Standup and former Daily Show producer Jena Friedman is set to direct her first film. According to Variety, Friedman will make her directorial debut with an upcoming comedy called Serial Killer starring Imogen Poots, Timothy Simons, and John Cho. The film follows a single 30-year-old New Yorker named Jane who meets a guy named Ted […]
Continue ReadingBack in October, Harry Shearer filed a lawsuit against Vivendi Studios, the folks that own the rights to This Is… MORE
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The band is back together, but this time, Spinal Tap’s performers — Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer — along with the filmmaker Rob Reiner who documented them in the monumental mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, have joined forces to sue Vivendi and StudioCanal for upward of $400 million in profits they claim the […]
Continue ReadingAubrey Plaza and Emile Hirsch are starring in an indie comedy together. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two have signed on to star alongside Jemaine Clement, Craig Robinson, and Matt Berry in An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn. The film centers on Lulu Danger, “whose unsatisfying marriage takes a fortunate turn for the worse […]
Continue ReadingIf you’re an aspiring comedian who is scared of bombing in front of an audience, this sneak peek from a new standup documentary is a helpful reminder that, whenever you bomb, you’re in great company. Directed by Lloyd Stanton and Paul Toogood, Dying Laughing attempts to uncover the “emotional and psychological highs and lows of […]
Continue ReadingAmy Schumer’s next big movie is with the one and only Goldie Hawn. It’s called Snatched and is a mother/daughter… MORE
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Amy Schumer’s next big movie is with the one and only Goldie Hawn. It’s called Snatched and is a mother/daughter… MORE
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Jim Gaffigan just landed a starring movie role. According to Variety, Gaffigan has signed on to star in a comedy called You Can Choose Your Family as “the seemingly normal father of a loving family. However, his home life is hilariously turned upside down when his 17-year-old son discovers that his dad has a second […]
Continue ReadingAlmost a year after his death, Garry Shandling is getting the documentary treatment from one of his biggest fans. On Twitter yesterday, Judd Apatow revealed that he’s making a documentary about Shandling, who died last March at age 66. While Apatow is still in the early stages of the project, he already has access to […]
Continue ReadingDon’t be misled by the title or the movie trailers. The Comedian, a Taylor Hackford film (An Officer and a Gentleman, Ray) starring Robert De Niro as a former sitcom star and stand-up comedian still trying to ply his trade into his 70s, is actually a love story about second chances and last chances that […]
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