Judd Apatow. Ready for a crash?
April 17, 2008
When Judd Apatow was asked by a colleague about the recent pendulum swings in his fortunes, he responded with a trademark quip: He said that he had the “fastest rise, fall and rise” in Hollywood. Get ready for another potential roller coaster ride.
Friday brings the release of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” the first Apatow-produced film after the twin disappointments of “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” and “Drillbit Taylor” and the first of a slew of upcoming movies incubated at the Apatow factory.
Universal’s “Marshall” is tracking respectably in the mid-teens for its opening-weekend domestic gross. If it can pull down a figure at the higher end of that range and go on to earn $50 million-$75 million, it likely will stop the slump talk and augur a new moment for the multihyphenate. But it’s no guarantee.
In his rise to the top of the comedy heap, Apatow has done a number of things pundits said were difficult if not impossible in contemporary Hollywood.
Via HR
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