AFI is Coming (the film festival, not that crappy goth band)

Hey, just a quick word to let you know that the Los Angeles premiere of Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic is going to take place Thursday, November 10 at 9:30 pm at the Arclight Theatre in the heart (i.e. the smelly part) of Hollywood, California. And here's the best part: You are totally invited. But there's one catch. You have to have a ticket to get in. And I don't know how many are left. But you can easily find out by going to the AFI Fest website. Just use that link to purchase your tickets to come join me, Sarah Silverman, probably Jimmy Kimmel and perhaps some other huge stars, like maybe, oh I don't know, Erik Estrada*, at the L.A. premiere of Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic on November 10th.

In other Jesus-related news, the official website for the flick is now up and running and live and all that. It features the full theatrical trailer, theater listings, synopses and all kinds of other fun Sarah tidbits. And the press just keeps on coming. This week there was a huge profile on Sarah in the ultra-swanky New Yorker magazine. The writer, Dana Goodyear, did a terrific job with the piece, even if the photo in the magazine left a little to be desired. Luckily though, we also received the following issue of Heeb Magazine which more than makes up for any arty, sepia-toned pics to which we'd previously been subjected. Hopefully this cover image will tide you over until the opening of Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic on Friday, November 11th. Hey, it's been doing the trick for me.


*Guest list subject to change without notice. Mr. Estrada has a very busy schedule.

Wah Happened?

The other big news out of Toronto (at least for us) was that Roadside Attractions picked up North American rights to Richard E. Grant's directorial debut Wah-Wah. With the film, Grant (Withnail & I) offers a coming-of-age tale not so dissimmilar to his own upbringing as a Brit in Swaziland during the early 1970s. But I suck at synopsizing things, so I'll just direct you to the Toronto Festival guide for the full, properly-spelled, coherent scoop on the film.

The film co-stars some folks you'll recognize such as Emily Watson, Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson and Julie Walters. But the big story here is lead actor Nicholas Hoult, the dumpy little dweeb from About a Boy, who has now grown into a strapping, handsome young lad who we all agree is starting to look like Tom Cruise. But without all the crazy. Hoult gives an amazing, breakthrough performance in the film. You will be blown away. If you see the film. Which you all definitely should. We don't have a firm release date in place yet, but we're aiming for sometime this spring, perhaps around March or April. I'll keep you posted.

Wake Me Up When September Ends

Long time, no blog. I apologize for the delay, but September was chock full of festy goodness around here. We kicked off the Toronto Film Festival with a fantastic Midnight Madness screening of Jesus is Magic on opening night. We packed nearly 1,000 people (in various states of sobriety) into the Ryerson Auditorium, and the movie hit harder than the New Orleans P.D. Sarah took the stage around 2 am and further charmed the faithful with some insightful words about Lenny Bruce, fat people and marijuana, then wrapped it all up with a short dance routine. Just like the Pope does it. Oh, and Seth Cohen was totally at the screening!!!<3<3>3 Not that I'm a ten-year-old girl or anything. Well...not completely.


The next day, Sarah (yes, we're on a first-name basis...at least in my mind) did about 10 hours of press after about 0.5 hours sleep. You should be seeing the fruits of her labors soon in such fine publications as The New Yorker, People Magazine and the uber-prestigious home of Judy Miller and Jayson Blair, The New York Times. Here is a scan from an even more highly regarded publication, Maxim Magazine, just to give you a taste of the publicity deluge to come as we near Jesus is Magic's opening on November 11!!!