{"id":561,"date":"2008-06-12T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-12T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=561"},"modified":"2018-12-08T14:52:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T19:52:05","slug":"apatow-finds-three-more-funny-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/12\/apatow-finds-three-more-funny-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Apatow Finds Three More "FUNNY PEOPLE""},"content":{"rendered":"

Judd Apatow’s next directorial effort, in a stunning display of efficiency, has received three new actors, a title, and a start date, all in the same day.<\/p>\n

Variety<\/a> is reporting Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman and Apatow favorite Jonah Hill have signed to join Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in Funny People<\/strong>, a film which takes place in the world of stand up comedy.<\/p>\n

Bana might be a weird choice to co-star in a comedy for American audiences only familiar with his dramatic work in movies such as Hulk, Munich <\/strong>and The Other Boleyn Girl<\/strong>. But he worked as a stand up comedian in his native Australia and appeared in the Australian sketch comedy show Full Frontal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Production on Funny People <\/strong>is set to begin in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Judd Apatow’s next directorial effort, in a stunning display of efficiency, has received three new actors, a title, and a start date, all in the same day. Variety is reporting Eric Bana, Jason Schwartzman and [click for more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[21,22],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-casting","8":"tag-in-development"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t