LOL: Todd Barry and Darren Aronofsky Discuss the Original ‘Black Swan’

Posted on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 by Angie Han

By now, we all know the story behind Darren Aronofsky‘s Black Swan — it and 2008′s The Wrestler were initially conceived of as a single love story, before Aronofsky realized there was too much material for one project and split it into two movies. Or maybe not. A new video reveals that Black Swan actually began life as a spin-off of The Wrestler titled The Deli Manager, with Todd Barry reprising his role from The Wrestler. And Aronofsky himself appears to confirm the tale, so it has to be true. (Funny or Die is reliable news source, right?) See for yourself after the jump.

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Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Dan Stevens and Todd Barry Join Amy Heckerling’s Vamps

Posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 by Peter Sciretta

Red Hour Films announced today that Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Dan Stevens and Todd Barry are the latest actors cast in Clueless director Amy Heckerling‘s romantic horror-comedy Vamps. The film stars Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as two young female vampires living the good life in contemporary New York “until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality.”

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