Death at a Funeral (2010)

01/12/10 Chris Rock has optioned English-language remake rights to France's "La Premiere etoile" (The First Star).  |  Variety

12/19/09 Bad ass hero, villain (I see Mickey Rourke is still hitting the gym) and sidekick (yup, we get to see a bit of War Machine).  |  Cinematical.com

12/06/09 I hope you had the best weekend -- like always, I feel like it wasn't long enough.  |  Pop Candy

12/06/09 Chris Rock's "Death at a Funeral" remake is headed to theaters.  |  Rotten Tomatoes

12/05/09 Neil LaBute of Lakeview Terrace fame replaces Frank Oz to direct a cast that includes Chris Rock, Danny Glover, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Columbus Short, and a handful of white people - including James Marsden in Alan Tudyk's under-the-influence funeral guest role (inspired casting, I'll admit) and Peter Dinklage in the part last played by...  |  Cinematical.com

11/08/09 Screen Gems has acquired "Sheneneh and Wanda," a comic vehicle for Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence to star in a comic caper film, playing female characters they developed during their stand up comedy days.  |  Variety

10/06/09 Chris Rock broke through in the stand-up-comedy boom of the '80s, made his way to Saturday Night Live in the early '90s, made his name in films around the same time, and eventually emerged as a comedy institution by circling back to stand-up.  |  The A.V. Club

10/05/09 Lionsgate and Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films are partnering to develop the comedy "Will You Be My Black Friend?" with Chris Rock starring.  |  The Hollywood Reporter

09/28/09 Tracy Morgan of "30 Rock" has signed with UTA, shortly after his agent, Kevin Volchok, moved to the agency from WME.  |  Variety

09/01/09 Honing its 2010 release sked, Lionsgate will release Matthew Vaughn's action-comedy "Kick-Ass" on April 16 and is relocating Sylvester Stallone starrer "The Expendables" from April to Aug. 20.  |  Variety