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Zach Galifianakis & Russell Brand Land Two Unique Comedies

by Ethan Anderton
July 29, 2010
Source: Deadline

Comedy is an ever-changing animal, and thus, so are the faces of those who bring laughs into our lives. Two of the most popular recent additions to comedy in the past five years have each landed a new project to add to their future slate. Deadline has the scoop on both stories. The first sees Russell Brand (Get Him to the Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) signing for an action comedy at 20th Century Fox called Hawkwood. The second has the recently very popular Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) attached to a new spec script sale for a comedy called Reply All, which was purchased by DreamWorks. Details on both projects below!

Fox's Hawkwood comes from writer Jared Stern and is inspired by the real-life adventures of swashbuckling figure John Hawkwood, a morally challenged but gifted swordsman paid to lead European armies during the Renaissance wars. Apparently Brand simply had to mention his interest to chief Peter Chernin and Fox's head of comedy Nicky Weinstock and the deal was done. Stern is also familiar with Brand as he's responsible for the re-writes of the Arthur remake. Period comedies are few and far between recently, so I'm surprised this hasn't been updated to a more contemporary setting, but for my money Brand can still do no wrong.

Meanwhile, over at DreamWorks, this new Galifianakis comedy vehicle Reply All will tell the story of a guy who hits the "reply all" button to an indiscreet e-mail, and then has to deal with the repercussions. Sounds simple enough, but we'll have to wait for Phil Johnston to finish the script before we hear anymore details about it. No director has been attached yet either, so in the meantime, we'll just have to enjoy Galifianakis later this year with It's Kind of a Funny Story and Due Date with Robert Downey Jr. Overexposure is still a looming threat for the comedian though, so I hope he and his agent/manager are choosing new roles wisely.

Stay tuned for developments on these upcoming comedies. Anyone like the sound of either project?

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http://sillysil.net/ SillySil

Speaking of Russell Brand, he is acting in the remake of Arthur. He filmed outside my client's office, that was an interesting afternoon.
beavis

"reply all" sounds like an interesting concept. the possibilites of what could happen in that situation are interesting to think about. and hawkwood?......i'm hooked already. i love everything about what i read and russel brand seems perfect for the role.
http://twitter.com/JOHNSTAMOS John Stamos

tew pussies (Zach Galifianakis Live dvd anybody?)
Craig

There's no such thing as Robert Downey Jr. overexposure. You can never have too much. But I do really like both Galifianakis and Brand.
Annonymous

I love Russell Brand, so crazy and funny ( I believe maybe he was born that was - fantastic)! I agree with Craig, there is no such thing as Robert Downey Jr overexposure. Robert is a character actor and always manages to change himself for every part he plays. That and he is just so gifted. As for Zack, I do think he is getting into the overexposure area. (That is just my opinion.) He has had 3 live movies this year and one voice role in a movie. That is 4 movies in one year. He also has too many next year also. I think you can kill off a career just as it has started by doing this. People will, I guess, get tired of his type of humor. Will Farrell , Jack Black and alot of others also have suffered from this. I think maybe Zack should do less movies each year with better scripts - he is talented. At the age of 41, he needs to proceed carefully and not go so fast he ruins, "how talented a comedian he truly is".