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22 July 2008 8:20 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Matt Singer and Alison Willmore

Finding a good vehicle for a great comedian can be tough -- the ability to be funny doesn't always come hand in hand with the ability to act, and the film needs to work with a comedian's persona and particular strengths. A few recent or upcoming films have done brilliantly bad jobs of this -- most notably "Run Fatboy Run," with Simon Pegg, but to a lesser extent "The Rocker" with Rainn Wilson and "Hamlet 2" with Steve Coogan. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at ten past films that have, in different ways, squandered the comedic talent attached to them.

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[Photo: "Run Fatboy Run," Picturehouse Entertainment, 2007]

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Alison Willmore

22 July 2008 3:28 AM, PDT | From Rope Of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

DVD Links: Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Spaced: The Complete Series I am only three episodes into "Spaced" so I don't really feel comfortable giving you any kind of review of the show, but Domenic should have a full review for us very soon. The show is a BBC comedy series starring the likes of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and directed by Edgar Wright. For those of you that don't see those names and immediately get interested they are the boys behind Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. For those of you still drawing a blank I can do nothing more but feel sad for you. Everyone is ranting and raving about how excited they are the complete series is coming to DVD (two seasons worth) and looking at the back of the packaging I can tell you there are plenty of commentaries including guest

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7 July 2008 7:07 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

British funnyman Simon Pegg is relieved his hit comedy show Spaced isn't to be reworked into a U.S. series - because he always hated the idea.

The Run Fat Boy Run star admits he came up with the idea for the cult show during a very important time in his life and the idea of his brainchild becoming a Fox network sitcom, which was to be directed by Charlie's Angels filmmaker McG, made him uncomfortable.

He says, "I wrote Spaced coming off of a really serious relationship, and I sublimated a lot of my anguish into it.

"So to have some guy from Will + Grace rewrite it doesn't sit well with me."

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30 March 2008 6:31 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

David Schwimmer would turn down the opportunity to bring back his hit show Friends, because he is convinced it ended the right way.

Schwimmer is still best known for his role as Ross Gellar - four years after Friends ended - but he has no desire to play the paleontologist ever again.

Speaking while promoting his movie directorial debut, Run Fatboy Run, Schwimmer says, "I don't think I would (play Ross again).

"The way it ended felt so right. I don't want to mess with it."

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