Funnyman, Zach Galifianakis, has exploded as a bankable Hollywood star. Todd Phillips’ smash-hit, the $461 million grossing, “The Hangover,” in which Galifianakis starred, has propelled the little-known standup comedian into a high demand A-lister. THR reports that he is currently in talks, among other things, to voice the Humpty Dumpty character in a “Shrek” spinoff [...]
Rising comedic star, Zach Galifianakis, is in talks to star in a coming of age dramedy called, “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” to be written and directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, the team responsible for “Half Nelson,” and the immigrant baseball drama “Sugar.” THR reports that Focus Features and Misher Films are [...]
Ed Helms will follow his monster smash hit comedy, “The Hangover” with a Miguel Arteta-directed project entitled, “Cedar Rapids.” The trades report that Alexander Payne, director of “Sideways,” will produce the comedy in which Helms will play a down-on-his-luck insurance salesman who goes to an industry convention to try to save the jobs of his [...]
This weekend’s box office was full of surprises yet again as Todd Phillips’ sleeper hit of the summer, “The Hangover,” starring Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, and Zach Galifianakis retained its number one slot grossing an estimated $33.4M, narrowly beating Disney/Pixar’s “Up” which made $30.5M. Overseas, however, it was quite a different story. In an unprecedented, [...]
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