Category: Judd Apatow

Combs and Byrne Join ‘Sarah Marshall’ Spinoff

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Sean Combs and Rose Byrne have joined the cast of the Judd Apatow produced ‘Get Him to the Greek,’ the pseudo-sequel/spinoff from last year’s ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall.’ Elizabeth Moss has also joined the cast which stars Jonah Hill and Russell Brand.

Written and directed by Nicholas Stoller (‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’), the film follows an intern (Hill) of a record label who becomes the handler for an out-of-control rocker (Brand). Â  The goal is to get the rocker from London to his gig in LA’s Greek Theatre. Â  I’m sure road-trip hilarity ensues.

Combs will be playing the head of the record label, big stretch, and Byrne will play Brand’s ex-girlfriend, a Courtney Love-type rocker herself. Â  Moss, who can currently be seen in “Mad Men,” will be playing Hill’s girlfriend, who I’m sure will be getting a whole lot of phone time with Hill.

Brand is playing Aldous Snow, the same character he played in ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall.’ Â  The film also features Emily Blunt as well as appearances by Katy Perry, Pink, and Dee Snider.

‘Get Him to the Greek’ is set for release some time in April of next year.

Source: THR

‘Year One’ Cut Down to PG13

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Yeah, that’s right. Â  ‘Year One’ was rated R for about a minute and a half until director Harold Ramis and producer Judd Apatow made the appropriate cuts to appease the MPAA. Â  All in all, I’d say this is a good thing. Â  It’s not like the film was going to feel like an R-rated comedy in the least anyway. Â  They may as well go for the bank and make it a little more kid-friendly.

On Tuesday, the MPAA upheld the R rating the film initally got, despite personal appeals by Apatow and Ramis. Â  At first, it seemed like the filmmakers were going to roll with the R, but, today, word came down that they had made the cuts suggested by the ratings board.

‘Year One’ comes out on June 19th.

Source THR

Despite Apatow’s Personal Appeal, MPAA Hits ‘Year One’ With an R

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Evidently, Judd Apatow doesn’t have the Spielberg clout when it comes to schmoozing the MPAA on his ratings. Â  Word came down last week that ‘Year One,’ the Apatow-produced, Harold Ramis-directed, caveman comedy starring Jack Black and Michael Cera had acquired an R-rating from the MPAA. Â  This happens more often than you think, but the MPAA generally acquiesces after an appeal or after some minor cuts to the film.

Apatow and Ramis both personally appeared before the MPAA this week to argue against the R-rating.   However, the MPAA stood their ground, and Apatow and Ramis are accepting it.   ‘Year One’ will be released as a R-rated film, the rating being for  “some sexual content and language.”

Now, this is a good thing, and it’s a bad thing if you read between the lines. Â  It’s good that an R-rated comedy is coming out. Â  We’ve had a lot of those over the past couple of years, but filmmakers shouldn’t fear the age-appropriate nature of some of their films. Â  Apatow knows this all too well. Â  His R-rated comedies are making him a ment. Â  So, it’s okay that ‘Year One’ has this rating. Â  It more than likely won’t make any less money than it would have despite.

What isn’t so great about this is the fact that they were clearly trying to get a PG-13 rating attached to the film. Â  That tells me that ‘Year One’ wasn’t a film “going for the R,” it just happened to have enough bad elements to it that made the MPAA think that’s what it deserved.

I guess we’ll see for sure when ‘Year One’ comes out on June 19th.

Source: THR

Aykroyd Says ‘Ghostbusters 3’ Starts Shooting in the Fall

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In an online chat with the public over at Boston.com, Dan Aykroyd made a pretty shocking announcement regarding the third ‘Ghostbusters’ film.

[Comment From Tom]
Dan, I’m extremely excited for the HOB to be back in its birth-city!! I will be attending many shows. On a side note, and I’m sure you get these questions a lot, so I apologize in advance… Ghostbusters 3? I’ve heard that the writers of the Office are currently penning a script? How is this coming along, and should we look forward to this movie seeing the light of day? Thanks Dan!

Dan Aykroyd: Â  Script is commenced early summer. Â   Hope to be in production by late fall 2009.

This is the first word we’ve had in a long while about the ongoing production/pre-production of the latest ‘Ghostbusters’ film.   Last we heard, way back in September, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg were working on the screenplay with Judd Apatow co-producing.

Who knows if this latest announcement is, indeed, an indication of progress on the project.   Aykroyd could just be rolling on pure hope these days.

What do you think?   Is it too late for another ‘Ghostbusters’ film?   Is Aykroyd out of his mind to think the movie is going to get made?   Is there any chance in hell that Bill Murray will be returning?   Let us know by commenting below!

Source: Boston.com

A Slasher Film Written for Judd Apatow?

Devin Faraci over at CHUD.com managed to strike up a conversation with Bill Hader (Adventureland) while at Sundance and Hader spilled some beans about a project he and SNL writer Simon Rich have been working on. Apparently, the twosome has written a screenplay for a slasher flick, especially for Judd Apatow.

Here’s what Bill Hader had to say during their conversation:

What would an Apatow-produced slasher film from Rich and Hader be like? Says Bill: ‘It’s partially Straw Dogs meets Halloween meets Home Alone meets Monster Squad.’ It’s hard to argue against that.

‘I don’t know if it’s even going to get made,’ Hader told me. ‘Judd met with us and said “I want to do a horror movie with you. I want to see you in a slasher movie.”‘

The film will be a horror comedy, and while Hader danced around giving away too much, he did describe it to me like this: ‘It is definitely about guys nowadays, that idea that you watch fucked up shit on TV, how violence in our culture – this sounds really hoity toity – you watch fucked up reality shows, I love true crime shows. The idea of that thing coming to your house, and what do you do? I would shit my pants. That’s basically what the movie is about. What if that guy decided to come to your house? What would you and your dipshit friends do about it?’

[source: CHUD.com]

First Movie Still from ‘Funny People’

Here is the first photo still of the newest Judd Apatow film ‘Funny People’. This is the third film that this funny man has directed and in an interview said that for this film he wants to make a serious film that will still make you laugh till you can’t anymore. As you can see, the movie stars an all-star cast of Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann, Seth Rogan and Eric Bana. The movie drops in theaters July 31st.

Source: www.universalpictures.com

‘Funny People’ Teaser Poster

Now before I start, this is just the teaser poster, so one can only assume that as the film inches near, the posters are certainly going to get funnier. There is no official synopsis yet, but ‘Funny People’ takes place in the world of stand-up comedy. The story centers on a particular comedian who had a near-death experience. If this sounds like something of interest to you, you can be a part of it. Â  Just head over to MySpace and see what you have to do. Now that is pretty cool, so what are you waiting for. Â  GO!

Aldous Snow is Back!

Russell Brand and Jonah Hill are both  reprising their roles from   “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”, Aldous Snow (Brand) and fanatical fan Matthew (Hill), are  set to star in the upcoming spin-off  “Get Him To The Greek”.   The story line in Greek is “Snow has fallen off the wagon and Matthew must get him to the Greek theater in time for the show to save the tour”. Nicholas Stoller who directed Sarah Marshall has written and will be directing Get Him To The Greek. Judd Apatow is also back as executive producer. This should be hilarious. Get Him to the Greek is in production and is due in theaters in summer 2009  

Eric Bana doing a comedy?

It is being report that Eric Bana is going to try his hand at the new Apatow comedy about stand up comics … I want to be the first to say this is a BAD idea. I have a rough time watching your action/drama movies, I have no idea how I am going to make it through a comedy of yours, unless there is a GREAT supporting cast. Thankfully it will be an Apatow movie so the supporting cast will definitely be there. Maybe the comedy will be about a guy who absolutely cannot do comedy, which will make it funny? I know, I know he started out as a comic, but … that was a long time ago and it obviously didn’t work out very well for him.

What do you guys think about this movie? Can you take accept Bana in a comedy?

Rogen and Sandler talk Untitled Apatow Project

Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen have revealed some details about their upcoming drama/comedy, which will be directed by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up).

“[The plot will center on] stand-up comedians,” Rogen told MTV News, calling the setup “hilarious by default.”

Since Sandler hasn’t visited a comedy club in years, he is not too happy about having to revisit that part of his career. “I’ve got to write an act again. It’s been a long time. I haven’t done stand-up in, like, 10 years. Even more,” Sandler said. “That’s why I want to kill Judd Apatow right now. I was so much happier doing nothing!”

According to Sandler, he will be heading back to the comedy clubs this summer to prepare for the role. “You will see me bomb for 15 minutes and walk off [the stage] and punch Judd,” Sandler joked.

But while the two main characters are both comics, the overarching tone of the movie won’t be entirely comical, Sandler cautioned, calling the film “pretty heartbreaking” in parts. “It’s very, very funny. [Me and] my friends who have read the script, all of us were baffled how funny it is,” Sandler said. “But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the movie.”

According to Rogen, the film is scheduled to begin shooting in September.