Tag: This Is 40
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This Iconic Comedy Character Was Inspired by Guy Fieri
Melissa McCarthy is no stranger to playing hilarious characters, and has shown off her effortless knack for bizarre comedy in hit movies like This is 40 and The Heat. One McCarthy character, however, was actually inspired by a very real Guy, and this was the totally outrageous but surprisingly earnest Megan in 2011’s Bridesmaids. McCarthy…
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Filming This Is 40 With Judd Apatow’s Family Was A Little Weird For Paul Rudd
“This Is 40” isn’t Judd Apatow’s most popular film, but even a not-so-great Apatow movie usually isn’t too bad. Arriving in 2012 near the tail end of Apatow’s dominance, while the film’s humor was still razor-sharp, it lacked the focus of the director’s earlier efforts. But the pacing and runtime issues aside, “This Is 40”…
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Judd Apatow’s This Is 40 Sequel Officially In Development, And You’ll Never Guess The Title
Gather round Judd-heads, we’ve got the Apatow announcement you (might?) be waiting for. A decade after the popular comedy director dropped “This is 40,” the kind of sort of sequel to “Knocked Up,” he’s considering taking us all back into the R-rated minds of his favorite married couple and their grown-up children. That’s right, if Apatow has…
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Marisa Tomei Joins Pete Davidson in Judd Apatow Comedy (Exclusive)
Marisa Tomei, the Oscar winner who plays Aunt May in the current Spider-Man movies, will star opposite Pete Davidson in Universal’s untitled comedy being made by Judd Apatow.Apatow will direct the feature, which is set to shoot this summer in New York City, and he also is producing with Barry Mendel, his collaborator on such…