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August 7, 2007
The Gag Reel
By: Mo Diggs
The most anticipated movie of the summer, The Ten, fizzled at the box office coming in at um... 37th place. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the film, which was only released in 25 theaters nationwide, raked in a slim 1/8th of a million dollars. The strong dollars/theater numbers suggests the audience had a lot more faith in the movie than ThinkFilm did. But God Himself will have to intervene to put this star studded film in the green now.
Moving forward, SuperBad appears to be bookending the summer indie comedies on August 17th. Can Apatow strike gold twice in one season? I dunno, but it's looking certain that NEW HOLLYWOOD A-LISTER Patton Oswalt is gonna do it with Balls of Fury.
It's Comedy Week at Premiere Magazine. Are you one of The 20 Hottest New Faces of Comedy?
Chris Tucker and Brett Ratner check in with The A.V. Club
Last Comic still standing; The show got renewed for another season...
In other renewal news: Last Call with Carson Daly Gets 2 More Years
Go to Eugene Mirman's Comedy Central taping on August 24 with Leo Allen (go online or call 888-258-0661) then look for Mirman's upcoming Adult Swim cartoon with Jon Benjamin, Lucy, Daughter of the Devil, on September 9th
From AST News: Mr. Show alumnae Scott Aukerman and BJ Porter, producers of the weekly UCB-LA show Comedy Death Ray, are creating a one-hour late-night sketch comedy pilot for Fox, the writing partners revealed in an exclusive interview with AST last night. The cast includes Maria Bamford, Ian Edwards, Natasha Leggero and AST's own James Adomian and Paul Rust.
The Simpsons Movie might not be a big hit in India after a boycott, leaving Sony with an opportunity for its cartoon, Surf's Up
Comedians of Comedy DVD to air September 29th on Comedy Central
UP LATE:
Micheal Cera tonight on Conan
Jonah Hill tonight on Letterman
Seth Rogen Wednesday on Leno
Paul Rudd and Michael Cera on Kimmel Thursday
Judd Apatow Friday on Conan
Flight of Conchords on Letterman Friday
Jonah Hill on Kimmel Friday
DVD Pick:
Yes, The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season hits shelves today, but do yourself a favor and get The Tick Vs. Season Two. This show does not get its syndicated reruns aired three times a day, though it should.
Posted by The Apiary at August 7, 2007 11:44 AM
Comments
Slight clarification: the most anticipated comedy movie among the writers of a comedy nerd website.
I saw The Ten, and The Ten was awesome. It's rolling out in more theaters in the next few weeks.
Posted by: lindsay robertson at August 7, 2007 3:18 PM