HBO Orders Pilot from Duplass Brothers

Deadline reports that HBO has officially green lighted a single-camera comedy written, directed and executive produced by Mark and Jay Duplass....  read more

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Despite bigger budgets and higher-profile casts, writer-directors Jay and Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair, Cyrus) have stayed true to their lo-fi, improvisational aesthetic, and Jeff, Who Lives at Home marks a sort of homecoming for the brothers, who themselves lived at their parents’ home in New Orleans while shooting this Baton Rouge-set family drama. The Duplasses make films about ordinary people and shoot for realism with moving results, but their style, all handheld camera work and tight close-ups, may suffer as their movies play wider on bigger screens....  read more

The 30 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012

New films from the Dardenne brothers, the Duplass brothers and the Coen brothers. Plus Wes Anderson, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Cronenberg, Ridley Scott, Joss Whedon, Christopher Nolan, Peter Jackson and Alfonso Cuarón.  read more

Jason Segel, Susan Sarandon, Ed Helms Cast in New Duplass Brothers Movie

The Duplass Brothers are working their way up the Hollywood ladder, adding big-name actors to the casts of their funny films. Their upcoming movie Cyrus stars Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei and Catherine Keener. Next, Jay and Mark Duplass will direct Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon and Judy Greer in Jeff Who Lives At Home, Vulture reports....  read more