I know, I know. We’re all getting slightly sick of the Apatow Gang and The Never-Ending Flow of Wackiness featuring Seth Rogen and that fat, ugly obnoxious kid who likes to swear. Forty Year Old Virgins Nick & Miri Make a Porno and Get Knocked Up. Let me guess — it’s going to be slightly raunchy, though ultimately sweet & redemptive.
But after watching the new trailer for Apatow’s latest, I’m inclined to give it a shot. It takes balls for a comedy starring Adam Sandler and Rogen to call itself Funny People, but what we’ve seen so far is promising. Take a look yourself: (Update: There are possible spoilers in the trailer, so don’t click if you want nothing revealed)
This looks like it might be Sandler’s most earnest role since the exquisite Punch-Drunk Love. And Leslie Mann is, as always, hot & hilarious. How is she not more famous? Equally hot Eric Bana as her husband lets the Aussie accent fly, and it looks like he’ll get a couple of great scenes as well.
So what do you think? Should we be excited for Funny People?
A horny teenager brings his friends along on a road trip from Chicago to Knoxville to lose his virginity with a girl he met online. 
Two weeks in the life of a fading Hollywood producer (De Niro) who’s having a rough time trying to get his new picture made. 
Special agent Nick (Daniel Wu) is deep undercover in the heart of Asia’s lucrative crime trade as he plays protégé to one of the key players in the game, “Banker” (Andy Lau). In the eight years he has been infiltrating the underworld industry, Nick has amassed enough evidence to indict Banker, but has been ordered to remain undercover and expose the identity of the man behind Banker in order to bring down the entire organisation… 
Molly Hartley (Bennett) looks to put her troubled past behind her with a fresh start at a new school, where she sparks with one of the most popular students (Crawford). But can her secrets stay buried, especially as she learns more about the horrific truth that awaits her once she turns 18? 
A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments. 
A mother’s prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn’t take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers. 
A former journalist injured in the Iraq war is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader in Jordan. Based on the novel “Body of Lies” by David Ignatius 
Bill Maher’s take on the current state of world religion. 
A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York. Based on Toby Young’s memoir “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People”. 
A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother’s hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death. 
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