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Judd Apatow doesn’t slow down. Keeping a breakneck pace seems to come naturally to this comedian turned filmmaker, who in the last year has produced (deep breath) Knocked Up, Superbad, Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Drillbit Taylor, Pineapple Express, Step Brothers and is currently filming The Year One. Apatow will soon begin production on a comedy called Five-Year Engagement for Universal. Shauna Robertson will return to produce, as will writers Nick Stoller and Jason Segel. Stoller will direct the film and Segel returns to the starring role. “It's definitely an extension of our desire to explore... read more

Semi-Pro

By Russ Fischer at 9:55 AM on February 29, 2008

The best way to decide whether Will Ferrell's latest vehicle... read more

Rainn Wilson reveals audition tapes for Juno, I'm Not There

By Kasia Galazka at 9:23 PM on February 28, 2008

UPDATE: Watch our exclusive video of Rainn Wilson at Sasquatch here. Where have The Office's cast members been lurking since television shows crawled off the air during the WGA strike? Angela Kinsey's been avoiding microwaves and red M&M's while pregnant, and B.J. Novak made a round through the college stand-up comedy circuit. Meanwhile, Film Independent's Spirit Awards just nabbed Rainn Wilson to host the annual event, which took place a night before the Oscars. And while he wasn't nominated for his Juno cameo, Wilson's "audition" tapes for the Best Feature nominees recently surfaced on /Film. Watch Wilson get into... read more

Video clips surface from Heath Ledger's Nick Drake video

By Christina Hansen at 5:20 PM on February 28, 2008

About a month after actor Heath Ledger’s death, a haunting video tribute he filmed in memory of British folk singer Nick Drake has raised many questions about the actor’s state of mind during his last days. Stereogum reports that Ledger directed, filmed and acted in a video set to Drake’s song “Black-Eyed Dog,” a term used by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe depression. Portions of the video are now available on YouTube, interspersed with an Australian news report: Ledger was a long-time admirer of Drake and his music, and made the film for an exhibition honoring the musician’s... read more

The Signal

By Russ Fischer at 5:20 PM on February 28, 2008

Approaching films objectively is a difficult task, but as an Atlanta... read more

Caramel

By Brian Howe at 4:43 PM on February 28, 2008

Caramel focuses on ﬁve conﬂicted women in the emotional crucible... read more

Terminator is back for a fourth round

By Liz Lawson at 1:03 PM on February 27, 2008

What a country we live in. The land of the free and the home of the brave. A place where one man can go from body builder, to movie action hero, to governor of his own state. American truly is a land of great opportunity! However, with opportunity comes great responsibility. That is why we regret to inform you that the Governor of California will not be appearing in the next Terminator movie, scheduled for release on May 22, 2009. It's understandable, though. What would the rest of the world think of the state—not to mention, the American people—if Schwarzenegger... read more

Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon are Bourne again

By Sean Gandert at 5:26 PM on February 25, 2008

A lengthy article in Variety recently detailed Universal's changing environment and expanding content. It's an informative piece that is well and good if you work in the industry, but it's deciding less exciting stuff for the everyday movie goer. Hidden amidst its depths, though, was an announcement that Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon will be back for a fourth Bourne film. After the release of The Bourne Ultimatum last summer, Greengrass and Damon were "ready to wrap [the franchise] up." Ultimatum also concluded the three-film story arc, making it surprising that things could continue. Not that surprising, though, as each... read more

Charlie Barlett

By Tim Basham at 4:10 PM on February 22, 2008

You gotta love teen angst in the cinema... read more

What is your favorite Will Ferrell movie?

By Paste Staff at 2:23 PM on February 22, 2008

Sporting a star-studded cast, Semi-Pro hits theaters this Friday. What is your favorite movie starring Will Ferrell? [1155 votes total] Blades of Glory (23): 2% Stranger Than Fiction (231): 20% Talladega Nights (66): 6% Bewitched (1): 0% Kicking & Screaming (8): 1% Anchorman (345): 30% Elf (147): 13% Old School (211): 18% Zoolander (105): 9% Other (18): 2% Full Results Comments ... read more

Catching Up With... Jon Poll

By Tim Basham at 1:27 PM on February 22, 2008

To say Jon Poll's career has been successful would be a pretty extreme understatement. He's edited some of the highest grossing cinematic projects of the past decade, including the two Meet the Parents films and all three movies of the Austin Powers franchise... read more

Leonardo DiCaprio, Warner Bros. remaking Akira

By Sean Gandert at 10:57 AM on February 22, 2008

Abiding by the classic philosophy that if something is a success elsewhere in the world it should be adapted and Americanized, Warner Bros. recently announced through The Hollywood Reporter that it will be involved in a remake of Akira. More surprising is that Leonardo DiCaprio and his company Appian Way will be producing the project, leading to speculation about whether he will appear in the work or if he'll do what Brad Pitt did with The Departed and sit out. Akira is one of the seminal works of anime, one of the first features in the form to gain any... read more