Yesterday, we reported that Megan Fox was set to bring her box office poison unique charm to the set of Judd Apatow’s new film, starring as a yet to be detailed character. Today, it seems, someone with actual comedic talent and chops a little more familiar to the comedy world is now in negotiations to join the cast—Albert Brooks.
Megan Fox seemed to be teetering on the edge of fame for a couple months. After Fox was let go from Transformers 3 it was hard to know if the actress’s career could recover. Sure, she could model, but who was going to take her seriously as an actress? Now word comes from The Hollywood Reporter that one of those people is Judd Apatow. Fox is now in negotiations to star in Apatow’s next film, which will star Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann.
Judd Apatow is gearing up for his next directorial project following 2009′s Funny People. According to reports, he plans to reunite his Knocked Up co-stars Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann for a spin-off that features their characters Pete and Debbie. Previously, it was thought to be either a prequel or a sequel but it’s neither.
Universal Pictures has just made a big announcement regarding go-to comedic director Judd Apatow. The helmer has been laying low ever since the release of his 2009 dark comedy Funny People, which took on the serious subject matter of cancer. The film received mixed reviews and wasn’t nearly as successful as its predecessor Knocked Up but he’s still getting back into the saddle with another feature.
Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman has slowly but surely returned to the forefront with his famous alter-ego. He started out small with a few local Los Angeles productions of “The Pee-wee Herman Show” before getting cleared for a Broadway run that will begin this October. While you’re waiting for the comedian to hit the stage in New York, you should prepare yourself for an even bigger event: Pee-wee’s headed to a theater near you — again!
If you were a fan of the 1999 cult classic series, “Freaks and Geeks” you’re familiar with the teaming of Judd Apatow and Paul Feig. The duo created and wrote the show that launched some of today’s most notable young stars. Since the ten years that have passed, Apatow’s movie career has skyrocketed but Feig’s has remained somewhat stationary. According to THR, a project has come along that will unite these career-crossed writers and “SNL‘s” Kristen Wiig will be caught in the middle of it.
Judd Apatow has played an important role in kick-starting the careers of many actors including James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and to an extent Steve Carell. The writer/producer/director may do the same for comedian Aziz Ansari and director Jason Woliner. The trio recently had a meeting where Ansari and Woliner pitched three projects to Apatow for development and he wanted to work on all them.
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy has to be one of my favorite movies. The 2004 Judd Apatow produced film featured Will Ferrell as the title character, based in 1970′s San Diego. Ever since the infamous “alley fight,” fans have wanted to see more from Ron, Brian, Champ, and Brick. Over at Empire they spoke to Apatow himself about the prospect of bringing the news team together for one more broadcast.
Overall, this was a rather slow weekend for cinemas. We were right in our our box office predictions — Funny People was not able to break past the dreaded $30 million mark that both Apatow and Sandler seem to be fighting these days. It did however manage to come in at number one at the box office and my guess is that it will be one of those comedies that hangs around for a while.
As for kiddie comedies – It looks like Aliens in the Attic didn’t do too great. Apparently all the kids are more inclined to kung-fu guinea pigs (G-Force) than a group of kids taking on alien invaders that make their grandma do crazy things.
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