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Facebook Movie Justin Timberlake Set Pic

2 December 2009 12:08 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

What man under 30 has the stones to rock a black blazer over a black t-shirt?  An internet mogul.  This ain’t news to Justin Timberlake.  Merely news to us, courtesy of The Daily Mail.  What else is up with the coming Facebook movie (other than Timberkale perfectly embodying the “I’ll take your money, but I’ll never play by your rules” ethos), you ask?

Well, it’s called The Social Network and it’s being directed by David Fincher, who helmed Seven, Fight Club, The Game and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  Today, we have the first official set pic from the film, featuring Timberlake embodying the look of the aforementioned mogul.

 

The Social Network is adapted from the book The Accidental Billionaires written by Ben Mezrich of Bringing Down the House fame. The screenplay was written by Aaron Sorkin, who created The West Wing and wrote A Few Good Men. »

- Scott Miller

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Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Baumbach, Braden King, Susser

30 November 2009 1:32 AM, PST | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

I'm not sure what the ratio pans out to be, but if Braden King and Spencer Susser see their feature debuts get an invitation, then they would have been filmmakers who once presented a calling card short film at the festival and return with a feature length debut. - I'm not sure what the ratio is, but if Braden King and Spencer Susser see their feature debuts get an invitation in 2010, then they would have been filmmakers who once presented a calling card short film at the festival and returned with a feature length debut. Greenberg - With a March release date set and a cast that is often repping Sundance fair, the story of a dysfunctional 40-year-old at a crossroads in his life will add further traction by a spotlight at the fest. Roger (Ben Stiller) wants to “do nothing” for a while, so he agrees to »

- Ioncinema.com Staff

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Trailer - Ben Stiller in Noah Baumbach's 'Greenberg'

24 November 2009 9:32 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

Noah Baumbach started out really well as a director with The Squid and the Whale, which he followed with the chalkboard-fingernailing Margot at the Wedding. But something good may have come from that experience: One of his actors from the film, Jennifer Jason Leigh, helped Baumbach put together the story for his new flick, Greenberg. It features an indie turn for Ben Stiller and explains why his been growing his hair out this year, which I'm sure is a load off your mind.

Stiller plays the title character, a guy who, at some point around 40, just decided to do nothing. That's different than someone who just does nothing with no purpose; Greenberg is actively passive. Wrap your head around that, why don't you. But through his nothingness, Greenberg starts to find his true calling, or at least something. Which is more than nothing.

The film co-stars Leigh, Rhys Ifans, and Greta Gerwig, »

- Colin Boyd

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Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg Trailer Starring Ben Stiller

24 November 2009 7:34 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

The Squid and the Whale director Noah Baumbach has a thing for selfish, disaffected and socially inept characters, and it looks like his latest film Greenberg will be no different. The movie stars Ben Stiller as Roger Greenberg, a middle-aged drifter who moves from New York to L.A. to house sit for his brother, and falls for his brother's personal assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig). It's nice to see Stiller in a role that returns him from the world of frat pack comedies back to something a little smaller and more intimate, and there's a sense that this movie may be more optimistic than Baumbach's last film Margot at the Wedding (which I enjoyed, but I know a lot of people hated). The supporting cast also includes Rhys Ifans, Mark Duplass and Jennifer Jason Leigh, who is credited with co-writing the story. Baumbach himself also recently helped Wes Anderson out »

- Sean

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Trailer For Greenberg

24 November 2009 3:19 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Focus Features have just released a trailer for Greenberg, the upcoming Noah Baumbach comedy drama starring Ben Stiller. The film also stars Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Greta Gerwig.

Baumbach, who shot to prominence with his first feature The Squid And The Whale, recently co-scripted Wes Anderson's stop motion Roald Dahl adaptation, Fantastic Mr. Fox. The distinctive Baumbach tone is still there with Greenberg yet it seems more optimistically upbeat than his last film, Margot At The Wedding. The story centres on Roger Greenberg, a dysfunctional 40-year-old who agrees to housesit for his younger brother in L.A. and is really keen to start doing nothing with his life. He begins seeing his brother's personal assistant Florence, a somewhat lost, aspiring singer, and following a series of abashedly uncomfortable romantic rendezvous with her, he starts to think he might have finally found someone who can appreciate him.

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Ben Stiller Is A Lazy Bum. And This Trailer For Greenberg Proves It

23 November 2009 8:06 PM, PST | LatinoReview | See recent LatinoReview news »

Ben Stiller is my love / hate actor. I love it when he plays wacky characters like in Dodgeball and Tropic Thunder, but hate him when he plays himself in, oh...every single one of his romantic comedies.So I'm curious as to how he'll be in his new film "Greenberg" directed by Noah Baumbach, who directed The Squid and the Whale and also wrote The Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. He's a great writer and I really liked Squid and the Whale so I'm actually looking forward to this one.Ben Stiller playes Roger Greenberg, a New Yorker who moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.The film also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh who wrote it as well.Check out the trailer below. Ben Stiller loves toSource: »

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Ben Stiller taps into his inner slacker in 'Greenberg' trailer

23 November 2009 5:28 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Noah Baumbach is an indie writer-director known for wry, literate, darkly comic arthouse meditations on Gen-x angst like Kicking & Screaming and The Squid and the Whale. Ben Stiller is ... Ben Stiller. What do you get when you put the two together? Judging from the just-released trailer for Greenberg, which opens in March, you get Stiller as a 40-something slacker who's at loose ends in his life and busying himself building a doghouse, writing angry letters to Starbucks, and fumbling into a romance with another lost soul (Greta Gerwig). We haven't seen Stiller go for this kind of minor-key, emotionally vulnerable »

- Josh Rottenberg

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Trailer for Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg Starring Ben Stiller

23 November 2009 4:48 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

The first trailer for Noah Baumbach’s (The Squid and the Whale) latest film Greenberg has popped up online and I like that it’s difficult to pin down what the movie is about.  It’s not that the tone is all over of the place and in general it looks like aimless-guy-learns-relationships-make-life-important, but there are so many little jokes and tiny moments that the movie looks bigger than such a simple premise. Also, Baumbach’s previous work (he also did Margot at the Wedding) supports that conclusion.  And hey!  Ben Stiller giving a real performance!  Haven’t seen that in a long time.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer and brief synopsis.  Greenberg hits theaters on March 12, 2010.

Click over to Apple to see the trailer in HD.

For those just tuning in, here’s a brief synopsis:

Meet Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller): a dysfunctional 40-year-old at a crossroads in his life. »

- Matt Goldberg

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Greenberg Trailer: Ben Stiller Gets Baumbached

23 November 2009 3:37 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Focus Features has released the first trailer for director Noah Baumbach's upcoming film Greenberg, which stars Ben Stiller as a jobless guy who doesn't really want to do anything with himself. The film also stars indie darling Greta Gerwig, who cut her teeth in such Duplass Brothers comedies as Baghead and Nights and Weekends, and appeared recently in Ti West's The House of the Devil. She's an incredibly talented actor (and writer/director) who has been ready for a role in something that really breaks. Here's hoping (for her sake) that this is it. The trailer itself poses an interesting enough story, and one that feels a cousin to Baumbach's work in The Squid and the Whale and Margot at the Wedding. Although in fairness, it harkens back more to the theme of his first film, Kicking and Screaming, about men who refuse to move on with their lives after college. Ben Stiller »

- Neil Miller

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Ben Stiller Goes Indie in 'Greenberg' Trailer

23 November 2009 3:37 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

The best thing about this trailer is that Mumblecore sensation Greta Gerwig has finally semi-crossed over into more "popular" fare (I can't say commercial, because this is still somewhat indie, so I guess "popular" is the right word ... but maybe not. You get the point, though, right?). The worst thing about this trailer is that it just feels like another lost-dude-looking-for-the-rest-of-his-life type flick, and I guess that's cool if you dig hip indie soundtracks and Ben Stiller with a perpetual puss on his face, but in my opinion there's nothing here that screams, "Holy crap, watch me right now!"

Yeah, so, anyway, the first trailer for Noah Baumbach's (The Squid and the Whale) next film, Greenberg, has just arrived over on Apple, and it stars Ben Stiller as a guy named Greenberg who's "at a crossroads in his life" and, after he agrees to housesit for his younger (and »

- Erik Davis

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Must Watch: Noah Baumbach's Greenberg Trailer with Ben Stiller

23 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Ben Stiller has gone indie. Focus Features has just debuted the official trailer for Noah Baumbach's newest film Greenberg starring Ben Stiller, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Messina, and Greta Gerwig. This looks like a huge improvement over Baumbach's last film, Margot at the Wedding, and a big departure for Stiller as well. I'm a fan of Baumbach primarily because I loved The Squid and the Whale and I've been waiting to see him direct another film on that level. While this is a comedy, it's hard to laugh at, but it's that honest, heartfelt "life sucks" kind of comedy that I think makes Baumbach's films so good. Anyway, enjoy! Watch the official trailer for Noah Baumbach's Greenberg: [flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/greenberg-tlr1_h480p.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/greenberg-tlr1_h480p.jpg 598 248] You can also watch the Greenberg trailer in High Definition on Apple A New Yorker named Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) moves to Los Angeles in order to figure »

- Alex Billington

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Greenberg Trailer

23 November 2009 12:21 PM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

It's Ben Stiller back to his serious roots. In Greenberg, it's the typical story of a middle aged man trying to figure out his life. Within that decision he decides to do nothing. On a road to nowhere, Greenberg starts spending time with his Brother's assistant, Florence (Greta Gerwig) while sitting his home in Los Angeles. Florence is a bit of a lost soul herself, and finds a kinship with Greenberg. Directing is Noah Baumbach (The Squid And The Whale) who also wrote the screenplay... »

- Niki Stephens

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47 Ronin Finds Director

18 November 2009 3:57 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Commercial director Carl Erik Rinsch is in advanced talks with Universal to direct 47 Ronin, a samurai saga starring Keanu Reeves set in pre-industrial Japan. Variety stated that the film is a "priority...large budget" project for Universal. It's an unusual move for them considering that they are entrusting the film to a first time feature director who's commercials tend to be on the technically intricate, technology themed side.

Wanted screenwriter Chris Morgan is scripting the project. He elucidated in blockbuster terminology saying "it's a great, Gladiator-esque, 300-like big action movie with samurai and ninja."

Morgan elaborated with MTV saying "It's a time in Japanese culture when it was all about [the] bushido [code] and honor, and putting internal things over external things . swords that were made to be functional instead of ornamental, that kind of stuff," Morgan had previously told MTV. "this turning point in the culture when that started to shift. »

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Focus Features Announces 2010 Release Dates

12 November 2009 10:55 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Focus Features today announced their 2010 release slate. Highlights include: March 12th 2010: The Squid and the Whale writer/director Noah Baumbach's Greenberg which stars Ben Stiller April 16th 2010: Thomas Balmès' Babies, a documentary film which simultaneously follows four babies around the world - from birth to first steps. Wednesday, September 1st 2010: Anton Corbijn's The American starring George Clooney as a retiring assassin Third Quarter 2010: Kevin Macdonald's Roman epic adventure The Eagle of the Ninth November 2010: Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck's (Half Nelson, Sugar) dramedy adaptation of Ned Vizzini's 2006 novel It's Kind of a Funny Story Tba 2010 (we assume in December for Award Season): Sofia Coppola's Somewhere starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning After the jump you can read the full press release, which includes detailed plot synopsis for all of these films. Focus Features Announces 2010 Release Slate, Passes $1 Billion »

- Peter Sciretta

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Interview: F is for 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'

12 November 2009 9:40 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

With their matted pelts and porcelain eyes, director Wes Anderson’s stop motion puppets breathe new life into the Roald Dahl classic "Fantastic Mr. Fox" in his analog animated adaptation of the beloved British children’s book. For all you wanted to know about Fantastic Mr. Fox and the unique vision of Wes Anderson, here is CinemaSpy’s A-z guide to the film and the inspiration and processes of its filmmaker, as he described it to us recently in New York.

Fantastic Mr. Fox opened in limited release this weekend.

A is for Anderson

"Each time I've worked with Wes it's been so completely different than the last time, the movie and the situation that we find ourselves in," said Jason Schwartzman, who has collaborated with the filmmaker on Rushmore, Darjeeling Limited and who is the voice of Mr. Fox’s son, Ash, in Fantastic Mr. Fox. "It's a real »

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Focus Features Passes $1 Billion Mark, Announces 2010 Slate -- and it's Exciting!

12 November 2009 6:40 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Focus Features, the little engine that could, has passed $1 billion mark in domestic box-office!

Focus Features CEO James Schamus said, .Next year.s Focus slate follows one of the company.s best years ever . our eighth profitable year in a row since our inception, and the year in which we passed the $1 billion mark in cumulative domestic box office alone.

.Our 2010 lineup is as audacious as any in our history, ranging from American indies like Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck.s It.s Kind of a Funny Story to big international productions like Anton Corbijn.s The American..

I love Focus Features and its stance on quality filmmaking! This year, the studio delighted us with "Away We Go," "Coraline," "Taking Woodstock," "9," "A Serious Man," and "Pirate Radio."

Next year, the studio is set to delight us more! Check out their upcoming releases:

Opening in select cities on Friday, March 12th will be "Greenberg, »

- Manny

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Focus Features Announces Their 2010 Release Slate

12 November 2009 4:50 PM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Focus Features CEO James Schamus today announced the company's domestic theatrical release slate for 2010, with six confirmed movies to date.

Schamus said, "Next year's Focus slate follows one of the company's best years ever - our eighth profitable year in a row since our inception, and the year in which we passed the $1 billion mark in cumulative domestic box office alone.

"Our 2010 lineup is as audacious as any in our history, ranging from American indies like Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck's It's Kind of a Funny Story to big international productions like Anton Corbijn's The American.

Focus president Andrew Karpen noted, "This month's tremendous showing at the American Film Market once again proves the resiliency and flexibility of Focus' global approach to the business. The breadth, depth, and nuance we bring to the international release of each film on our slate - and our ability domestically to manage every kind of release, »

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Focus Features Sets 2010 Release Dates for Six Films

12 November 2009 4:04 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

The other day we premiered the first images and official synopses from Focus Features Greenberg, The Eagle of the Ninth, and Somewhere.  Now, thanks to Focus sending out a press release, we have an idea when some of them are getting released.

On March 12th, director Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg will hit theaters for a limited release. The film stars Ben Stiller.  After that we’re getting Thomas Balmes Babies on April 16th and director Anton Corbijn’s The American on September. 1st.  That’s the George Clooney assassin film.  Sometime in the third quarter will be Kevin Macdonald’s Roman adventure The Eagle of the Ninth, and in November It’s Kind of a Funny Story gets released.  The big question mark is Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, which still doesn’t have a release date.

The thing to remember is release dates change all the time, so before you »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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First Images and Synopses from 2010’s Biggest Films Including The American, Somewhere, Greenberg, and Eagle Of The Ninth

10 November 2009 10:54 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Steve went to the American Film Market (Afm) today.  Afm is where film buyers go to pick up some of the biggest movies that are in development or already completed.  The film sellers use promo art and synopses to entice buyers.  It also enticed Steve to land some the first images and full synopsis for some of the biggest upcoming films of 2010.  We’ve got the goods for The American starring George Clooney, Eagle of the Ninth starring Channing Tatum, Greenberg starring Ben Stiller, and Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere starring Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning, and much more.

Looking at the images and reading the synopsis should really get you excited for these films so hit the jump and check it all out.

Be forewarned, that these are full synopsis and may be considered to spoiler-ific for some.  Read carefully.

The American, directed by Anton Corbijn (Control)

Jack (George Clooney »

- Matt Goldberg

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Blu-Ray Review: Annoying ‘The Answer Man’ Full of Hot Air

10 November 2009 9:36 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – “Hell is other people!” declares reclusive author Arlen Faber. That’s nothing compared to the hell of fake people, who permeate so many subpar pictures marketed as “indie” entertainment. There’s not a single character in “The Answer Man” that feels the least bit realistic. There’s not a single line of dialogue that sounds as if it was spontaneously spoken, instead of typed by a screenwriter with a slick Thesaurus. But most importantly, the film doesn’t work because its characters are simply undeserving of the required audience empathy. It’s impossible to care about anyone on the screen, or anything that happens to them.

Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0

So why is this film a mediocre dud rather than a catastrophic failure? Because it is populated by gifted actors who try to inject the contrived material with vibrant life. Jeff Daniels is one of the most appealing actors in modern cinema, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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