Daemon's Movies (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Check out the new trailer for YOUTH IN REVOLT starring Michael Cera, Ray Liotta, Justin Long, Fred Willard, Jean Smart, Steve Buscemi, Portia Doubleday, Zach Galifianakis, Adhir Kalyan, and directed by Miguel Arteta. Youth in Revolt Synopsis: Filled with intellectual pretensions and raging hormones, Nick Twisp (Cera) lives a dull life with his cougar mother, Estelle [...]
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Back in September, just as the film was screening to very positive word at the Toronto Film Festival, The Weinstein Company moved Youth in Revolt back to January 15. That wasn't a huge surprise. Though audiences seem to really like Miguel Arteta's adaptation of C.D. Payne's novel, thanks in part to what some call a career-expanding performance by Michael Cera, TWC already has their awards...
/Film (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Back in September, just as the film was screening to very positive word at the Toronto Film Festival, The Weinstein Company moved Youth in Revolt back to January 15. That wasn't a huge surprise. Though audiences seem to really like Miguel Arteta's adaptation of C.D. Payne's novel, thanks in part to what some call a career-expanding performance by Michael Cera, TWC already has their awards...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Dimension Films will sneak preview on Jan. 2 the Michael Cera comedy "Youth in Revolt" on the same screens playing the Weinstein Co.'s musical "Nine."Coming-of-age laffer directed by Miguel Arteta opens nationwide on Jan. 8. Dimension made the decision to do the sneaks after standing ovations at the Toronto Film Festival and, more recently, the AFI Fest.Dimension is partnering with Comedy...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Stephen Root (Getty)Stephen Root has joined the casts of Fox Searchlight's "Cedar Rapids" and Robert Redford's latest drama, "The Conspirator." In "Rapids," Root joins Ed Helms, Anne Heche and John C. Reilly, playing the proud owner of an insurance company and Helms boss' in the ensemble comedy being directed by Miguel Arteta. With "Conspirator," Root joins James McAvoy and Robin Wright...
movieEVERYday.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
(click poster to purchase poster) additional posters available - click here Youth in Revolt (2010) [R] | Expected Release Date: 1/15/2010 | | Expected Length: 90 minutes | | official web site | | preview trailer | | buy the book | Directed by: Miguel Arteta ("Ugly Betty") Screenplay By: Gustin Nash (Charlie Bartlett) Based on the Book, Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne Featured...
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Sigourney Weaver is joining Cedar Rapids , the Fox Searchlight comedy being directed by Miguel Arteta, says Variety . The script was written by Phil Johnston, who developed the comedy with Ed Helms. Helms plays a sad-sack insurance agent who goes to an industry convention to try and save the jobs of his colleagues. John C. Reilly, Alia Shawkat and Anne Heche also star
The Screening Log (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Lots of casting news this week, and here is a short summary of who will star in what soon: • Sigourney Weaver and Alia Shawkat are joining John C. Reilly, Ed Helms and Anne Heche in Miguel Arteta's comedy "Cedar Rapids," about man (Helms) sent to represent his company and save his colleagues' jobs at a regional insurance conference in Cedar Rapids. ( Variety ) • Gerard...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Film News: Duo join Helms, Heche in Fox Searchlight film -- Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly and Alia Shawkat are joining Ed Helms and Anne Heche in "Cedar Rapids," the Fox Searchlight comedy to be directed by Miguel Arteta. Shooting has begun.
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Sigourney Weaver, John C. Reilly and Alia Shawkat have boarded the Miguel Arteta-directed comedy , joining Ed Helms and Anne Heche in the Fox Searchlight feature.According to Variety, the script is by Phil Johnston, and centers on Helms' character, who plays a sad-sack insurance agent who goes to an industry convention to try and save the jobs of his colleagues.Weaver plays Helms' former...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... and Alia Shawkat (best known as Maeby Fünke from Arrested Development) have signed on to the Miguel Arteta-directed comedy about a Midwestern insurance agent who travels to a convention to try and save the jobs of his co-workers. While Shawkat's roles is still unknown, Weaver will be playing Helms' seventh-grade teacher, but it is not yet known how her character fits into the story....
Atomic Popcorn (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... comedic actors, have an understanding of every bit of the craft. This is why I’m so excited for Miguel Arteta’s ( Youth in Revolt ) new film Cedar Rapids , which has added Weaver and Reilly to the cast alongside Alia Shawkat, The Office ’s Ed Helms, and Anne Heche. Rapids , developed by Helms and Phil Johnston ( Flightless Birds ), the film will “center on a wholesome and naive small-town...
Empire News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
We learned last week that Anne Heche would be joining Ed Helms and John C Reilly in Miguel Arteta's comedy Cedar Rapids, but the film has now picked up Sigourney Weaver for the ride. The words "momentum" and "gathering" spring to mind.A starring role for the previously-always-supporting Helms, following The Hangover, it's about a smalltime insurance salesman attending a big industry conference...
Right Cinema (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... comes by way of Fox Searchlight. Cedar Rapids will be produced by Alexander Payne with director Miguel Arteta. The screenplay was written by Phil Johnston and Ed Helms. Orginally the movie was planned to be filmed in (where else?) Cedar Rapids, producers have however changed their minds and plan on taking the comedy to Michigan instead . “We’ll miss out on that short-term direct spending...
The M.O. (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
... a world of arson and bold adventure, promising to “rescue him from himself.” Director Miguel Arteta spices the film with clever animation (best used in the psychedelic montage of a sex manual) and unexpected plot twist that provide a fresh twist on the well-trodden ground of the horny-boy-goes-on-adventure-to-get-sexed story. As for Cera, his Twisp is a similar but slightly...
