July 2, 2010
Paul Reubens Talks New Pee-Wee Herman Movie
It's still early in the screenwriting process, but Paul Reubens and Judd Apatow have had some discussions about Pee-Wee's next big adventure, and he shared some details with the New York Times in a recent interview.
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May 12, 2010
Aniston and Rudd Have Wanderlust
Universal has picked up "Wanderlust," a David Wain-directed comedy about "a married couple who tries to escape modern society and ends up in a hippie commune." Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are attached to star, and Judd Apatow will produce.
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September 7, 2009
Five Favourite Films with Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis has a plan. "What I've decided is to choose recent films," he explains to RT. "I do think that often people get stuck in always saying the five greatest films of all time, films they saw between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two, because that's when you're forming your opinions. I think I'll talk about modern films, which aren't necessarily the greatest films ever made, but are five great films." The Boat that Rocked is out on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK this week and is soon to hit US cinemas retitled Pirate Radio. Read on to learn about the five films he can't do without.
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July 30, 2009
Box Office Guru Preview: Sandler & Apatow to Score Funny Money
For the second straight Friday, Hollywood studios serve up a new release menu packed with an R-rated comedy, a family-friendly action pic, and a horror entry although the top film will be nothing like last weekend's. The Adam Sandler comedy Funny People leads the way looking to give director Judd Apatow another hit with adult audiences. Pulling in less business will be the kidpic Aliens in the Attic and the fright flick The Collector. But for the fourth consecutive frame, the overall marketplace should lag behind last year's scorching hot July results further eroding the year-to-year gain the industry has enjoyed for most of 2009.
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July 30, 2009
Total Recall: Best Judd Apatow Productions
They may not have as much control over a film as they did during the days of Hollywood's studio system, but producers still wields a great deal of clout, and despite the behind-the-scenes nature of the job, a great producer can draw audiences to a movie just as powerfully as a name director or major star. One such current producer is Judd Apatow, whose name has become a signifier for a certain brand of smart (and thoroughly bankable) comedy; since producing Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy in 2004, he's been on an impressive roll, one he hopes to continue with this week's Funny People.
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July 27, 2009
Apatow Goes Inside the Actors Studio
Judd Apatow will appear on "Inside the Actors Studio" tonight -- and to get an early peek at what he'll discuss with James Lipton, head over to AICN to watch some clips.
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June 18, 2009
See Clips from the Films of Funny People's "George Simmons"
George Simmons, the world-famous (yet quite lonely) comedian and movie star played but Adam Sandler in Judd Apatow's "Funny People," won't be formally introduced to moviegoers until the film bows on July 31. In the meantime, however, you can get an early peek at some of the films that made Simmons a star, thanks to just-released clips from a few of his best-known hits, including "Sayonara Davey," "Dog's Best Friend," and "Re-Do." It's all part of the promotional rollout for "Funny People," centered around the launch of Simmons' official website. Ready to experience the latest and greatest in viral campaigns?
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March 4, 2009
Judd Apatow Not Producing Ghostbusters 3
You can officially scratch Judd Apatow's name off the list of potential "Ghostbusters 3" producers: Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad has told the Los Angeles Times that the Apatow rumors aren't true.
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January 21, 2009
Five Favourite Films with James Franco
Having established his name in the Spider-Man movies, these days James Franco is clearly making some more personal career choices. He was in three films in 2008, notable for their vastly different styles. His extended cameo as Richard Gere's son in the weepy Nights in Rodanthe, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel, was followed by two far less forgettable roles; opposite Seth Rogan in Pineapple Express (for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) and as Sean Penn's boyfriend in Milk (for which he has been nominated with the cast for the SAG ensemble award). He's been studying film at New York University, and chooses five favourites that are all firmly rooted in authenticity...
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January 21, 2009
Bill Hader and Judd Apatow Get Bloody
If everything goes according to plan, Bill Hader and Judd Apatow will work together on a movie -- a project Hader describes as "'Straw Dogs' meets 'Halloween' meets 'Home Alone' meets 'Monster Squad.'"
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November 14, 2008
Win a Walk-On Role in Funny People!
Want to win a walk-on role in Judd Apatow's "Funny People"? Can you write 100 words (or less) explaining why? If you answered "yes" to either of the above, there's a contest waiting for you to enter.
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September 4, 2008
Aykroyd Talks Ghostbusters 3
According to Dan Aykroyd, "two sharp young writers" are "purported" to be working on a script for "Ghostbusters 3" -- and he'd love to get Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow involved.
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August 8, 2008
Review Revue: Can Traveling Pants Derail Pineapple Express?
This week two doobie-smoking heroes might just give Batman a run for his money, as Pineapple Express opens to considerable fan anticipation. But don't count out the plucky, denim-swapping girls of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 just yet! Watch to see what the critics are saying in this week's Review Revue!
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August 7, 2008
Box Office Guru Preview: Pineapple Hopes To Defeat Knight
Studios got off to an early start by launching this week's two new films, the stoner comedy Pineapple Express and the girlpower saga The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, on Wednesday. The midweek launches allow the movies to tap into available students on summer vacation, generate some word-of-mouth going into the all-important weekend period.
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July 2, 2008
Sacha, Will, and Judd are On the Case
Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell will play Sherlock Holmes and Watson, respectively, in an untitled comedy for Columbia Pictures. Judd Apatow is on board to produce, with Etan Cohen writing the script.
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June 12, 2008
Judd Apatow Knows Funny People
Judd Apatow has a start date for his next directing vehicle -- production on Funny People, a film about "a comedian who has a near-death experience," will begin in September, with Adam Sandler, Eric Bana, Seth Rogen, Jason Schwartzman, Jonah Hill, and Leslie Mann set to star.
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April 8, 2008
Just Comedy Event Honors Apatow
Knocked Up helmer Judd Apatow will be honored as comedy person of the year at the inaugural Just Comedy confab, part of Montreal's Just for Laughs Comedy Festival.
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March 25, 2008
Double Your Fanboys, Double Your Fun
It's been pushed back for months and been the subject of all sorts of troubling rumors, but according to The Weinstein Company, Kyle Newman's Fanboys is finally coming out. Twice, in fact.
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December 20, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Five New Films Fight For Holiday Cheer
Moviegoers are in for a feast as studios will unleash a wide menu of new options on Friday trying to reach holiday patrons on the weekend before Santa comes to town. With so many choices, there should be something for everyone allowing the overall box office to remain healthy.
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December 4, 2007
RT on DVD: Superbad is Unrated, Pirates of the Caribbean is Rated Arrrrr!
Avast, mateys! This week, pirates trawl the DVD shelves, and they come laden with booty -- bonus feature booty (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)! We've also got the foul-mouthed, nerdy-sweet antics of high school buddies (Superbad), a space-war telefilm to geek out over (Battlestar Galactica: Razor), and more.
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November 7, 2007
RT Checks Out Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Last month, Sony Pictures invited Rotten Tomatoes down to Los Angeles for a little taste of Cox. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story looks to complete a 2007 triple-hitter (along with Knocked Up and Superbad) for producer Judd Apatow. Read on for our impressions of the December comedy.
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November 6, 2007
Judd Apatow Talks Writers' Strike
After months of negotiations and speculation, the Writers Guild strike is officially underway, so now we can finally stop talking about what might happen if Hollywood's writers stage a walkout...and start talking about all the repeats and reality shows we'll be watching.
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October 26, 2007
Apatow, Lasseter, Spielberg Among Top in Power List 2007
The movie biz loves its lists. While making countdowns of best-reviewed genre movies is our niche here at Rotten Tomatoes, categorizing human beings is a task we happily pass over to someone else. That's where Premiere Magazine comes in. They've just published the Power List 2007, their annual organized compendium of Hollywood's 50 most notable movers and shakers.
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August 23, 2007
Squid and the Whale Star Signs on for Greg Mottola's Superbad Follow-Up
It's been sort of lost in all the hoopla surrounding Judd Apatow, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera, but one of the nicest stories to come out of the hit comedy Superbad is the return of its director, Greg Mottola, who took the job after a ten-year layoff from film. Now that Superbad is a success, it's opening more doors for its principals -- including Mottola, whose next project has just been announced.
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August 17, 2007
10 Reasons Why We McLove Superbad
To paraphrase a popular ditty currently climbing the R&B charts, Michael Cera and Jonah Hill are comedic movements by themselves, but a force when they're together. The pair of comic talents -- one a lovable potty mouth, the other a master of the deadpan -- are about to give audiences one of the funniest movies of the year. We've got our own reasons for loving Superbad, and here they are.
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August 16, 2007
Box Office Guru Preview: Make Way for McLovin
Carrying some major buzz into the marketplace, Sony's teen comedy Superbad hits the multiplexes this weekend aiming to bring in some big business from horny young adults looking for a spark to get rid of their end-of-summer blues.
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August 16, 2007
Michael Cera Is A Youth in Revolt
Fans of absurdist postmodern comedy lamented the cancellation of Arrested Development, but the silver lining to that very dark cloud was the show's cast getting the freedom to do film projects. One of Development's stars, Michael Cera, makes his debut as a leading man in this weekend's Superbad -- and regardless of how the movie performs, Cera's dance card is rapidly filling up. The Hollywood Reporter brings us news of Cera's latest project.
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August 16, 2007
Interview: The F&%^*#$ Awesome Guys of Superbad
The self-professed "boring" guys of this Friday's Superbad are awfully hilarious together, making for an especially amusing press tour. We caught up with the trio at a San Francisco roundtable where the stars of this week's hormonally-charged teen comedy held a table of journalists thoroughly entertained with talk of Superbad, celebrity, and a particularly vulgar Lindsay Lohan impression.
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August 13, 2007
Apatow Takes On Biopics in Walk Hard
Since musical biographies keep sweeping the Oscars every year, it?s about time a comedian took the piss out of them. Judd Apatow is bringing to the screen a comedic version of such hits as Walk the Line and Ray. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story features John C. Reilly as a musician plagued by inner demons.
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June 1, 2007
"Knocked Up" is 2007's Best-Reviewed Wide Release
Eyebrows were raised when early reviews of "Knocked Up" were throwing us mega-quotes like "uproarious," "classic," and one of the "best comedies of the last twenty years." Early reviews can be over-enthusiastic, but this time it's no joke: "Knocked Up" isn't just 2007's best comedy, it's the best-reviewed wide release movie overall with a Certified Fresh Tomatometer of 92 percent.
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December 29, 2006
Kasdan, Apatow & John C. Reilly to Introduce "Dewey Cox"
How many musician-centric biopics do you have to sit through before you start clamoring for a nice juicy parody of the sub-genre? Well, one's on it's way, courtesy of director Jake Kasdan, screenwriter/producer Judd Apatow, and character actor turned comedy star John C. Reilly.
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August 31, 2006
ThinkFilm Turns On "The TV Set"
Interested in a comedy that takes a no-prisoners, warts-and-all approach to network television production? How about if I told you it came from Jake Kasdan, son of high-quality filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan, as well as the guy who directed "Zero Effect," "Orange County," and several episodes of "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared"? Well, I'm interested...
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August 8, 2006
"Talladega" Duo to Become "Step Brothers"
If you enjoyed the comedic partnership of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in "Talladega Nights," then you'll be pleased to learn that Sony has signed both goofballs to co-star in "Step Brothers," which will be co-written by Adam McKay, Ferrell's partner on "Anchorman" and "Ricky Bobby."
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July 14, 2006
"Virgin" Team Gets "Super Bad"
If you're a big fan of Judd Apatow and/or the "Arrested Development" gang, then here's a new comedy you might want to read about. Producer Apatow, actor/screenwriter Seth Rogen and the young yet hilarious Michael Cera will present the teen-centric comedy "Super Bad," which I predict will be better than 80% of the teen-centric movies you see every year.
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April 19, 2006
"Virgin" Team Knocks Up Heigl
Katherine Heigl, best known for her current work on TV's "Grey's Anatomy," will step into Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up," replacing former leading lady Anne Hathaway, who bailed on the flick due to "creative differences."
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March 3, 2006
Steve Carell Receives RT's Golden Tomato Award!
Everybody's favorite virgin Steve Carell had a banner year in 2005 -- a hit show, a hit movie, and newfound celebrity status -- so RT's Senh flew down to LA to give the man that coveted golden mark of success: a Golden Tomato Award.
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January 10, 2006
Online Film Critics Offer Their Annual Nominations
The OFCS, which is hosted right here at Rotten Tomatoes and (full disclosure) includes yours truly as a member, announced their year-end nominations yesterday ... and we hope you'll find a few solid surprises among the more familiar (yet obviously deserving) nominees. The winners will be announced on Monday the 16th.
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December 16, 2005
It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Virgin
The surprise sleeper hit "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" just barely cracked the century mark at the domestic box office, which is pretty impressive for a movie star-less sex comedy, but the flick is selling like those proverbial hotcakes now that the DVD has been released. Between DVD and VHS, the Virgin sold over 2 million copies. In one day.
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December 2, 2005
"Dick and Jane" Budget Balloons to $100 Mil
The LA Times reports that the forthcoming suburban caper remake, "Fun with Dick and Jane," has somehow rung up a $100 million production tab despite a lack of enormous special effects or complicated filmmaking usually involved in big-budget films.
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November 16, 2005
Rothman & Apatow to Deliver "Early Bird" Special
Variety reports that "Undeclared" collaborators Rodney Rothman and Judd Apatow will reunite to produce "Early Bird," a comedy about a young writer who gets fired from a sweet talk-show gig, gets depressed, and moves into a retirement community.
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August 31, 2005
Uni Locks Up Apatow for Another Offbeat Rom-Com
If you're among the millions who enjoyed "The 40 Year-Old Virgin," then you should be happy to learn (from Variety) that writer/director Judd Apatow has just inked a deal with Universal to deliver another "offbeat romantic comedy" -- and no, it's not a "Virgin" sequel.
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June 24, 2005
Have Some Early "Fun with Dick and Jane"
MovieFone brings us a 6-month-early sneak peek at the Jim Carrey ("The Mask") / Tea Leoni ("Spanglish") comedy "Fun with Dick and Jane." Directed by Dean Parisot ("Galaxy Quest"), "Fun" tells the tale of a seemingly normal middle-class married couple who rob and steal to keep the money rolling in.
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June 21, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Frequent background funnyman Steve Carell has stolen scenes in "Anchorman," "Bruce Almighty," and "Bewitched" -- which means it's high time the guy got a movie of his very own! If you're likely to agree, then head on over to Quicktime Movie Trailers to check out the rather amusing trailer for "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."
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