And as this latest bit of news proves; Judd Apatow is truely sucessful. On the eve of his newest directorial effort, Funny People, (Seeing it tomorrow; so excited!) the biggest name in comedy has decided to reach out his handand help out some truely talented, but relatively unknown indie filmmakers and help them with future projects. He and John Carney, director of the beautiful and fantastic Once, will be making a comedic project with Apatow producing and Carney directing and possibly writing. Apatow will also be teaming up with the Oscar-winning Kimberly Pierce, who directed Hilary Swank to first Oscar with Boys Don’t Cry and recently made the well-made, but little seen Stop-Loss. While the details of the Apatow/Carney project is unknown, the Pierce-directed film will be a sex comedy about a group of women giving their friend advice after a bad breakup. This is interestign news, as some of Apatow’s critics have given the filmmaker some guff for his somewhat male-centric stories. The plot for the John Carney film is currently unknown

I loved Apatow before, but this boosts my respect for him as an artist 10 fold. After seeing what a guy like David Gordon Green did with Pineapple Express, I can’t wait to see what two talents like Pierce and Carney can two when teamed up with Comedy’s Humble Genius.