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Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, and Sally Hawkins to Star in Comedy LUCKY DOG

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: February 9th, 2012 at 12:07 pm

Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, and Sally Hawkins are set to lead Phil Morrison‘s comedy Lucky Dog.  Per Deadline, “the story centers on a pair of French-Canadian conmen pals who, despite being on the outs with each other, hatch a get-rich-quick scheme to sell Christmas trees in NY.”  I’m not sure what’s quick about selling Christmas trees, but I’ll go along with it even though I thought Morrison’s previous film, Junebug, was an absolute chore with the exception of Amy Adams‘ performance.  Filming on Lucky Dog begins next month in New York City.

As we reported last month, Giamatti is set to play Friar Lawrence (the guy who cooks up the idiotic fake-death potion) in the period adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.  Rudd is leading Errol Morris‘ non-documentary feature Freezing People Is Easy, and he’ll be seen later this year in the comedies Wanderlust and the Knocked Up spinoff, This Is Forty.  As for Hawkins, she’s co-starring in Mike Newell‘s adaptation of Great Expectations.

First Image and New Details on Judd Apatow’s KNOCKED UP Spinoff, THIS IS FORTY

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 16th, 2012 at 8:39 am

The first image has gone online from Judd Apatow‘s Knocked Up spinoff, This Is Forty.  Apatow’s latest comedy brings us back to Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) and the comic trials and tribulations of their marriage.  The movie will pick up several years after Knocked Up and show the couple facing new challenges.  Per the LA Times, “Pete’s music label is struggling and Debbie’s vanity business, a dress shop staffed by the comely Desi (Megan Fox) and the awkward Jodi (Charlyne Yi), needs to help cover the household budget.”  Mann and Apatow’s real-life daughters, Maude and Iris Apatow, will be reprising their Knocked Up characters as well.  I wonder if Iris’ character still likes Green Day.

Hit the jump to see the full image and to learn more about the upcoming comedy.  This Is Forty opens December 21st.

Paul Rudd to Guest Star on PARKS AND RECREATION; Dermot Mulroney Signs on for NEW GIRL Arc

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 9th, 2012 at 9:00 pm

The big arc on this season of Parks and Recreation is the campaign of Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) for city council.  It has been an open question who her opponent would be.  The series has secured several high profile guest stars in the past, like Patricia Clarkson, Parker Posey, and Louis CK, so we had high hopes for the casting possibilities.  Parks and Rec did not disappoint: Vulture hears that Paul Rudd will play an opposing candidate in at least one upcoming episode.  Rudd reportedly shot his scenes at the end of last year, suggesting he will pop up in the next month or so.  Rudd’s loveable shtick is perfect for the tone of the show, and I am excited to see how he plays off the cast, especially in a political debate scenario with Wet Hot American Summer co-star Poehler.  Rudd will next be seen on the big screen in Wanderlust, opening February 24.

Hit the jump for details on Dermot Mulroney‘s upcoming role in New Girl.

Owen Wilson and Christopher Walken Join Paul Rudd in Errol Morris’ FREEZING PEOPLE IS EASY; Kristen Wiig May Co-Star

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 4th, 2012 at 12:18 pm

Last July, we reported that Paul Rudd would star in Errol Morris‘ non-documentary feature based on the memoir We Froze the First Man and a This American Life story about Bob Nelson, a California TV repairman who was obsessed with cryogenically freezing humans in order to resurrect them later in the future.  Deadline now reports that Owen Wilson and Christopher Walken are set to co-star, and Kristen Wiig may join the film, which has been titled Freezing People Is Easy, but she first has to wrap her season on Saturday Night Live and she’s also considering other offers.

Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction) wrote the script and the production is eyeing a mid-2012 start date.  It sounds like a fun premise, I’m eager to see what Morris brings to the project, and I dig the cast that’s being lined up to star.  Click here to go listen to the This American Life episode about Nelson, “Mistakes Were Made”.

New Posters for WANDERLUST, GONE, and THE BAYTOWN DISCO

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: December 22nd, 2011 at 7:37 am

We’ve got a few new posters to share with you this morning. First up is the one-sheet for Wanderlust. Directed by David Wain (Role Models), the film stars Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as a couple who stumble upon a nudist colony and decide to give communal living a try. We’ve also got new poster for the abduction thriller Gone starring Amanda Seyfried and Wes Bently, and a teaser poster for the southern comedy The Baytown Disco starring Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria.

Hit the jump to check out the posters. Wanderlust opens February 24th, Gone is slated for February 24th, and The Baytown Disco is currently awaiting a release date.

First Trailer for WANDERLUST Starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston [UPDATED with New Images]

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 3rd, 2011 at 1:20 pm

The trailer for David Wain‘s Wanderlust has gone online.  The movie focuses on Manhattan couple George and Linda (Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston) who are forced to move to Atlanta when George loses his job.  Moving to Atlanta is apparently a fate so terrible that it causes Aniston to scream at the heavens.  The two then move around to various locations until they land on a commune and start to feel renewed.  It looks like For Better or Worse or Did You Hear About the Morgans? if either of those movies were funny.  Wain delivered a great little gem with Role Models and it’s tough to go wrong when you throw in The State alum like Ken Marino and Joe Lo Truglio.  There’s a bunch of great jokes in the trailer, and it isn’t even a red-band version.  Color me excited for this flick.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  The great cast also includes Justin Theroux, Malin Akerman, Ray Liotta, Lauren Ambrose, Kathryn Hahn, and Alan Alda.  Wanderlust opens February 24, 2012. [We've updated the article with new images which you can check out after the jump.]

TOP 5: UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING Set Visit, D23 Coverage, DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, OUR IDIOT BROTHER, THE PHANTOM MENACE CGI

by Jason Barr    Posted: August 27th, 2011 at 7:44 am

If you’re just tuning in, a few months back we started the weekly “Top 5″ feature as a way of aggregating all of what we deem to be our best, most relevant coverage from the preceding week into one place. The hope is that you, the reader, will have already scoped all of this material out and shared it with your millions of friends (either real, virtual, or both). However, if for whatever reason some of it has fallen through the cracks, you can come here, check it out, and then share it with all of your friends (again, either real, virtual, or both). That in mind…

In this week’s installment, you’ll find all of our coverage from Steve’s Underworld: Awakening set visit and Disney’s D23 Expo, interviews for the Guillermo del Toro produced horror flick Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark and the Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother, and a slightly improved, slightly less puppet-friendly version of Yoda in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Check out brief recaps and links to all of the above after the jump.

Paul Rudd Talks OUR IDIOT BROTHER and THIS IS FORTY

by Hunter Daniels    Posted: August 24th, 2011 at 9:31 pm

It’s the end of summer and that means it’s finally time to see the films that everyone was talking about in Park City.  Our Idiot Brother, the first of the big sale items from the Sundance Film Festival, hits theaters this Friday from the newly reinvigorated Weinstein Company.  Unlike many Sundance offerings, this is an audience-friendly comedy starring Paul Rudd as the idiot sibling in question with Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones, Zooey Deschanel and Elizabeth Banks playing the women he unintentionally tortures with his naiveté.

Recently, I sat down with Rudd to discuss the film.  During our interview he told me about what it’s like to not age, how he’s preparing to begin doing nude scenes, how he manages to switch between mainstream and indie films and a bit about his upcoming film with Judd Apatow, tentatively titled, This is Forty.  Hit the jump to watch.

Megan Fox Reveals Jason Segel Is Co-Starring in Judd Apatow’s THIS IS FORTY

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 22nd, 2011 at 9:19 am

It looks like the Knocked Up spin-off This Is Forty will get getting another cast member from the original.  Megan Fox posted a picture of her on the set in a swimming pool with co-stars Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids) and Jason Segel.  As you’ll recall, Segel played one of the friends of Seth Rogen’s character in Knocked Up. He’ll be joining stars Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann who are reprising their roles as married couple Pete and Debbie in the Judd Apatow comedy, which Rudd recently said is a “companion piece” to Knocked Up and not a sequel.

Segel will also be starring alongside returning cast member Charlene Yi as well as Albert Brooks, Megan Fox, Chris O’Dowd, Lena Dunham, Melissa McCarthy, Ryan Lee, and Wyatt Russell.  This Is Forty is set to open in December 2012. [Update: Apparently there have been set photos of Segel on set with Mann.  I never saw those, hence this story.]

4 Movie Clips From OUR IDIOT BROTHER

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 17th, 2011 at 9:17 am

Four clips from Our Idiot Brother have gone online.  I dug the film when I saw it at Sundance (back when it was called “My Idiot Brother”–to hell with you, Possessive Singular!) and it’s a great showcase for Rudd who is too often stuck playing the straight man.  The film’s also got a terrific supporting cast that includes Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Rashida Jones, Adam Scott, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, and T.J. Miller (who steals almost every scene he’s in).

Hit the jump to check out the clips.  Our Idiot Brother opens August 26th.

Paul Rudd Pitches Marketing Ideas for OUR IDIOT BROTHER to Harvey Weinstein

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: August 10th, 2011 at 8:15 am

The Weinstein Company picked up My Idiot Brother at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and changed the title to Our Idiot Brother.  But star Paul Rudd believes the studio can do so much more.  In a new Funny or Die video, Rudd comes into Harvey Weinstein’s office and starts pitching marketing ideas.  You’ll laugh at these ideas now but I’m sure we’ll be seeing all of them being used in less than ten years now.  Paul Rudd will jump out of the back of your taxi and Morgan Freeman will be your driver.  The future is strange and wondrous.

Hit the jump to check out the video.  Our Idiot Brother opens August 26th.

Paul Rudd Confirms Judd Apatow’s New Movie is Tentatively Called THIS IS FORTY; Reveals Details

by Hunter Daniels    Posted: August 8th, 2011 at 4:41 pm

This past weekend I sat down Paul Rudd to discuss his new independent comedy, Our Idiot Brother, which hits theaters at the end of the month. We’ll have the full interview closer to the release date, but right now we have a tiny scoop on Judd Apatow’s upcoming companion piece to Knocked Up.  Rudd reveals that the current working title is This is Forty and confirms Charlyne Yi will be returning.  He went on to tell us it’s not a sequel and that we’ll see both new and returning characters.  However, since they’re still filming, Rudd said he’s not exactly sure who will end up in the film.  For more details on the project, hit the jump.

Paul Rudd to Star in Errol Morris Non-Documentary Feature

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: July 12th, 2011 at 2:09 pm

Paul Rudd is set to star in a new feature film from noted documentarian Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line). The non-documentary feature is based on a story from “This American Life” about Bob Nelson, a California TV-repairman who decided that his obsession with cryogenically freezing humans in order to resurrect them later in the future needed to become a reality. The material seems pretty spot-on for Rudd’s comedic sensibilities.

The Washington Post confirms Rudd’s casting, and Stranger Than Fiction screenwriter Zach Helm will pen the screenplay. Morris is apparently collaborating with “This American Life” host Ira Glass on the project. The director previously helmed the 1991 non-documentary film The Dark Wind, and most recently released his documentary Tabloid. His 2004 doc The Fog of War (which is a must-see) won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar.

OUR IDIOT BROTHER Trailer

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: June 14th, 2011 at 2:58 pm

The Weinstein Company has released a new trailer for the Paul Rudd comedy Our Idiot Brother (formerly titled My Idiot Brother).  Rudd stars as a sweet but overly-naive guy who has an unfortunate run-in with the law, his ex-girlfriend won’t let him have his dog Willie Nelson back, and his sisters (Elizabeth Banks, Emily Mortimer, and Zooey Deschanel) reluctantly take him in only to have his naiveity accidentally reveal the hypocrisies and shortcomings of their own lives.  I enjoyed the film when I saw it at Sundance and it’s worth checking out when it hits theaters on August 26th.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  Our Idiot Brother also stars Rashida Jones, Adam Scott, and Steve Coogan.

First Poster for OUR IDIOT BROTHER Starring Paul Rudd

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: June 10th, 2011 at 1:24 pm

The first poster for the comedy Our Idiot Brother has debuted online. Directed by Jesse Peretz (The Ex), the film stars Paul Rudd as a ne’er-do-well brother who successively barges into the lives of his three sisters. The impressive ensemble cast includes Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones and Adam Scott. Hit the jump to check out the poster. Our Idiot Brother hits theaters August 26^th.

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