• 'Clear History' TV Trailer: Larry David Returns To HBO

    Walter White isn't the only prickly small-screen antihero coming back in the next couple of weeks. Larry David is returning to television for the first time since Curb Your Enthusiasm's eighth season ended in 2011 with Clear History, a new movie by HBO. Technically, David's Clear History character is entirely separate from his Curb one. For…

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  • TV Bits: 'It's Always Sunny', 'Community', 'Happy Endings', 'Dexter', 'Spartacus: War Of The Damned', Louis CK, Bryan Cranston, Rian Johnson, And More

    Whether you like spiteful Philadelphians or vengeful Romans, there's something for you here. After the jump: Louis CK, Bryan Cranston, and Rian Johnson score DGA noms It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is getting its own beer Revolution, Political Animals, and more are coming to Netflix Fox's late-night animation block will kick off this summer Fox's…

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  • Here's What Larry David's HBO Movie Is About

    Larry David is indeed making a movie and it will indeed premiere on HBO. This we now know to be 100% true. Greg Mottola is attached to direct, Jon Hamm will likely co-star but, like most projects the creator of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm is behind, everything else has been very hush hush. However, now…

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  • Larry David's Mystery Movie Is Heading To HBO

    Earlier this Summer, news broke that Larry David was shopping a semi-improvised feature film idea with Greg Mottola at the helm. Fox Searchlight was reportedly interested in distribution. Now, however, it seems David's film might not make it to the big screen after all. HBO has apparently swooped in, offered the star of the show…

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  • Greg Mottola In Talks To Direct Semi-Improvised Larry David Comedy

    Greg Mottola's schedule is quickly filling up. Earlier this week, the Superbad helmer signed on to adapt the Jeffrey Eugenides novel The Marriage Plot for producer Scott Rudin. Now he's entered talks to helm something completely different: an untitled comedy for Fox Searchlight, with Curb Your Enthusiasm creator/star and Seinfeld co-creator Larry David in negotiations to star. More…

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  • Greg Mottola In Early Talks To Adapt Jeffrey Eugenides' 'The Marriage Plot' For Scott Rudin

    Scott Rudin is bouncing back from his disappointment over HBO's decision to pass on The Corrections by getting the gears turning on another project with some serious literary pedigree. Rudin has just tapped Superbad helmer Greg Mottola to pen an adaptation of The Marriage Plot, the acclaimed novel from Pulitzer-winning The Virgin Suicides and Middlesex author Jeffrey Eugenides. Although…

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  • Aaron Sorkin's 'The Newsroom' Trailer #3

    HBO has released a third full length trailer for season one of Aaron Sorkin's return to television -- The Newsroom. In the series, Jeff Daniels plays "a big-time, buttoned-up news anchor who finally lets his real personality fly, and then has to deal with the career fallout that results." Watch the trailer embedded after the…

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  • Aaron Sorkin's 'The Newsroom' Trailer #2

    HBO has released a second full length trailer for Aaron Sorkin's return to television -- The Newsroom. In the series, Jeff Daniels plays "a big-time, buttoned-up news anchor who finally lets his real personality fly, and then has to deal with the career fallout that results." Watch the trailer embedded after the jump, and leave…

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  • Trailer For Aaron Sorkin's New HBO Show 'The Newsroom'

    Aaron Sorkin returns to television with The Newsroom, and this first trailer makes the show out to be so very Aaron Sorkin. For fans of The West Wing and Sports Night, that's probably all you need to hear. For those who aren't predisposed to love Sorkin's work, here's the attraction in The Newsroom: Jeff Daniels,…

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  • VOTD: Watch Part Of The Table Read For 'Superbad'

    When making a movie, before a single frame of film is shot, the entire cast does a table read where they literally sit around a table and read the entire script. It's a great way for cast members who don't know each other to meet one another and give everyone an idea of what the…

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  • HBO Picks Up Aaron Sorkin's Cable News Drama

    After some notable success in the world of feature films, Aaron Sorkin will be making his triumphant return to television with a brand-new drama about the goings-on at a fictional cable news network. A Greg Mottola-directed pilot has already been shot, and HBO has now given the greenlight to an entire season of the hourlong show.…

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  • Casting Bits: Dev Patel In 'More As This Story Develops', Vince Vaughn In 'Neighborhood Watch', Allison Janney In Chris Colfer's 'Struck By Lightning', Jason London In 'Roswell FM'

    Slumdog Millionaire and Skins star Dev Patel is the latest actor to join the cast of Aaron Sorkin's HBO pilot More As This Story Develops. The story revolves around a cable news anchor named Will McCallister (Jeff Daniels) and his executive producer Mackenzie (Emily Mortimer) as they attempt to get their show back on track…

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  • Greg Mottola To Direct Aaron Sorkin's New HBO Pilot

    Here's a pretty wild collection of talent: Greg Mottola, director of Superbad, Adventureland and Paul, will direct the new HBO pilot that Aaron Sorkin is assembling starring Jeff Daniels as a new cable network political commentator. Variety reports the hire, and says that the show, which is currently untitled, "examines the behind-the-scenes look at a…

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  • /Film Talks To Simon Pegg And Nick Frost About 'Paul'

    If you love movies, you could sit and talk with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost for hours. They're such cool guys and just like us: Humongous movie fans who eat, sleep and breath the art of film. The only difference is that Pegg and Frost just so happen to make movies as well and their…

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  • /Film Talks To 'Paul' Director Greg Mottola Near Area 51

    In the middle of the Nevada desert, forty-five minutes from the nearest gas station, is an alien themed restaurant/motel called The Little A'Le'Inn (pronounced "Alie-inn"). It's one of the closest business establishments to the gate of the mysterious military base known as Area 51, which is legendary for its rumors and conspiracies. Is this were…

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  • 'Paul' Red Band Trailer

    Universal Pictures has released an uncensored red band movie trailer for Superbad/Adventureland director Greg Mottola's sci-fi adventure comedy Paul which stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (and an alien voiced by Seth Rogen).  Watch the trailer for yourself to see a little alien creature swear his ass off, after the jump. Please leave your thoughts…

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  • The Beaver, Paul, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop And More Added To The 2011 SXSW Film Festival

    SXSW announced today that a handful of additional titles were being added to the line-up for the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, including Jodie Foster's Mel Gibson dramedy The Beaver, Greg Mottola's sci-fi comedy Paul starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Seth Rogen, and Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, a documentary that follows behind-the-scenes of O'Brien's summer…

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