Albert Brooks News

November 1, 2011
Albert Brooks on Drive, Past Projects, and His Career
He reveals he turned down roles in "Dead Poets Society," "Big," and "Pretty Woman." More...

September 15, 2011
Ryan Gosling On Drive: This Is My Superhero Movie
In Drive, director Nicolas Winding Refn's (Pusher, Bronson, Valhalla Rising) neo-noir thriller in theaters this week, Ryan Gosling plays an enigmatic outsider known only as "The Driver," a Hollywood stunt jockey who moonlights as a getaway wheel man for a local crime boss. Co-starring Carey Mulligan and Albert Brooks, the film is a genre piece that evokes a long-gone era of car movies, with obvious antecedents like Walter Hill's The Driver and William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A. mixed with the dirty neon of a little-seen modern Los Angeles (Thom Anderson would approve) and set to a pulsing electronic score from Cliff Martinez and Johnny Jewel. We met with Gosling -- who looked like he'd just stepped straight off the electric pastel poster for his movie -- for a chat about Drive and working with Refn. More...

August 27, 2010
Albert Brooks Goes for a Drive
Albert Brooks has joined the cast of Nicolas Winding Refn's "Drive," where he'll play the New York mobster who serves as the film's main villain. More...

July 27, 2006
Peep a Pair of "Simpsons Movie" Clips
Some of the "Simpsons" creators stopped by the San Diego Comic Con to do a presentation on a little something called "The Simpsons Movie," and they even brought some clips! And you can watch 'em too! More...

April 4, 2006
Fox Issues Official Word on "The Simpsons Movie"
Yesterday we pointed you to a "bootleg" version of the "The Simpsons Movie" teaser trailer, but since then the clip has been moved over to the Apple Quicktime trailer site, which improves the video quality quite a bit. Also, Fox has issued the following press release regarding the lava-hotly-anticipated movie: More...

January 12, 2006
Trailer Bulletin: Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
From Warner Indie and funnyman Albert Brooks comes a new comedy that looks like it could be equal parts clever, smart, and controversial. It's called "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World," it opens on February 10th, and you can check out the trailer right here at RT. More...