I get sent news releases, trailers and photos from studios all the time and I generally do a very poor job of passing them on to you.
Part of the reason behind this is because there are a million and one movie blogs and they all tend to post the same stuff at the same time. So there’s no reason Theater Hopper will ever become your exclusive outlet for this kind of thing.
The other piece of the puzzle is, frankly… a lot of the stuff I’m sent is crap. Or at least *I* think it’s crap. If you’d like to see more photos, trailers and press releases from the studios here on the site, let me know. Maybe it will lead to something.
Anyway, I was just sent a trailer for a movie I am legitimately excited to see – Judd Apatow’s Funny People coming out on July 31.
Be forewarned that this is the red band trailer, so the language is a little salty. But if you’ve seen The 40 Year-Old Virgin or Knocked Up, you’re probably already on board with it.
Anyway, enjoy!
For a little extra fun, check out some of the web sites created in support of the film – several of them featuring work from different characters in the film!
So what do you guys think? Are you interested in seeing Funny People? I think it’s going to be interesting to watch Adam Sandler interact with other talented comedians. His films tend to isolate him, put the focus on him. I’m curious to see how he handles himself in an ensemble.
For me, Funny People kind of feels like the last hurrah of the blockbuster season. Yeah, yeah – I know G.I. Joe – The Rise of Cobra comes out after that. But does anyone think that counts?
Leave your comments below!
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Alright that trailer does look pretty good. I certainly wouldn’t mind seeing more stuff in your feed. I don’t really check out other movie based sites, so I only hear about new movies through your site and when they show up at my movie theatre.
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I don’t do mu scouring of the internet for movie news. And I don’t really tend to put myself into situations where I would stumble across movie trailers. I know I’m probably in the minority in this, at least for this audience, (I really don’t go to many movies, and I never watch television with commercials in it) but I pretty much get my movie news from this site and the podcast. So, some trailers and stuff would be nice. But not so much that this becomes just a news site and not Theaterhopper with occasional promo materials.
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I saw the etrailer for dunny people months ago and since I’ll see Seth Rogen in anything, I’m totally pumped to see it. I’m really excited and I think Adam Sandler does better when he plays serious funny rather then stupid funny
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I’m not a frothing at the mouth fan of Apatow. I think he does good things and bad and I think he’s attached his name to so many different things in such a short amount of time that there’s no way all of those were going to be good. So when I heard there was a new movie I didn’t get too excited…then I saw this trailer. Now I have that familar ache of anticipation and we’ll add it to all the other movies I’m aching to see.
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That’s a much better trailer than the previous one which gave away way too much plot wise. It’s probably because of the previous trailer that this new one has no plot elements at all. I’m really looking forward to this, despite my dislike of Adam Sandler movies. If Apatow can graft his humour on to something more dramatic & realistic (yes, his two previous movies had dramatic elements I know but they’re still straight up comedies in the end) we could have a classic.
And Inglourious Basterds is the final hurrah of the blockbuster season
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I agree with evan, I used to troll the net formovie and other news (back in the days of my cushy office job) but I now get movie stuff from here, Joe loves Crappy Movies and Multiplex and the podcast- and a couple of random emails from mates. So I’d like to see more trailers etc posted but the Comic must come first- that’s why I like Gordon’s way of doing it.
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The comic and my blog entries will ABSOLUTELY come first. You’ll never see a news item on the site without a comic anchoring it.
I’m just talking about the random stuff I get from time to time and passing it along to you guys. I figure it can’t hurt, right?
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Tom, I think you are actually my primary source for this stuff. I mean, aside from random word of mouth and happening to catch trailers on TV or whatever. This is my only real intentional move info source.
Well, I guess I sort of get stuff via The Awesomer when they link movie trailers, but that’s not really a movie blog.
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Well, I certainly don’t get to many movie sites unless someone sends me a link for something I’m looking forward to. I wouldn’t mind seeing more of what you get sent.
I am looking forward to this movie. I like Adam Sandler when he’s not doing his goofy stuff (his “Adam Sandler” comedies are pretty hit and miss for me), and the cast and people behind it have me hoping this one will be pretty good.
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It is a full on comedy movie. Adam Sandler is simply amazing. Jason Schwartzman, the music composer of the film, dons the role of a television celebrity on a sham show ‘Yo Teach’. For more wallpapers, trailers refer http://www.entertainmenttrend.com/2009-funny-people-movie-review-and-pictures/