MTV recently caught up with prolific comedy director and producer Judd Apatow to chat
about Paramount’s decision not to move forward on an Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy sequel. During their interview, it was revealed that Apatow was currently working on a new Untitled Paul Rudd/Judd Apatow Project, which will star Paul Rudd as well as reunite him with Role Models writers Ken Marino and David Wain, who are collaborating on the script.
The comedy will begin shooting this fall. At this time, there are no plot details being revealed, but an announcement is expected soon. It is very likely that David Wain will also direct the feature as well as write it. No other casting information has been made available at this time.
Untitled Paul Rudd/Judd Apatow Project comes to theaters in 2011 and stars Paul Rudd.
Paul Rudd must be a Saints fan – because the funnyman was in an awfully good mood Sunday at the NYC sports bar Lansdowne when New Orleans took down the Minnesota Vikings.
A spy at the Chelsea hangout says that when a group of women at the next table recognized him and started quoting from his flick “Knocked Up,” the actor joined in the fun.
“He was finishing their sentences, and they were all doubled over laughing,” a fellow football fan told us. “Much of the bar started joining in.”
Source: NYDailyNews.com
Zach Galifianakis To Write For Paul Rudd In ‘Will,’ From The ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ Directors
We’ll next see blazing-hot funnymen Zach Galifianakis and Paul Rudd together in the summer comedy, “Dinner for Schmucks.” The sharp sense of timing and deadpan delivery that the two actors excel at ought to make for a fun on-screen combo.
I’m not the only one who thinks that either, as the news hit today, via Variety, that the duo will potentially team up for “Will,” a comedy directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. You might remember those two as the directors of “Little Miss Sunshine,” the quirky 2006 family comedy that earned both Alan Arkin and writer Michael Arndt their own Oscar wins. Dayton and Faris have been quiet since then, until now.
“Will” puts forth the fatalistic idea that we all live in a world in which events are predetermined by a staff of writers in Heaven. Rudd will play an Average Joe who wakes up one day to find that his writer, played by Galifianakis, has checked out. Left to live out an unscripted day, Rudd decides to take advantage of his newfound freedom. Sounds like a winner to me.
It’s an interesting development for Dayton and Faris, however. “Little Miss Sunshine” offered up a very subtle brand of comedy, dry and largely situational. Rudd and Galifianakis are both very funny in an up-front sort of way; I wonder how well their particular skills will blend mesh with Dayton and Faris. The article makes no mention of who is writing “Will” either, which could make a big difference. Rudd is already confirmed for his role, though Galifianakis is still in negotiations.
Source: Moviesblog.MTV.com