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EXCLUSIVE: Albert Brooks is negotiating to join the untitled comedy that Judd Apatow wrote and will direct for Universal Pictures. The film will star Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd, who are reprising the roles they played in Knocked Up. I’m told that Brooks is in talks to play Rudd’s father in a film that will also feature Megan Fox. It’s an interesting pairing, Brooks and Apatow, because they are both writer/directors whose comedies have a very auteurish voice. Brooks most recently played a mobster you don’t want to cross in Drive, the Nicolas Winding Refn-directed adaptation of the James Sallis novel that stars Ryan Gosling.
Brooks also has a May publication date on 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America, a novel that will be published by St. Martin’s Press. That book takes a serious look at what might happen in 20 years, when cancer has been eradicated and life expectancies have been pushed up to 110, rendering 70 the new middle age. Brooks is repped by WME and managed by Herb Nanas.
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Awesome pairing!!!! How terrific. Go guys!
Big year for Albert Brooks. Miss that guy.
Best news o’ the year!
Albert Brooks can do no wrong…
Clearly you have never seen the Muse.
Love Albert, but just saying….
Loved the Muse!
Loved looking for comedy in the muslim world too…
Herb it’s Albert. Albert Brooks. That’s right your client. Who do you know in the Manhattan publishing world? I have an idea for a book. You know those glasses that people in Times Square wear on New Years Eve? That’s right like when it was 2008 and 2010 they always work better if there’s a zero in the year. I want to do a book titled 2030 about the year 2030. I don’t know what it’ll be about specifically but for instance what if people live much longer 20 years from now? 70 would be middle aged! Can you imagine how funny that would be? How insightful it would be? What if cancer is finally cured then all the cemetaries would go out of business and the undertakers would have to go on unemployment. I’m just thinking out loud here so play devil’s advocate with me. Do you think you can get me a book deal for this idea? Well St. Martin’s Press would be good I suppose but I was really thinking of Random House or some other big publisher. I just know it’s a good year and a good title for a book. 2030: The Year We Live Forever. Thanks Herb. Yes it’s Albert. Albert Brooks. Your client. Bye Herb.
Great! Now keep this one under two hours Judd.
Albert and Judd–what the hell took so long? Genius collaboration…Apatow writing for/directing Brooks. Fell in love with Brooks as an actor in ‘Broadcast News’. “I am singing while I read. I am singing and reading…BOTH!”
This makes me very happy. Comedy lives. Universal may too.
Utter genius. Incredible move Judd. There is truly no one funnier.
How original this casting!! Not.
Am I the only one not looking forward to more Rudd or Mann? Ugh. I AM however excited about Brooks. He is missed! I’ve been enjoying numerous viewings of “Defending Your Life” and “Broadcast News” on cable. Does it get any better?
Well, I guess anyone still using a “NOT” joke is qualified to speak on the status of comedy today.
Jesus, any chance you could throw out a topical “Oh, no you didn’t!”?
Oh, no you didn’t! Ego feel better now little man? All good now?
So glad our ships passed on a message board and not real life. Something tells me you’re a real nightmare. Peace! (Not!)
AaronFan, I also loved and still love Albert Brooks in ‘Broadcast News’ ( required viewing for every actor and filmmaker) . Brooks deserved the Oscar that year. His film, ‘ Real Life’ is ahead of it’s time because it revealed the future saturation of reality television , and all the nonsense of these scripted shows ( mostly fiction & scripted) .
Albert has such a brilliant way of verbalizing pathos and comedic dialogue seamlessly – very similar to Robert Downey Jr.
This is a coincidence. I just finished an advanced readers copy of 2030 yesterday and it is sensational. Quite surprising and not what you would expect from Albert Brooks. Great book and hopefully this will be a really good movie.
I liked The Muse. So sue me. And I don’t know why Sharon Stone got stuck doing bad genre crap when she clearly had comedy chops.
Watching a Judd Apatow film is like watching a dog lick his own nuts. However, with the overall decline of civilization, his success does not surprise me. Lap it up, Useful Idiots!
Now a two and a half hour Judd movie will be worth every second. Thank you!
Yep. 100% agree. Brooks & RDJ both possess acute perception and raw authenticity in their work. Very much looking forward to Brooks’ upcoming projects–on the page and screen. Oh, and he definitely should have won that Oscar. “A lot of aliteration from anxious anchors place in powerful posts!” I’m just sayin’.
Had the pleasure of seeing DRIVE. Albert does a dramatic turn that people will be talking about for years to come. Such a talent.
I would love to see Albert Brooks & Robert Downey Jr. , both star in a dramedy together. They would make an incredible team.
Yes, Sharon Stone is a underrated comedic actor- too bad she made too many bad film choices. But, I am rooting for her movie comeback.
P.S. It would have been wonderful to have seen Downey Jr. host the Oscars with Anne Hathaway- both triple threat performers. I hear Robert is doing a film musical, hopefully he will give Anne a call to star opposite him.
YES!!!
Big Judd Apatow fan, huge Albert Brooks fan. This sounds great!
Good call.
Someone at Universal has finally wised up. Start hiring the worlds best people and maybe the movies will get better.
Not a Judd Apatow fan. Kristen Wiig saved Judd’s heinie in “Knocked Up”. Judd can’t do humor unless it involves vulgarity. Bill Cosby once said if you can make someone laugh without sex or cursing you’re funny.