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Yes! It’s a sequel to that British film you never saw.

MTV has posted a brand new video from the set of the upcoming comedy Get Him to the Greek, which will see the return of Russell Brand as his out-of-control rock star alter-ego Aldous Snow, a role that he played in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

As if you really wanted another remake story to get up in arms about, Universal is planning on Brand-ing a new Drop Dead Fred. Get it? Brand-ing? Me neither.

I’m not usually one for spin-offs, so then why am I this damn excited about Russell Brand, Jonah Hill, and Emily Blunt in the supposed spin-off of Forgetting Sarah Marshall?

Russell Brand probably isn’t sure about a lot of things in his life — who the random naked woman is in his hotel room, how to use a hair brush and what day it is. These are the problems that plague both Brand and, as you may well know, members of the online press.

Courtesy of the fine people at Vanity Fair is a gallery titled “Comedy’s New Legends,” which features some beautifully-inspired photography of whom VF considers to be the important cultural heroes of contemporary comedy, with a brief discussion of how and why they have attained that status.

The web is full of casting rumors, but you already knew that. Yet, just because there are tons of rumors, that doesn’t mean that some of them aren’t fun — as well, there are those that actually make sense.

For Adam Sandler, the world of movies have always been his playground. In his own films and with his Happy Madison production, he seems to be able to do whatever he wants and still make plenty of money.

It’s a dark day for me. A tragic, listless day that makes me want to watch Bloodrayne to remind myself that life isn’t that bad. But it is, because today’s the first day in my life that I’ve read about a new Judd Apatow movie and groaned instead of jumping for joy.

Judd Apatow’s camp comes through again with a comedy that is a lot smarter than you would initially think… [Grade: B+]