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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We already know what Larry David's new film will be about (a marketing exec who misses out on a lucrative startup) and how it'll be distributed (on HBO). Now we also know what it'll be called and who'll star in it. According to a new report, the movie's now going by the name Clear History,…
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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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Earlier this week we saw an on-set snap of Sacha Baron Cohen in costume as one of the characters in The Dictator. Now we've got the first official look at Sacha Baron Cohen in costume as the other main character in The Dictator. The full snap is after the break. So: the film is (or…
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Sacha Baron Cohen is preparing his next semi-improvised, semi-political comedy. The Dictator, which may or may not be inspired by Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (bet on 'may') has Borat director Larry Charles set to direct from a script by Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel. The script, which has Sacha Baron Cohen playing…
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In the United States, we're so used to our own franchises it's easy to forget that other countries have their own too. One example are the Torrente films in Spain. Created and portrayed by Spanish comedian Santiago Segura, the Torrente films follow an overweight, racist, corrupt cop who gets fired from the force but still…
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