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Ironbound Films, creators of the Sundance and PBS sensation The Linguists , announced today that Emmy Award-nominated actor Rainn Wilson, who stars as Dwight Schrute on NBC's comedy series The Office , will narrate its feature documentary The New Recruits .

Carrie Underwood should have no trouble topping Billboard's album chart - again - with her soon-to-be-platinum third release, "Play On." But this week also brings new sounds from Weezer, Slayer, Shwayze and the much-anticipated solo album from Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas.

New Live-action Zombie Comedy from Electric Farm Entertainment for Crackle.com : Woke Up Dead WOKE UP DEAD is the new live-action zombie comedy from Electric Farm Entertainment for Crackle.com, Sony Pictures Entertainment's online video network.

WOKE UP DEAD is the new live-action zombie comedy from Electric Farm Entertainment for Crackle.com, Sony Pictures Entertainment's online video network.

The climate for film festivals is even harsher than the climate for studios and indies.

Rainn Wilson will star alongside Liv Tyler and Ellen Page in Super , a superhero comedy written by James Gunn.

Demetri Martin, 36, has made a career out of staying pretty much just whatever comes to his mind.

The legend that is Woodstock 1969 is typically filled with stories of sex, drugs and, above all, rock and roll.

In "Post Grad," the new "recession comedy" starring Alexis Bledel, the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" star plays a recent college grad who, after her dream job proves elusive, moves back home.

Last weekend I found myself surprised by how much I enjoyed - even on repeated viewings - the Rainn Wilson goof-off vehicle The Rocker .

Actor/comedian Josh Gad, a regular on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," has joined Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway in the business-world drama "Love and Other Drugs." Ed Zwick is directing the Fox 2000/New Regency project, formerly titled "Pharma." Charles Randolph wrote the adapation Jamie Reidy's nonfiction book "Hard Sell: The Evolution of a ...

Peter Cattaneo will direct "Gross National Happiness," an exploration of golfing in Bhutan, for National Geographic Films.

"Saturday Night Live" veteran Jason Sudeikis is in final negotiations to join Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in the romantic comedy "Going the Distance." Sudeikis will play Box, a friend of Garrett's who counsels him against trying to maintain his long-distance relationship with Barrymore's character.

A source exclusively reveals to me that the Samantha Who? star has signed on for a role in Going the Distance , a romantic comedy starring Barrymore and her maybe-real-life boyfriend Justin Long as a couple in a long-distance relationship... Applegate will play big sister to Barrymore's character, according to my source.

Charlie Day, one of the stars and creators of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," and Christina Applegate have joined Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in the romantic comedy "Going the Distance." Nanette Burstein is directing the New Line project.

Lucky guy, that Jason Sudeikis.The hometown boy - and regular on "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" - has been cast in the comedy "Bounty Hunter" with Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, says The Hollywood Reporter.Here's what the movie is about: Butler plays a bounty hunter hired to track down his ex-wife, Aniston, who has skipped out on bail.