Over the past few years, writer/director Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up) has shown that nothing—not even losing your virginity or the miracle of childbirth—is sacred. About his third film behind the camera, he says, “I’m trying to make a very serious movie that is twice as funny as my other movies. Wish me luck!” Apatow directs Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in Funny People, the story of a famous comedian who has a near-death experience.
Adam Sandler, Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman, RZA and newcomer Aubrey Plaza join a cast that reunites Judd Apatow with Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann and Jonah Hill in their third comedy together.
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July 31, 2009: Fox rejects Rogen:
When Seth Rogen went on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE to promote FUNNY PEOPLE, he decided to tell a little story about the first time he met Megan Fox.
Apparently Rogen was the original rose kid . I won't say too much about it as it's not very long but towards the end...
July 31, 2009: INT: Judd Apatow:
Last week, after a late night at Comic-Con, I received a call at 6am on my cell phone. "What the...?" Was all I could muster but I rolled out of bed and picked up with a garbled "hello." It was Judd Apatow.
There was some kind of miscommunication...
July 30, 2009: INT: Aziz Ansari:
I just got a chance to chat with the very funny Aziz Ansari about his new film FUNNY PEOPLE . Ansari stars as Randy, a crazy comedian who uses a DJ, and drives his fellow performers crazy. The character has his own website, and they did a mock...
July 31, 2009: Review: Funny People:
PLOT:
George Simmons is used to success. He has made several successful films, and has an uncanny success at picking up women. But he seems to fail at getting the right women and the right kinds of films. But the worst news is yet to come when he...
July 29, 2009: INT: Aubrey Plaza:
Aubrey Plaza plays Daisy in the new Adam Sandler/Seth Rogan film FUNNY PEOPLE . She describes her character, “...an upcoming comedienne who moved from LA to New York and she's kind of like, new to the stand up circuit. She falls in with a crowd where she...
July 20, 2009: it's Raaaaaandy again:
The viral marketing campaign for Judd Apatow's upcoming FUNNY PEOPLE keeps chugging along with a second video featuring Aziz Ansari's take on the hackneyed comedian they call Raaaaaandy! This video takes a look at the comedian's complex creative process and his...
July 17, 2009: Apatow's old radio show:
You don't get to be Judd Apatow, King of Comedy by just sitting around all day and suddenly deciding you want to be rich and funny. Judd's been at this for a long time and we've got the video to prove it. With FUNNY PEOPLE on the way, Judd has dipped into...
July 13, 2009: It's RAAAAAAAANDY!:
If you laughed your dick off at laughyourdickoff.com , then you'll love this new short documentary on the career of FUNNY PEOPLE 's RAAAAAAAANDY (that's with eight As). Randy is played by Aziz Ansari in Judd Apatow's latest and is something of a Dane...
July 8, 2009: Redband Sandler:
A redband trailer for the upcoming Judd Apatow written and directed FUNNY PEOPLE recently sneaked onto the interwebs giving us a better idea of the humor we can expect in the film. Most of it isn't necessarily laugh out loud funny but one or two jokes...
July 3, 2009: Eminem is funny:
No one can decide whether or not Eminem has a sense of humour. When Bruno sat on his face last month, Eminem caught more flack for freaking out and not being able to take a joke, than he has for spewing lyrical vitriol towards gays, women, and celebrities....
July 2, 2009: Sandler comedy moved:
Sony has decided to do a little release date shuffle for two of its high profile comedies coming out next year. First, they'd initially slated the Adam Sandler comedy GROWN UPS for a March 12th release but it apparently tested well enough that they've decided...
June 30, 2009: Laugh your dick off:
The Apatow gang have another faux tie-in site up for FUNNY PEOPLE to go along with George Simmons (Adam Sandler's fictional alter-ego).
The succinctly named 'Laugh Your Dick Off' is the official site for Aziz Ansari's obnoxious "superstar comic" Randy...
June 17, 2009: Funny People sites:
George Simmons is Adam Sandler's fictional alter-ego in Judd Apatow's FUNNY PEOPLE . And George Simmons has apparently been very busy, with almost as many junky lowbrow comedies on his filmography as Sandler himself has.
The new tie-in site offers a look at...
June 17, 2009: Sandler as baby:
People give Adam Sandler a lot of shit for some of his movies but, hey, at least he didn't star in a movie as an adult/baby (hear that Wayans Bros?). But Sandler's character in FUNNY PEOPLE , George Simmons, wasn't so wise in his career decisions and...
May 28, 2009: Schwartzman on NBC?:
I have an inherent fondness for cheesy sitcoms. You know the kind they don't really make anymore with over-the-top laugh tracks, multiple cameras and cheesy premises (like a foreign raised man moving to Chicago to live with his long-lost American cousin)....
May 19, 2009: Eminem in Funny People:
Since a lot of you seemed so thrilled to hear about Eminem-related news yesterday , of course I'm going to write another story about him today. Because who needs friends. Eminem will appear in a cameo role in Judd Apatow's upcoming FUNNY PEOPLE :
"I...
May 18, 2009: Funny People spot:
Earlier this year, we showed you the first trailer for Judd Apatow's upcoming FUNNY PEOPLE starring Adam Sandler as a terminally ill veteran comedian who mentors and forges a friendship with a young comic (Seth Rogen). The first TV spot for the...
April 20, 2009: A Rogen flashback:
Did a 13 year-old Seth Rogen know that one day he'd be playing an up and coming stand-up comic in a Judd Apatow film titled FUNNY PEOPLE after achieving international stardom with a series of extremely successful films? Um, no, probably not. He probably got...
April 20, 2009: Early Apatow review:
I would think at this point that a Judd Apatow directed comedy would be test screening proof. I mean Judd's a pretty powerful guy in Hollywood and if he's directing his vision, what would a test screening audience tell him that he wouldn't already know?...
April 17, 2009: Liz & Leslie Think:
Recent porno star Elizabeth Banks and Judd Apatow muse Leslie Mann have joined the cast of the comedy WHAT WAS I THINKING? Based on the Barbara Davilman and Liz Dubelman book of the same name, the story follows four women who decide to go on a ski trip after...
February 20, 2009: Funny People trailer:
The first trailer for Hollywood comedy emperor Judd Apatow's latest directorial effort FUNNY PEOPLE recently hit the internet courtesy of Moviefone and, as most of us were expecting, it looks like Apatow has another massive hit on his hands. The...
November 13, 2008: Are you Funny People?:
Think you're funny enough to hang alongside Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Judd Apatow? Think you should be cast in their upcoming movie FUNNY PEOPLE ? If you're nodding your frantically, normally this is the time where I'd have some people...
October 14, 2008: Paris 4 pres ad 2:
Well, golly gee, who would have thought that these fake ads featuring Paris Hilton campaigning for fake president of the United States would actually turn out to be funny? In the first one, she laid out her plan to better the country while tanning poolside and...
