Funny People News

'Funny People' Laughs to #1 Box Office

August 03, 2009 09:08:52

"Funny People" has taken over the #1 spot at North American box office from "G-Force". Debuted on Friday, July 31 on approximately 4,100 screens at 3,008 sites, the Judd Apatow's thoughtful dramedy movie generated $22.7 million worth of ticket sales over the three-day weekend.

Despite the fact that the movie nabbed the top slot, its performance was far from impressive. The $20 million plus bow is far lower than the debut of Apatow's "Knocked Up" which collected $30.7 million in 2007. While its earning was better than "The 40 Year-Old Virgin", "Funny People" was still behind "Virgin" in terms of attendance. The figure also marked lead actor Adam Sandler's worst opening for a comedy since his 2000 "Little Nicky".

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'Funny People' Goes to L.A. for World Premiere

July 21, 2009 02:07:01

Universal Pictures has presented "Funny People" through a world premiere event held Monday, July 20, evening. Making use of the ArcLight Hollywood in Los Angeles, California, the studio rolled out red carpet in front of the theater to welcome Hollywood stars attending the upcoming drama comedy's special screening.

Among the cast ensemble spotted arriving for the premiere were four of the major actors, Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Eric Bana and Leslie Mann. While Leslie dressed to impress and Seth and Eric suited up, leading actor and executive producer Adam walked along the red carpet in casual attire, wearing white T-shirt topped with an unbuttoned baby blue shirt and a pair of jeans.

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Red Band Trailer for Adam Sandler's 'Funny People'

July 09, 2009 11:07:55

MySpace has debuted a new R-rated trailer for upcoming comedy "Funny People". Contrary to the previous trailers, this freshly-released trailer features a NSFW stand-up routine by Adam Sandler's George Simmons, more footage of Eric Bana's character and a better look at Aubrey Plaza's part.

The comedy movie centers on Simmons, a stand up comedian and movie star who finds out that he's been diagnosed with a terminal, in-operable disease. Dealing with the shocking revelation, he then decides to hire an aspiring stand-up comedian, Ira Wright. Before long, he forms a close bond with Wright and learns that his disease has gone into remission. But, an old flame reenters his life, forcing him to reevaluate what is important to him and what truly gives meaning to his life.

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First Look at Eminem in Judd Apatow's 'Funny People'

July 03, 2009 10:07:51

Confirmation of Eminem's involvement in the upcoming comedy "Funny People" has come out in form of a production still. Published by MTV, the first look at the Grammy-winning rapper's cameo sees him having a chat at a Hollywood restaurant with dying stand-up comedian George Simmons, who is played by Adam Sandler. Though the photo serves as a confirmation, it is still unclear what kind of role Eminem tackles in the feature film.

Earlier, the 36-year-old confessed to VIBE magazine that he is taking a part in the comedy movie and has just done the filming for his cameo. "I just did a cameo a few months ago with Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen in a Judd Apatow produced film. It's called Funny People," he said. "I kinda do a little cameo in that which was fun by the way. And 8 Mile was not a fun movie to shoot."

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'Funny People' Promo: Clips of George Simmons' Work

June 18, 2009 11:06:15

"Funny People" is inching closer to its theatrical release in July and with that in mind, Universal Pictures introduced George Simmons, the main character of this Judd Apatow's comedy played by Adam Sandler, through a number of faux movies' clips. Four in all, the clips are each taken from Simmons' feature films entitled "Sayonara Davey", "Dog's Best Friend", "Merman" and "Re-Do".

The "Sayonara Davey" clip features Simmons who stars as Davey, a man who works at his alma mater before accidentally being sent to Japan as a foreign exchange student, having a dinner with his Japanese host family. The nearly three minutes clip sees Davey teaching Mr. Ashito how to appreciate his wife more.

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Eminem Returns to Film With 'Funny People'

May 16, 2009 11:05:51

After years battling drug addiction, Eminem won't only be making a comeback in music industry through "Relapse" but also in the movie biz with "Funny People". The 36-year-old rapper fessed up in the new issue of VIBE magazine that he has recently filmed his cameo part for the Judd Apatow's upcoming comedy.

Of the matter, the rapper who won Academy Award for Best Original Song for "8 Mile" gushed, "I just did a cameo a few months ago with Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen in a Judd Apatow produced film. It's called Funny People." Elaborating more, he said, "I kinda do a little cameo in that which was fun by the way. And 8 Mile was not a fun movie to shoot."

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Judd Apatow Talks Mini-Movies Inside 'Funny People'

May 12, 2009 10:05:11

"Funny People" will feature a bunch of faux films starring Adam Sandler's George Simmons. To MTV, Judd Apatow, the director/producer/writer of this upcoming comedy revealed some of the mini-movies to be expected, gushing that some of it will even have footage shown.

The first fake film will be called "My Best Friend is a Robot" and features Owen Wilson as the robot. "There's a poster in his house from a movie called 'My Best Friend is a Robot,' and Owen is the robot," Apatow shared. He then pointed out on another film, saying "There's also a movie called 'Redux,' where [Simmons] turns into a baby."

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'Funny People' Brings Forth First Trailer

February 21, 2009 09:02:25

The first full trailer of "Funny People" has made its debut via Moviefone and offered nearly four minutes long sneak peek into Judd Apatow's third directed movie. The trailer starts with a scene where Adam Sandler's George Simmons is doing one of his stand-up sketch, entertaining the audience with his sex jokes.

Giving out more to the film's plot, it then continues to show that when Ira Wright played by Seth Rogen comes to Simmons to praise him, Simmons quickly offers the aspiring stand-up comedian to work with him. Before long, Wright finds out that Simmons is dying and while Simmons is fighting his potentially deadly disease, he also deals with his lost love who has married another guy.

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Sarah Silverman and Andy Dick Among Stand-Up Comedians to Cameo in 'Funny People'

December 18, 2008 01:12:40

Telling the story of a stand-up comedian, "Funny People" reportedly will be flooded with many real life stand-up comedians. About it, Slash Film reported that Dave Attell, Sarah Silverman, Norm MacDonald and Andy Dick will all make a cameo appearance in the upcoming comedy movie as themselves.

According to Slash Film, Attell has revealed that he has filmed a scene with Silverman and MacDonald for the film on the Howard Stern Show on Wednesday, December 17. The comedian further claimed that the scene was shot quickly and was highly improvised. The publication further noted that Dick has also shot a cameo scene as himself.

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Win Walk-On Role for Judd Apatow's 'Funny People'

November 14, 2008 09:11:41

Collaborating with Universal Pictures, MySpace is pitching an exclusive contest for "Funny People". The world's premier social network is offering a once-in-a-lifetime chance for fans to win a walk-on role in the next Judd Apatow's comedy movie starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann.

By logging into their MySpace account and befriending the Funny People official MySpace page, hopeful fans can join the contest. To be eligible for the prize, entrants will then be required to write a comment explaining why they should win the role in 100 words or less. They can start leaving their comment starting November 13 at 2:00 P.M. ET to December 10 at 2:00 P.M. ET.

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This is gonna be so funny

posted by DoniBreezy22k Brando on Nov 26, 2008

can't wait to see Eric Bana do comedy again (and that stupid move with Drew Barrymore doesn't count).

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posted by Ryrfwiaj on Jul 13, 2009

Movie was a riot

posted by ThadlerS on Jul 31, 2009

The only good thing about this movie was the soundtrack! The writer's came up short with dialogue so obviously had to insert the "F" word at least twice in every sentence to make up a feature length movie.

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