EXCL: Apatow on Drillbit Taylor & Upcoming Movies

Judd Apatow has a lot of projects in the works and ComingSoon.net took the opportunity to talk with him about his upcoming films, including: Drillbit Taylor, the Owen Wilson comedy opening this Friday, March 21; Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the R-rated comedy coming April 18 and starring Jason Segel and Kristen Bell; Pineapple Express, the Seth Rogen and James Franco action-comedy ; and Step Brothers, which reunites Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. He’s producing those films, and he is also producing Jack Black’s The Year One and he co-wrote Adam Sandler’s You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. The Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin helmer will next direct an untitled comedy that reunites him with Sandler, Rogen and his real-life wife, Leslie Mann.
Apatow spoke to us about his early years in the business when he was working as a standup comedian waiting for his big break.
CS: I understand that you and Adam Sandler were roommates at one time.
Judd Apatow: That’s correct. I lived with Adam Sandler in the late ’80s. We were both working as standup comedians at the Improv in Los Angeles. We became friends and lived together until he got hired to work on “Saturday Night Live” and moved to New York.
CS: Did you think that you would ever work on a project together?
Apatow: At the time that was all we wanted to do. We would write sketches and Adam was on MTV every once in a while on a show called “Remote Control” where he would do characters. At the time, we were all trying to figure out how we were going to open a door so we could be in this business. We were always writing and scheming and trying to figure out how we were going to climb up the ladder so they would let us do standup on TV shows and make movies.

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Tuesday 25 Mar 2008 | Brennan | Uncategorized

16 Responses to “EXCL: Apatow on Drillbit Taylor & Upcoming Movies”

on 25 Mar 2008 at 11:29 pm 1Piers

I wouldn’t buy the video game version.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 12:19 am 2Sissie

I’ve played this game before.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 1:10 am 3Brittney

But their friend was just DIEING to see it…
on 26 Mar 2008 at 2:00 am 4Alannah

Of all the Star Wars movies they actually want their dying friend to see “Episode 1″ before he dies? Episode 1 is shit. I wouldnt object if they removed any mention of it from the fanboy movie.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 2:51 am 5Delia

Is it just me, or does everybody find that the high-res version has visual artefacts? I’ve tried the VLC and Totem players on Ubuntu and they both show artefacts with the wmv file.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 3:42 am 6Josceline

I’ve had a copy of this for over a year. I’ve played it for friends not just for the visuals but for the audio. It’s like something from a Steven Reich or Phillip Glass composition.chrisdamato:EDIT: I found a link to hi-res WMV file here on this page.Flash version and more context here.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 4:32 am 7Alea

The cock-waving aspect of it kinda left with the cold war. That’s the problem. Men with money and power need to wave their cocks. Make them feel like it’s a real deal competition again and they might turn their attention away from war.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 5:23 am 8Elwyn

I dont get why we can’t just all stop being stupid, stop fighting, and go for space and new technology.We as a species could gain so much more by researching shit than by invading countries to show a presence, and not leaving until they give us the best oil deal.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 6:13 am 9Tyson

Ok thanks :). I thought of NASA scientists more as an umbrella term for aerospace institutes. But ok, in this case ESA. Which is even cooler since I’m European
on 26 Mar 2008 at 7:04 am 10Valarie

I won’t watch either version. I’ve already seen each star wars episode like 20 times each, i never want to hear the word star wars ever again.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 7:54 am 11Halle

The ending of this movie was filmed, the portion where they are at skywalker ranch, at my school in New Mexico. It was badass
on 26 Mar 2008 at 8:45 am 12Gwendolen

sup with the footprints in the image at the end?
on 26 Mar 2008 at 9:36 am 13Floella

“In writing this for RichardDawkins.net, I have assumed that our readers will already be familiar with the facts of the case”Well you made the wrong assumption, stupid. Everybody on the planet follows everything that goes on with you.(I don’t hate Dawkins, I hate articles that assume you know everything about the background like we’re all freaking Kreskin or something)
on 26 Mar 2008 at 10:26 am 14Liana

The Electroplankton music really makes the whole video.
on 26 Mar 2008 at 11:17 am 15Delice

I liked this comic, especially the bits about the fanboys. dugg.

on 25 Mar 2008 at 11:29 pm 1Piers

I wouldn’t buy the video game version.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 12:19 am 2Sissie

I’ve played this game before.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 1:10 am 3Brittney

But their friend was just DIEING to see it…

on 26 Mar 2008 at 2:00 am 4Alannah

Of all the Star Wars movies they actually want their dying friend to see “Episode 1″ before he dies? Episode 1 is shit. I wouldnt object if they removed any mention of it from the fanboy movie.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 2:51 am 5Delia

Is it just me, or does everybody find that the high-res version has visual artefacts? I’ve tried the VLC and Totem players on Ubuntu and they both show artefacts with the wmv file.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 3:42 am 6Josceline

I’ve had a copy of this for over a year. I’ve played it for friends not just for the visuals but for the audio. It’s like something from a Steven Reich or Phillip Glass composition.chrisdamato:EDIT: I found a link to hi-res WMV file here on this page.Flash version and more context here.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 4:32 am 7Alea

The cock-waving aspect of it kinda left with the cold war. That’s the problem. Men with money and power need to wave their cocks. Make them feel like it’s a real deal competition again and they might turn their attention away from war.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 5:23 am 8Elwyn

I dont get why we can’t just all stop being stupid, stop fighting, and go for space and new technology.We as a species could gain so much more by researching shit than by invading countries to show a presence, and not leaving until they give us the best oil deal.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 6:13 am 9Tyson

Ok thanks :). I thought of NASA scientists more as an umbrella term for aerospace institutes. But ok, in this case ESA. Which is even cooler since I’m European

on 26 Mar 2008 at 7:04 am 10Valarie

I won’t watch either version. I’ve already seen each star wars episode like 20 times each, i never want to hear the word star wars ever again.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 7:54 am 11Halle

The ending of this movie was filmed, the portion where they are at skywalker ranch, at my school in New Mexico. It was badass

on 26 Mar 2008 at 8:45 am 12Gwendolen

sup with the footprints in the image at the end?

on 26 Mar 2008 at 9:36 am 13Floella

“In writing this for RichardDawkins.net, I have assumed that our readers will already be familiar with the facts of the case”Well you made the wrong assumption, stupid. Everybody on the planet follows everything that goes on with you.(I don’t hate Dawkins, I hate articles that assume you know everything about the background like we’re all freaking Kreskin or something)

on 26 Mar 2008 at 10:26 am 14Liana

The Electroplankton music really makes the whole video.

on 26 Mar 2008 at 11:17 am 15Delice

I liked this comic, especially the bits about the fanboys. dugg.

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