it stars Aldous Snow, Russell Brand‘s extremely memorable rock star character. Read the full story