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Todd Phillips + Duplass Brothers = Mule?

This is… interesting: Warner Bros. and Todd Phillips have brought in writer/directors Mark and Jay Duplass to have a crack at adapting Mule , Tony D’Souza’s novel about a couple who turn to drug trafficking to make it in the recession. Phillips would direct, making the project the first time the Duplasses, who recently drew mixed reviews with Jeff, Who Lives at Home , did not direct one of their scripts. Unless Phillips goes off and spends the next two years on The Hangover Part III , in which case I guess it might be the brothers’ first time directing an adaptation. Wait and see, etc. [ Deadline ]

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The Freebie Trailer: Dax Shepard Has a Sexual Itch He Can’t Scratch

Humpday isn’t exactly the sort of movie that spawns a franchise, but here’s the closest thing: The Freebie , about a similar kind of mumblecore couple in comically sexual crisis. It’s even directed by — and starring — Katie Aselton, the wife of Humpday star Mark Duplass.

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John C. Reilly: ‘The Older I Get, the Less Interested I Am in Seeing My Movies’

When it came time for Mark and Jay Duplass to choose a leading man for Cyrus , their first studio film, it had to be John C. Reilly. The 45-year-old actor has spent much of his career taking what’s on the page and embroidering it with improvisation and inspiration, and that’s the exact approach the Duplasses have spent their last few movies refining. Whether he’s riffing wildly in Talladega Nights or taking a much more controlled approach (as he does in Lynne Ramsay’s upcoming We Need To Talk About Kevin ), Reilly has the ability to make even the craziest lines and behavior of his characters seem utterly natural. Last week, I met up with him at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles to talk about Cyrus , tease Kevin , and discuss his ever-shifting attitude toward his own work.

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The Critics Are Crazy About Jonah Hex!

When the news that you’re releasing a film actually surprises people, and the primary buzz the week of its release is how stunningly short it is, you know you’ve got a bit of a problem. But that’s the bed Warner Bros. made for itself with Jonah Hex — and that’s where critics found it today, lifeless, with a “DO NOT RESUSCITATE ” note taped to the pillow. Read on for a selection of noteworthy postmortems.

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Jonah Hill: The Movieline Interview

If there’s a Jonah Hill you thought you knew, you won’t find him in Cyrus . Take it from Hill himself; the 26-year-old actor is acutely aware of how he’s perceived after starring in films like Superbad and Get Him to the Greek , and he hopes that his darker turn in Cyrus will surprise audiences the way it surprised him. Sure, it involves a lot of the improvisatory flair that he’s gotten down to a science, but as the title character — a manipulative man-child who’s determined not to lose his mother Molly (Marisa Tomei) to her new beau (John C. Reilly) — Hill gets to show off considerable dramatic chops, too. In an interview with Movieline, Hill couldn’t contain his excitement over the movie (directed by Mark and Jay Duplass), though when it came to the way it was being advertised, he had one strong quibble.

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