Apatow for Destruction
Just For Laughs brings you Hollywood’s hottest dream team this summer! Don’t miss a unique night of stand-up comedy as writer/director/producer Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) assembles a veritable all-star team with one of Canada’s biggest exports, Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Pineapple Express Superbad), Craig Robinson (Pineapple Express, The Office), Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and a line-up of some of the most buzzed about film and TV stars in comedy in a very special Just For Laughs event.
Line-up:
Judd Apatow |
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Seth Rogen |
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Craig Robinson |
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Russell Brand |
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Charlyne Yi |
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Million Dollar Strong |
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and more! |
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*coarse language |
“Snagging Apatow for this fest is a major coup. If anyone has the Midas Touch in Tinseltown, it’s Apatow.”
To learn more about the Apatow show, please read this The Gazette article
Craig Robinson
Craig Robinson started his comedy career while in college and he has learned something every step of his career. In 1996 he won The Miller Genuine Draft Comedy Search. Right then and there he learned he was funny. Two years later he was signed by Fox to an exclusive development deal while performing at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival. This is where he learned that he had a brilliant future in comedy. Craig’s extraordinary delivery and material has not only lead to a successful stand up career but also has catapulted him into hit shows like ‘The Bernie Mac Show’ and ‘Arrested Development’. Craig is also one of the stars of ‘The Office’ and has appeared in the blockbuster comedy Knocked Up. You can also catch him this summer in the feature film “Pineapple Express” This guy may no longer be in college but he has definitely graduated to the top of class.
Russell Brand
Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow is one of the most sought after minds in Hollywood. Heck, we're not afraid to say it, he's a genius. His top grossing, critically acclaimed comedies have made him one of the top director/producer/writers in Hollywood. In 2005, Apatow’s directorial debut “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” was named one of AFI’s “10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures of the Year” and again in 2007 for “Knocked Up”. As a producer, Judd released such films as 'Superbad' which was called “the most profane (and hilarious) high school movie of the last 30 years,” by the Los Angeles Times and in April the box office hit ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’. It's official. This genius has the uncanny ability to mine the depths of the modern fragile male psyche for comedy gold. This summer, come bask in the glow of one Hollywood's greatest talents.
Seth Rogen
Seth Rogen has a number of reasons to smile. The actor/writer/producer is one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood. He's the one who smiles a lot at the red carpet premieres of his top grossing, critically acclaimed films like 'Knocked Up,' named one of named one of AFI’s “10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures of the Year” in 2007 and the hit high school comedy 'Superbad'. Okay, okay so he only starred in 'Knocked Up' and merely co-wrote, executive produced and appeared in 'Superbad'. Give the guy a break. He's doing his best. We think Seth has come a long way from his early days as an awkward thirteen year old trying out stand up for the first time in a Vancouver Comedy Club. Today, the 26 year old is currently co-writing 'The Green Hornet' with his fellow Vancouverite Evan Goldberg. Naturally he will be slated to star and executive produce. We think that Seth is going to smiling for a long, long time.
