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Rainn Wilson and Sarah Silverman to Enter the 'Peep World'
Filed under: Comedy », Casting »
Sorry, but this isn't a world of peeping toms. While I can very easily see both Rainn Wilson and Sarah Silverman stretched along the branches of a tree, binoculars in hand, peeping at the unsuspecting, this project is all about revealing rather than snooping. The Hollywood Reporter posts that Wilson and Silverman are negotiations to star with the already-signed Michael C. Hall and Ben Schwartz in Peep World.The indie film, written by Peter Himmelstein (title designer for Slums of Beverly Hills), focuses on some adult siblings brought together for their father's 70th birthday. The event "denegrates into an absurd theater of accusation and resentment" as they have it out with one of the siblings, who wrote a novel exposing the family's secrets. The comedy will be directed by Barry Blaustein, who helmed the professional wrestling doc Behind the Mat, as well as 2005's The Ringer. But you probably know him more for his written work. He's the pen behind goofy mainstream screenplays like Police Academy 2, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor, and The Honeymooners.
Hall, Wilson, Silverman, and Schwartz as siblings -- it's not something I ever would've imagined, but it will be a welcome change to see Hall step away from the creepy blood-letting and keep up comedically with the likes of Wilson and Silverman. But who will be the dad behind such quarreling siblings?
Watch This: Valentine's Break Up
Filed under: Comedy », Trailers and Clips »
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Ben Schwartz is an improv and sketch comedian at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and at one time or another he's also written for Robot Chicken, David Letterman and Saturday Night Live (and he plays a small role in the Sundance flick Mystery Team). Here he is starring in a short (film? sketch? bit?) called Valentine's Break Up, in which he plays a guy who winds up on the opposite end of where he wanted to be during a romantic Valentine's Day dinner with his girlfriend. And since we're quickly approaching that fabulous holiday for lovers (and people who like to buy red things), we felt it was an appropriate video to share. Plus this dude Ben is hilarious, and I can't stop watching him. Starring opposite Ben is Sarah Burns, who you'll soon be seeing in the film I Love You, Man. Check it out below.
Valentine's Break Up from Ben Schwartz on Vimeo.
And as an added bonus, here's another video from Ben called Job Interview. In this one, he plays a kid who tries his hardest to slip a fake fanboy resume (you'll see what I mean) past what he hopes is his future employer. Hilarity ensues. Something tells me this is one dude to put on our comedic watch list -- whaddya think?
Job Interview from Ben Schwartz on Vimeo.
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