Documentary to feature Bill Cosby, Steve Harvey, more
Bill Cosby has joined the ranks of comedians featured in a documentary entitled Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy. The film is based on Darryl Littleton’s book that was released late in 2006 with a similar title. Robert Townsend will direct, and Littleton also has a hand in production. A stand-up comedian under the stage name D'Militant, Littleton’s lens is both first-hand and historical. “I feel like maybe in the last decade it has become a little bit more buffoonish than it was,” Littleton said to NPR. “My role models were people like Dick Gregory, Richard Pryor and... read more
Catching Up With... Anna Paquin
Best known for her Academy Award winning performance in The Piano at the ripe old age of 11, Anna Paquin has gone on to act in myriad projects, including Finding Forrester, all three X-men movies, Almost Famous, HBO originals and... read more
Scarlett Johansson Talks About Her (Real-Life) Dad
In Paste's June cover feature on Scarlett Johansson, we focused on how she's been influenced personally and professionally by her five "dads" (Woody Allen, Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Barack Obama and Bob Dylan). Here's what she had to say about her actual dad: ... read more
Jason and Ivan Reitman unite "Just for Laughs"
The Reitman clan will be having a bit of a family reunion come July 17. Directors Ivan and Jason Reitman, father and son, are scheduled to appear at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal this summer. Set to interview each other, both men will surely have plenty to tell regarding the films they have worked on over the years. Ivan is best known for movies such as Stripes and Ghostbusters, while his son has most recently taken the spotlight by ushering a supreme cast of characters through a little film called Juno. Scheduled to take place July 10-20,... read more
What is Judd Apatow's best project so far?
Announced last week, Get Him to the Greek will be the next movie to receive the Judd Apatow treatment. What is his best project so far? [1339 votes total] Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (27): 2% Kicking & Screaming (10): 1% Superbad (326): 24% Drillbit Taylor (4): 0% Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (55): 4% Forgetting Sarah Marshall (61): 5% Knocked Up (190): 14% The 40-Year-Old Virgin (276): 21% Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgurndy (340): 25% Other (50): 4% Full Results Comments ... read more
Guillermo del Toro directing The Hobbit: confirmed
We reported back in January that Guillermo del Toro had privately announced he'd be directing The Hobbit and its sequel (There and Back Again?). Three months later, and we've finally gotten official word from New Line and MGM that he'll be in charge of the features. "I am indeed blessed to become a part of the filmmaking community that Peter, Fran and their extraordinary team of collaborators have created in New Zealand,"said del Toro in a statement. Hobbit lovers everywhere can finally stop holding their breath. With Peter Jackson producing and del Toro directing, the project's big question now is... read more
Baby Mama
Given the popularity of 30 Rock and the pseudo-rebirth of Saturday Night Live... read more
Deception
Deception, a new film starring Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman... read more
Al Gore hints at an Inconvenient sequel
When Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, was released in 2006, it won praise from critics and audiences alike, and scored an Academy Award (not to mention put Gore in the running for the Nobel Prize, which he would eventually be awarded in 2007). A variety of rumors have sprung this week about the possibility of a second film, Gore himself even telling The Sun that he "will make a sequel to the 2006 documentary." However, a statement that Paramount Pictures released this week denies the existence of such plans, making the validity of Gore's statement a little unclear. Related... read more
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Whenever a small, independent film... read more
Son of Rambow's Garth Jennings hints at animated feature
The director behind Son of Rambow and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is developing the storyline for an animated film. No word yet on the specific type of animation, though it could be reminiscent of the cartoon bits used throughout Rambow. In a recent interview, Garth Jennings was none too generous in giving too much away before they get the storyline set in place. “There is something about giving an idea too much oxygen before you’ve had the time before you actually set it in stone,” Jennings told /Film. “The minute you get it right, you tell everyone... read more
Anamorph
From its art-history title to its lectures on crime-scene aesthetics... read more
Judd Apatow and Nick Stoller try to Get Him to the Greek
Forgetting Sarah Marshall was released not even a week ago, but already we have news on yet another Judd Apatow endeavor for Universal. Nick Stoller will return to direct. Jonah Hill and Russell Brand will also reunite on screen, this time to star. Both Hill and Brand played supporting roles in Forgetting, but the initial idea for developed during one of the table reads for the film. “Even though they are such different actors with different styles, I thought there could be a great buddy comedy there,” Stoller told Variety. The idea grew into a film about an insurance agent... read more
Ang Lee, James Schamus re-team for Taking Woodstock
If we were to say that some Hollywood director and writer were teaming up to make yet another movie about the Summer of Love’s most adapted festival, Woodstock, would you turn on your favorite Grateful Dead album in anticipation or shrug with utter indifference? Okay, well, what if we were to say that Ang Lee and James Schamus —the same team responsible for Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon—would be the ones behind the film? And that while retaining the word "Woodstock" in its title, it would not be about the festival proper, but how it came to be?... read more
Cannes announces 2008 lineup
Cannes, the premier worldwide film festival, has finally announced the lineup for its 2008 event. Before we begin with analyzing the choices, let's take a look at this year's selections: In Competition 24 City, China, Jia Zhangke Adoration, Canada, Atom Egoyan Changeling, U.S., Clint Eastwood Che (The Argentine, Guerrilla), Spain, Steven Soderbergh Un Conte de noel, France, Arnaud Desplechin Daydreams, Turkey, Nuri Bilge Ceylan Delta, Germany-Hungary, Kornel Mundruczo Il Divo, Paolo Sorrentino, Italy Gomorra, Italy, Matteo Garrone La Frontiere de l'aube, France, Philippe Garrel Leonera, Argentina-South Korea, Pablo Trapero Linha de Passe, Brazil, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas La Mujer sin... read more
Frank Miller gets Hard Boiled for new movie
While known to the general public for writing and co-directing the movie Sin City (2005), comic book living legend Frank Miller is no stranger to the world of the silver screen. He wrote the two Robocop sequels (1990, 1993), his storylines have been used for major movies such as Batman Begins (2005), 300 (2006) and Daredevil (2003) (but don’t hold the latter against him), and he is directing his adaption of Will Eisner’s The Spirit (2009). Now, the auteur is in talks to bring another one of his creations to the big screen. Miller recently told MTV at this year’s... read more
Land near Hollywood sign might be sold
Hollywood loves movies almost as much as it loves money, and it’s the latter form of affection that seems to be provoking a bit of an outcry in Tinseltown. /Film recently pointed to this article, which indicates that the land above and to the left of the dearly loved Hollywood sign might be for sale. Yes, that’s right, the aesthetic purity of nine white letters on a sparse hilltop might be threatened by a real estate deal. The 138 acres have been put on the market for $22 million, so it’s possible that we might start seeing little mansions... read more
Standard Operating Procedure
Though it has hamstrung... read more
Then She Found Me
Then She Found Me—Helen Hunt’s directorial debut—focuses on the early... read more
What topic should Morgan Spurlock document next?
Morgan Spurlock's Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? hit limited theaters on Friday. Now that he's taken on fast food and terrorism, what would you like to see Spurlock document next? [1006 votes total] fast food terrorism (32): 3% Scientology (501): 50% the blogosphere (44): 4% zombies (78): 8% Ashton Kutcher (42): 4% film documentarians (42): 4% Internet dating (101): 10% baby sign language (26): 3% girls that have recently gone wild (105): 10% Other (35): 3% Full Results Comments ... read more
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