Noah Baumbach News

December 2, 2010
Ben Stiller and James Franco Join Baumbach's While We're Young
Noah Baumbach is prepping a reunion with "Greenberg" stars Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig for "While We're Young," a comedy that could also star James Franco and Cate Blanchett. More...

July 20, 2010
Greenberg's Greta Gerwig: America's Next "It Girl"?
"One day I'll be a fallen 'It Girl'," says Greta Gerwig, discussing her recent rise from the American movie underground to the rapture of mainstream Hollywood critics. A key figure in cinema's so-called 'mumblecore' movement, Gerwig starred in such no-budget films as LOL, the Duplass brothers' Baghead, and Hannah Takes the Stairs (which she co-wrote), while co-writing and directing her own feature, Nights and Weekends. Following a part in last year's retro horror The House of the Devil, Gerwig broke on to the indie major scene with a lead role as young Los Angeles transient Florence, opposite Ben Stiller, in Noah Baumbach's Greenberg. She'll soon star alongside Russell Brand in the remake of Arthur, and is scheduled to appear in Ivan Reitman's forthcoming project. With Greenberg in Australian cinemas this week, we spoke to Greta about her newfound celebrity, working with Baumbach, and the curious reactions to the film's sex scenes. More...

April 2, 2010
Stiller and Baumbach Could Adopt Mr. Popper's Penguins
"Greenberg" partners Ben Stiller and Noah Baumbach are in talks to reunite for an adaptation of the Newberry Award-winning book "Mr. Popper's Penguins." More...

February 19, 2010
Noah Baumbach Writing for Stiller and Ratner?
Now that Ben Stiller is on board for Brett Ratner's "Tower Heist," he's bringing a new screenwriter along, and that writer is...Noah Baumbach? More...

November 24, 2009
Trailer Bulletin: Greenberg
What do you get when you cross director Noah Baumbach ("The Squid and the Whale") with Ben Stiller? Next year's "Greenberg," which has just released a trailer in advance of its March release date. More...

February 10, 2009
Stiller Gets Company in Baumbach's Greenberg
Greta Gerwig has joined the cast of Noah Baumbach's relationship dramedy "Greenberg," in which she'll star opposite Ben Stiller. More...

February 18, 2008
RT on DVD: Cram For The Oscars With Michael Clayton, In The Valley of Elah, And More Out This Week
Ready those Oscar ballots! With the Academy Awards around the corner, it's time to start catching up on what you missed in theaters. Snap up this week's offerings for award-nominated performances (George Clooney and Co. in Michael Clayton, Tommy Lee Jones in In the Valley of Elah) and a handful more notable titles of 2007 (American Gangster, Lust, Caution, Margot at the Wedding, Redacted). More...

November 15, 2007
Critical Consensus: Beowulf is Certified Fresh; Magorium Short on Magic; Cholera is Under the Weather
This week at the movies, we've got epic poems come to life (Beowulf, starring Ray Winstone and Angelina Jolie), a magical toy shop (Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, starring Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman), and romance in the midst of infectious disease (Love in the Time of Cholera, starring Javier Bardem). What do the critics have to say? More...

October 25, 2007
Scripts Online for Oscar Hopefuls Into the Wild, Kite Runner, and More!
The folks at Paramount Vantage are wearing their Oscar contender hopes on their sleeves, posting the scripts for four of their strongest 2007 films online for public consumption. More...

September 13, 2007
Toronto Film Fest: Margot at the Wedding, Nothing is Private Reviews
Margot at the Wedding: "Brings out writer/director Noah Baumbach's misanthropy at its most unsalvageable." Nothing is Private: "[Its] reputation as Toronto's most subversive film is well-deserved." More...

September 5, 2007
RTIndie: Early Fest Reviews For Into the Wild, The Darjeeling Limited, and Margot at the Wedding
This week at RTIndie, we check out the early buzz from Telluride and Venice, where some of the fall's most anticipated indies have premiered. And our DVD Pick of the Week is a doc that takes a closer look at the Lost Boys of Sudan. More...

July 18, 2007
Ron Howard Signs On to Direct The Emperor's Children
We know he's already got adaptations like "Frost/Nixon" and "Angels & Demons" on the way, but what's another directorial assignment for the always-busy Ron Howard? More...

April 5, 2006
Luhrman's Period Piece Gets Bumped from Production Slate
Baz Luhrmann, director of Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge, was planning to get his 1930's period piece underway this September, but budgeting woes, and the tenuous availability of stars Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman, have conspired to send the project into development hell ... for the time being, anyway. More...

March 8, 2006
Kidman & Black Sign On for Baumbach's Next Movie
Noah Baumbach, writer/director of the critically admired "The Squid and the Whale," is gearing up to begin production on his next film, which is currently without a title but boasts a solid cast. Jack Black, Nicole Kidman, and Jennifer Jason Leigh join Baumbach on April 2nd to begin production on the presently nameless tale. More...

January 31, 2006
2005 Oscar Nominations Are In!
Like most pathetic movie geeks, I was up at the crack of dawn (ok, 8:30am eastern time) to see how my nomination prediction ballot would measure up. (I was perfect on all 20 acting nods and all 10 screenwriting nods, but I erroneously predicted that "Walk the Line" would get nominated over "Capote" for Best Picture, and I picked Croneberg for director over Benett Miller.) Anyhow, here are the nominations for us to rant and rave about for the next five weeks... More...

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. More...

January 5, 2006
Writers' & Producers' Guilds Deliver Their '05 Noms
As usual we rely on Movie City News to bring us the "best of 2005" picks from the critics, and now come the year-end nominations from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Producers Guild of America (PGA). More...

December 22, 2005
Phoenix & Toronto Critics Offer Their Year-End Favorites
It's tough to keep up with all the critics' awards being tossed out this time of year, but Movie City News sure helps out a whole lot. This time we have the year-end picks from critic's groups in Phoenix, Arizona, and Toronto, Ontario. More...

December 13, 2005
Awards Season Gets Rolling with Crix Picks
If you're a fan of the late-year awards season, be sure to add Movie City News to your hit list, because they deliver some consistently excellent coverage. Mid-December is when most of the critics' groups start doling out their accolades, and so far we've gotten input from reviewers' groups in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington. More...

September 27, 2005
In Other News...Wedding Bells, Part II: Jennifer Jason Leigh & Noah Baumbach
They've kept it under wraps for weeks now, but another Hollywood pair has announced news of their nuptials. "Single White Female" star Jennifer Jason Leigh is single no more after marrying "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" co-scripter, writer-director Noah Baumbach, earlier this month in Los Angeles. More...

February 9, 2005
"The Squid and the Whale" Swim Toward Distributors
The Sundance hit "The Squid and the Whale" has been purchased by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Sony Pictures Entertainment, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film, starring Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg and Owen Kline, was directed and written by Noah Baumbach, who took home the best director prize and the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award from Sundance. More...