Comedy

Pierce Brosnan to star in Stanley Tucci-directed comedy The Hunter

Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson and Julianne Moore will top-line indie comedic drama The Hunter, which Stanley Tucci will helm from his own screenplay, according to Variety. Pre-production is scheduled to begin in September, with Steve Buscemi among the executive producers on the project. The Hunter is set against a background of aristocracy in New York’s ….

National Lampoon and IndiePix look to the new frontier with The Orchard

The Orchard announced that it has formed comprehensive marketing, distribution, and services partnerships with National Lampoon, IndiePix Films and Independent Film Sales. With these collaborations, the company will provide marketing and digital distribution services for National Lampoon, one of the oldest and most recognized comedy entertainment brands in the world. As part of the agreement, ….

Funny People to headline 13th Annual Just For Laughs Film Fest

The Just For Laughs Film Festival returns this year, happening from July 10-27, 2009. Films screening at the fest this year include: Humpday, OSS 117: Rio ne Repond Plus, Agathe Clery, Paper Heart, The Slammin’ Salmon, World’s Greatest Dad, Funny People and Les Doigts Croches. Independent films this year include That’s For Me!, More than ….

Megan Fox gets nasty in R-Rated Jennifer’s Body trailer

Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux) and writer/producer Diablo Cody (Juno) present Jennifer’s Body, which revolves around a newly possessed cheerleader who turns into a killing machine, specializing in taking out her male classmates. ShockTillYouDrop has nabbed an exclusive red band trailer, that acts as a prelude to an upcoming set visit story they’ll be ….

The Pink Panther 2 Blu-ray review

MGM Home Entertainment released the family-friendly comedy The Pink Panther 2 on Blu-ray disc yesterday, June 23rd. This sequel to the popular 2006 hit, revolves around a master thief known as the Tornado, who heists four of the world’s most valuable and legendary artifacts – the Magna Carta, the Shroud of Turin, the Royal Emperor’s ….

House of Flying Daggers director to remake the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple?

Back in February, Shockya reported that Spider-Man director Sam Raimi was attached to produce a remake of the martial arts film House of Flying Daggers. Now comes a report from Empire, that Zhang Yimou – director of that seminal kung fu epic as well as Jet Li’s Hero, and choreographer of the amazing display at ….

Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone, Cher, Adam Sandler and more to headline action comedy Zookeeper

Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone and Judd Apatow will handle voiceover duties for the animals in MGM’s live-action comedy The Zookeeper, which stars Kevin James and Rosario Dawson, according to Variety. Sandler, whose production shingle Happy Madison will produce the film, will voice a capuchin monkey. Cher is set to voice a giraffe, ….

Indie comedy Humpday screening on the roof of New Design High this Friday

This Friday, June 26th, Rooftop FIlms will present the comedy Humpday – directed by Lynn Shelton (My Effortless Brilliance) – on the roof of New Design High School on the Lower East Side, with musical guests The Antlers. The address of the screening venue is 350 Grand Street at Essex Street, New York City. The ….

Check out this naughty trailer for the Bobcat Goldthwait-directed World’s Greatest Dad

A red band trailer for the Bobcat Goldthwait-directed comedy World’s Greatest Dad, has been posted exclusively to Hulu. The film will be on VOD, XBOX Live and Amazon starting July 24th, and THEN in theatres on August 21st, 2009. A thoughtful but outrageous comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, World’s Greatest Dad is a story about a ….