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FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2008
Simon Pegg goes to Cannes (to Lose Friends and Alienate People) - Rotten Tomatoes
Ex-Office guys create sitcom for YouTube (see the vid here) - Chortle
TLA picks ups gay comedy Chef's Special - Variety 
German FFA funds Vicky the Viking and Akin's Soul Kitchen- Variety

 

THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008
Dreyfuss does Dick (Cheney, that is) for Stone's W; another
indication that it's really a comedy - Hollywood Reporter 
Polish bros hang shingle; 1st pic? Billy Bob, Manure salesman Variety
Music Box picks up French Kiss - Hollywood Reporter 
Funny Balloons fills Tony Manero's dance card - Variety 
Liberation digs deep for Buried - Variety

 

MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008
Back to school (St.Trinians, that is, with Rupert Everett in drag and Russell Brand in raincoat) - Chortle
Bollywood goes Hollywood: Reliance signs top shingles - Variety 
Independent takes 66 (soccer bar mitzvah, anyone?) H'wood Reporter 
Romcom Sam's Story finds multiple suitors - Hollywood Reporter
Ashton Kutcher hits 2 out of the park - Hollywood Reporter 
Amy Adams & Mark Ruffalo do Baumbach's next - Hollywood Reporter

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008
George Clooney will Stare at Goats (and hopefully
they won't get the wrong idea) - Variety 
Nailed down again - Variety 
McDermott & Caan team up for Mercy - Variety
Lionsgate scores The Perfect Game - Variety
MK2 and Film4 find Satisfaction - Variety

 

Simpsons get 7 noms for Key Art Awards - Hollywood Reporter
Fatih Akin joins Medieval laffer 1 and half Knights - Variety
Wedding Crashers writer goes solo for Gracie - Variety 
Totally Spies! on totally big screen - Hollywood Reporter
Universal gets the Pitch Perfect - Hollywood Reporter

 

THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008
Day-Lewis in Fellini-esqe musical Nine? - Variety 
Goosebumps spooks Columbia - Variety 
Reitman 1 & Reitman 2 float Up in the Air - Variety 
Slater and Gooding team up for action-com Lies - Variety
Judge Reinhold to remake Chilean romcom Ugly Me - Hollywood Reporter
Vardolos & Corbett reup for Valentine's Day - Hollywood Reporter
Rob Corddrey tops Ben Stiller's Project A - Hollywood Insider

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008
Anchor Bay to release McConaughey's Surfer Dude - Variety
24 creator's romcom That Face shines at Uni  - Hollywood Reporter
Fortissimo goes for Gigantic - Variety 
Russell Brand wins Sony award - British Sitcom Guide

 

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2008
Weinstein tunes up Fraggle Rock - Variety
Fox ready to go with Chipmunks 2 - Variety
Teencom Tru Loved opens NewFest - Variety
Cameras roll again for Nailed - Variety
Martin & Keaton reup in Zero to 60 - Variety
Tell Me You Love Me girl joins Orgy Hollywood Reporter
Cry Baby and Xanadu get Tony-nommed - Yahoo
Whitewater & Reactor woo The Transitional Guy Variety

 

MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008
Hot Tub meets Time Machine for MGM - Hollywood Reporter
Charlie Kaufman debuts 1st film at Cannes - Variety
Dreamworks picks up romcom Shared Fare - Variety 
Band's Visit takes top prize in new Bosnia Film Fest - Variety

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
Whoopi to host Tonys - Showbuzz
Adam Scott sits on the Passenger Side - Hollywood Reporter 
Davis Ent buys Bueller-esque pitch - Hollywood Reporter 
Happy Madison happy about I Hate You, Dad - Variety 
Endgame gives Good Old Fashioned Orgy - Variety
Comedy vid site SuperDeluxe.com folding - Punchline

 

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2008
Posey & Knoxville spice John Waters' Fruitcake  - Hollywood Reporter
Gordon-Levitt & Deschanel hook up for romcom 500 - Hollywood Reporter
Matrix beds Wong Fu's Sleepwalker - Hollywood Reporter
Gervais wins record 8th BAFTA at Brit Comedy Awards - Chortle
Uni hearts Nancy Myers' next romcom - Variety 
Top screenwriters play musical chairs - Variety
27 Dresses catches DVD bouquet - Hollywood Reporter

 

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008
Swapping Jameses: Brolin for Caan in romcom Nailed - Yahoo
Muse lenses Martin Amis's darkly comic London Fields - Guardian
Harrelson hits the road in Messenger - Variety 
Greenstreet and Das Films set off Boomsday - Variety
Three's the charm for Comedy Central - Variety
Family fights action figures for Fox in War - Hollywood Reporter

 

TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008
The English Patient, but with Dinosaurs: Will Ferrell discovers Land of the Lost - SFF Media
Ron Perlman gets a job in Detroit - Hollywood Reporter
SAG talks extended - LA TImes
Dreamworks makes cartoon coin - LA Times

MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008
Sea monkeys for Disney and Rudin - Hollywood Reporter
Independent filmmaking: Dead or alive? - Hollywood Reporter
Gandolfini to star in Brit war comedy - Chortle

 

 

 

FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008

BAFTA/LA British Comedy Awards announced!
Best British TV Comedy - Extras
Best British Film Comedy - Hot Fuzz
Comedy Performer of the Year (TV) - Harry Hill
Comedy Performer of the Year (Film) - Simon Pegg
Lifetime Achievement Award - Billy Connolly
                       >> more at BAFTA/LA.org 

Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Toni Collette in Focus comedy - Variety
New Line grabs Badass - Variety
Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky opens Sydney fest - Variety
Daily Show comedian tops Ang Lee's Woodstock - Variety

 

THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008
British Comedy Awards at the 4 Seasons in LA
Hollywood fetes funny Brits - Chortle
Hollywood honors Brit wit - Variety

 

 

James Gandolfini, Steve Coogan join dark comedy In the Loop - Variety
MGM to go on fantasy comedy Adventures - Variety
Magnolia picks dark comedy Amanda from Tribeca Fest - Variety
Simpsons director to do sci-fi comedy The Pet - Hollywood Reporter
300 hunk joins Carey in Phillip Morris - Hollywood Reporter

 

Londoner wins Filmaka contest, gets agent, deal & $5 mil - Variety

 

Fox to distrib If I Were You 2 - Variety
Londoner wins Filmaka contest, gets agent, deal & $5 mil - Variety
Columbia gets Dumped - Variety
Little Girl Blue wins Kingfisher - Variety
Witch Mountain vets join The Rock for remake - Hollywood Reporter

MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008
Jason Bateman to star in Judge's Extract - Variety
Sarah Marshall best Apatow overseas bow - Variety
Grosvenor Park to finance Spartans duo's next pic - Variety
IFC lifts indie com Robbed at Cannes - Hollywood Reporter
Love, Actually star hit by car, serious head injury - Chortle

 

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
Simpons and Georgia Rule receive Prism Award - Hollywood Reporter
J.J. Abrams studies teencom Hot for Teacher - Variety
Adam Shankman taps teen Drill Team - Variety
Sarah Marshall and Three and Out go head-to-head in Britain - Variety
Smiley girl Anna Faris joins Observe and Report - Hollywood Reporter
Charles Shyer has found his Eloise, and she's Aussie! - Hollywood Reporter

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008
Smiley girl Anna Faris joins Observe and Report - Entertainment Weekly
Matrix's Moss joins romcom Hanging Out Hooking Up - Hollywood Reporter
Papa Reitman & Son to talk at Montreal comedy fest this summer --  Variety
Charles Shyer has found his Eloise, and she's Aussie! - Variety
Warren Zide turns Bad Leroy Brown into action-comedy - Hollywood Reporter

Cosby joins comedy doc Why We Laugh - Hollywood Reporter
Stoller to direct Russell Brand in Get Him to the Greek - Variety
Baby Mama opens Tribeca Fest - Variety
Wild Hogs director to do MGM's Zookeeper -- Kinda like Hitch with animals - Hollywood Reporter

Nantucket Film Fest to honor Judd Apatow - Variety
Jeff Daniels & Catherine O'Hara join Sam Mendes romcom - Hollywood Reporter
Columbia: Retired folks like their comedy raunchy, too - Hollywood Reporter

 

 

Rob Schneider to play Lost star's Dad in teen com Wild Cherry - Variety
Dean Cain tries to woo back Teri Polo in Material Lies - Hollywood Reporter
Hot writing team sells buddy comedy to Columbia - Variety
Filmaka launches; will announce winner of 1st directing competish - Hollywood Reporter

 

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008
Hogs director reups Travolta for Dogs - Variety
Cosby kid plays hooker in new Madea - Hollywood Reporter
Columbia lands adventure-comedy Iron Jack - Hollywood Reporter
Brett Ratner circles Shrinking Man remake - Hollywood Reporter
Hairspray star gets talk show - Access Hollywood
Shankman's Offspring to produce Fear Phil - Variety

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008
Thurman in Motherhood laffer - Winter Miller, Variety
Kopelson buys Parents Weekend - Jay A. Fernandez, LA Times
Beer in Hell taps big screen - Gregg Goldstein, Hollywood Reporter
High School Musical star graduates - Borys Kit, Hollywood Reporter
Sophie Monk to be Hardbreaker - Leslie Simmons, Hollywood Reporter

 

 

 

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