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Article: Seth Rogen on Jonah Hill’s Oscar nomination: “He’s f–king psyched about it”
“It is a little weird that he is now friends with Brad Pitt, to me,” Rogen said of Hill. “But he’s a friendly dude. He can be friends with Brad Pitt.”
Article: Seth Rogen offers “The Apocalypse” update: “It’s looking good”
Turns out James Franco, Danny McBride, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Jay Baruchel and Rogen all play main characters.
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch “The Sitter” trailer with director David Gordon Green
Would you trust foul-mouthed, girl-chasing Jonah Hill with your kids? That’s the focal point of “The Sitter,” the “Superbad” star’s newest R-rated comedy. In the film, Hill is pressed into babysitting duties with a trio of attitude-ridden kids, and is soon embroiled in one misadventure after another. The man behind the madness is David Gordon…
Article: David Gordon Green on why “The Sitter” is a family movie, and the absurd genius of Sam Rockwell
“The Sitter” hits theaters today, featuring Jonah Hill as an inept, aimless slacker who agrees to babysit a neighbor’s kids only to end up having a wild night involving high-speed car chases, an insane drug dealer, and more explosions than a Michael Bay film. “Pineapple Express” and “Your Highness” director David Gordon Green was the…
Article: It’s male-oriented comedy trailer Wednesday!
Apparently Wednesday is a good day to release trailers for male-oriented comedies, since two big ones just hit the web (also, March is apparently a good month to release male-oriented comedies, since that’s when both of these movies come out). Let’s start with the film version of the 80s TV show “21 Jump Street.” The…
Article: Johnny Depp’s “21 Jump Street” role may be more than a simple cameo
It turns out that Johnny Depp might be doing much more than just making a cameo appearance in the upcoming “21 Jump Street” remake. Depp had shown interest in a role in the movie for a while before writer/star Jonah Hill and directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller brought him on board the project, but…
Article: “Moneyball,” reviewed
This review contains spoilers for historical events. If you don’t know how “Moneyball” ends already and don’t want to know, do not read further. People who know baseball will have a very different experience watching “Moneyball” than the people who don’t. The film, an adaptation of a revolutionary non-fiction book by Michael Lewis, recreates the…
Article: Seth Rogen & Jay Baruchel’s “Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse” adds James Franco, Jonah Hill & more
Originally, “Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse” was meant only as an eight-minute short film starring Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen as two slackers trying to navigate a post-apocalyptic world. Now, “Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse” is being developed into a full-fledged feature film, and the two actors are bringing their friends along for…
Article: Fall Preview: David Gordon Green talks “The Sitter,” skinny Jonah Hill and if raunchy comedies still play
David Gordon Green has enjoyed an interesting ride in Hollywood, bursting on the scene with heavy dramas like “George Washington” and “Undertow” and then switching to the lighter side of filmmaking with an array of adult-geared comedies. “Pineapple Express” and last year’s “Your Highness” delivered mature themes like drug-dealing protagonists, minotaur penises and naked jungle…
Article: First wave of 2011 Toronto Film Festival titles announced
Straight from the Twitter feed of festival co-director Cameron Bailey comes the first wave of titles from this year’s Toronto Film Festival. And they are: -“Trishna,” directed by Michael Winterbottom, starring Freida Pinto and Riz Ahmed (World Premiere) -“The Lady,” directed by Luc Besson, starring Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis (WP) -“Countdown,” directed by Huh…
Article: 12 Days of Judd Apatow: Day 10 “Superbad”
In 2007, Our Patron Saint, Judd Apatow, once again collaborated with his Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared star, Seth Rogen, but this time, Rogen wrote the script that Apatow produced. The film was “Superbad”, which was directed by Greg Mottola and starred Jonah Hill and Michael Cera. The movie follows friends Seth (Hill) and Evan…
Article: Del Toro, Hill Haunt Hall H: Comic Con 2010 Day One, Part One
“The first rule of Comic-Con is to show up in your own costume, and I can see as I look in the hall, not a lot of people in costume,” Will Ferrell said as he surveyed the audience in the San Diego Convention Center’s cavernous Hall H on the first day of Comic-Con. It was…
Article: Jonah Hill Steps Away from “Superbad”
Comedic actor and up-and-coming screenwriter Jonah Hill has brightened every feature Judd Apatow has yet directed (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “Funny People”), and would like you to stop thinking he’s the vulgar loudmouth he played in “Superbad.” If anything, he thinks his recent gig as the hapless liaison to Russell Brand’s rock star in…
Article: “Iron Man 2″‘s redeemed burnouts and other summer meta-casting.
On June 23, after nine long years of anticipation, Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise will finally be reunited in “Knight and Day.” The last time they paired up was a very memorable incident indeed. The occasion was Cameron Crowe’s loopy-but-endearing “Vanilla Sky,” in which Cruise played a rich guy with a shit-eating grin and Diaz…
Article: Jonah Hill’s weight, an unexpected inspiration for think pieces.
What are the ethics of enabling unhealthy behavior if it enriches your financial bottom line? It’s a question that was raised, in passing, by Lil Wayne doc “The Carter,” and it comes to mind when reading pieces about — of all things — Jonah Hill being fat. Let’s not mince words here: in the three…
Article: No Laughing Matter
On the first night of SXSW at the “Predators” sneak preview, someone leaned over to me and asked “Have you been to Comic-Con?” I knew where the question was headed, and although he was speaking specifically about the presentation we were about to see, where no full film was shown and the studio carefully curated…
Article: Jonah Hill Discusses The Brutal Honesty of “Cyrus”
Jonah Hill (“Superbad”) plays the title character in “Cyrus,” a 21-year-old new age musician who competes with a potential suitor for his mother’s love in the latest comedy from filmmaker brothers Jay and Mark Duplass. I sat down with Hill to talk about the challenges of playing a more dramatic role and going head-to-head with…
Article: “Kick-Ass,” “Cyrus” and Looking Pretty
Coming to you from the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, this week’s IFC News podcast tackles such pressing topics as: Does “Kick-Ass” indeed kick ass? Can “Cyrus” bring new life to classic rom-com ideas? How do the members of the close-knit Austin filmmaking community manage to act in and crew each other’s projects while also finishing…
Article: John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill bring “Cyrus” to SXSW
Austin may not be the city of brotherly love, but brothers Mark and Jay Duplass were all smiles at the SXSW premiere of their new comedy, “Cyrus”. Joining them for the screening at the Paramount Theater were the film’s stars; John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Katie Aselton. The awkward dynamic in “Cyrus” revolves around…
Article: How Apatow’s actors have fared after “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared.”
Judd Apatow veteran Jay Baruchel arrives to yank us out of the post-Oscar hysteria, addressing the rigors of time-filler filmmaking. Discussing his low-concept vehicle “She’s Out Of My League” in the LA Times, he notes, “there were some days when I [was...] having a dog lick pâté off my crotch for 12 hours. When I…
Article: Mark and Jay Duplass Make “Cyrus” a Family Affair
Leave it to a team of brothers to bring a comedy about the awkwardness of family to the Sundance Film Festival. The writing and directing team of Mark and Jay Duplass were on hand for the premiere of “Cyrus” with their stars Marisa Tomei, John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Katie Aselton and Matt…
Article: Sundance Spin for 1/24: Affleck in Good “Company”
While our Sundance home page is the place for all our coverage from Park City, here is a brief rundown of what’s been going on during the last 24 hours, including an interview with “Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil” star Alan Tudyk, new photo galleries for “Hesher” and “Howl,” and reviews of “The Company Men,”…
Article: All quiet at the Alamo Drafthouse.
My heart skipped a beat upon seeing a post on Jim Emerson’s Scanners blog about the Alamo Drafthouse‘s stern onscreen warnings to anyone who dares to talk during a movie at any of the Austin, Texas theater chain’s locations. For those who have been to the Drafthouse or anyone about to make the pilgrimage to…
Article: Mark Duplass Braves “Humpday”
When writer/director Lynn Shelton first asked Mark Duplass to star in a movie about two straight buddies who drunkenly challenge one another to make an amateur porno together (then in the sober light of day refuse to back down), he was unconvinced: “When I heard that pitch, I was like, ‘I don’t think this movie…
