Apatow’s most recent film The Bubble, which he co-wrote and directed, hits Netflix on April 1. The comedy tells the story of a group of actors filming a blockbuster sequel in the middle of the pandemic.
Judd Apatow’s New Book Is Sicker in the Head than the First
March 21, 2022
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The sequel to Judd Apatow’s 2016 book Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy is out March 29th. Sicker in the Head: More Conversations About Life and Comedy continues like his first, with interviews with some of the great comedic talents he’s worked with over the years.
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While there are a few vintage interviews (John Candy from 1984; Amber Ruffin from 2009), Sicker is comprised primarily of brand-new material compiled over the last few years with legends (John Cleese, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret Cho, Mort Sahl) and modern humorists excitingly redefining comedy, like Ramy Youssef, Hannah Gadsby, and Bowen Yang, co-host of the Las Culturistas podcast and the person responsible for some of the most memorable and viral Saturday Night Live sketches in years.
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Apatow is also working on a sequel to his 2012 hit movie This is 40 called, yes, This is 5o.
Apatow is apparently well on his way to fleshing out his own version of Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy, as the director and producer recently revealed that This Is 50 is one of two projects he’s considering after he wraps work on his most recent movie, The Bubble. As the title suggests, the film would revisit the lives of married couple Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann)—first created by Apatow for Knocked Up—roughly a decade after the events of 2012’s This Is 40.
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Apatow revealed his interest in the sequel during a Bubble-focused interview with The Wrap, noting that, “I couldn’t have done it five years ago and I can’t do it five years from now,” thus demonstrating a fairly astute grasp of the progression of linear time. He went on to say that, “I feel like [This Is 40] has really aged well, and it always feels like everyone watches it when they turn 40 and they go, ‘Oh, I understand it all now’. So I’m enthusiastic about putting that together.”
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Apatow told TheWrap that the timing is right for This Is 50, and he’s been hard at work outlining what the story would be. “I couldn’t have done it five years ago and I can’t do it five years from now, so I’ve been outlining that and hope it’s something that we get to do. I feel like [This Is 40] has really aged well, and it always feels like everyone watches it when they turn 40 and they go, ‘Oh, I understand it all now’ (laughs). So I’m enthusiastic about putting that together.”
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When pressed if This Is 50 would be Apatow’s next project as a director, he said it’s one of two ideas he’s mulling. “I’m hoping that comes together. I have an idea that I really like for it,” he said.
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