There’s nothing that warmed our heart cockles more this year than to see filmmakers Mark & Jay Duplass, heretofore referred to as the Duplass Brothers, come into their own with their third feature-length film “Cyrus” which debuted earlier this year to rave reviews at Sundance and SXSW (see our glowing review).
Once tagged with the dreaded, pejorative “mumblecore,” the filmmakers seemed to have taken that aesthetic and finally finessed it into an artform. So with that in mind, we’re pretty excited for their next, already-announced comedy, “Jeff Who Lives at Home” which is set to star Jason Segel and Ed Helms.
Two more great actors have joined the fray according to Variety, and they include Susan Sarandon and the great Judy Greer, who always stole every scene she was in during her “Arrested Development” stint as the crazy character Kitty (“Say goodbye to these!”).
The trade says the film focuses on “two brothers, one of whom is going through a mid-life crisis (Helms) and believes his wife (Greer) is having an affair. The other is a lovable loser (Segel) who still lives with his mom (Sarandon). One day, the two brothers set out to spy on the wife, with all sorts of unintended consequences.”
It’s also been described as a “stoner-quest-comedy” because Segel’s character is evidently a pothead, but don’t worry about a film dubbed as yet another “stoner” comedy. If “Cyrus” evinced anything, it’s the fact, these guys can take a basic concept and imbue it with humor, humanity, and emotional texture.
“Cyrus,” starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei and Jonah Hill hit theaters this summer in limited release on July 9th and the brothers are still attached to helm their script “Table 19” about the misfits at a wedding party singles table for Fox Searchlight under Shawn Levy’s production banner.