Judd Apatow Articles

Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Bridesmaids Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids, starring Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph, has become "the top R-rated female comedy of all time," having surpassed Sex and the City according to The Hollywood Reporter. Impressive? Well… First of all, how many "R-rated female comedies" have ever been released? Second, there’s something called inflation, which, well, inflates movie-ticket prices. Back in 2008, Sex and the [...]

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech My Producers Guild Award predictions couldn’t have been more off the mark. Well, come to think of it, I did get the Best Animated Feature right, Toy Story 3. But the PGA Award for the producer of the Best Documentary went to Lesley Chilcott for the Davis Guggenheim-directed Waiting for ‘Superman’ (instead of Inside Job), while the producers of the [...]

George Clooney in Up in the Air The Writers Guild of America’s "Beyond Words" panel will be held at the Writers Guild Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, two days before the announcement of the 2010 WGA Awards. Confirmed panelists include: Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker), James Cameron (Avatar), Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart), Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire), [...]

Judd Apatow’s latest comedy, Funny People, jumped to the top of the North American box office this weekend with $23.4 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The R-rated film, which received mixed reviews, scored an average of $7,793 per theater at 3,008 locations. Starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann, Funny People follows the adventures of a stand-up comedian having a [...]