Trailer and poster for Baumbach's 'Greenberg'

Noah Baumbach is one of my favorite indie filmmakers out there, and his latest project is titled "Greenberg," a comedy/drama starring Ben Stiller. A trailer is now online, and you can watch it below.

In the film, Roger Greenberg (Stiller) ends up housesitting at his brother's home in Los Angeles. There, he strikes up a friendship with his brother's assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig), an aspiring singer.

Judging by this trailer, it looks like "Greenberg" may be a little more comic than Baumbach's previous films "Margot at the Wedding" and "The Squid and the Whale." Stiller also looks promising as well.

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Focus Features announces 2010 slate

Focus Features CEO James Schamus recently announced the studio's release slate for 2010, and right now, he confirmed the releases of six new films, including "Greenberg," "Babies" and "Somewhere."

“Next year’s Focus slate follows one of the company’s best years ever – our eighth profitable year in a row since our inception, and the year in which we passed the $1 billion mark in cumulative domestic box office alone," Schamus stated in a press release.

He said, “Our 2010 lineup is as audacious as any in our history, ranging from American indies like Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck’s 'It’s Kind of a Funny Story' to big international productions like Anton Corbijn’s 'The American'.”

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Daily news dose: Iliadis to direct 'Cure;' three more join 'Greenberg'

Here's your dose of film news for March 13, 2009:

• Dennis Iliadis, director of "The Last House on the Left," is set to helm "Cure," a thriller centering on a woman who undergoes a special treatment that cures her terminal illness but infects her with something horrific. Beau Michael Thorne wrote the script. (Variety)

• Joe Stillman is set to write "Alien Zoo," a family comedy Variety describes as a "Jurassic Park" with aliens. The film will mix live-action and CGI. Stillman's writing credits include "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America," the first two "Shrek" flicks and the upcoming animated film "Planet 51."

• Blackfilm.com reports Columbus Short will join the cast of Sylvain White's big-screen adaptation of the DC-Vertigo comic book “The Losers." The story follows a team of black ops commandos trying to survive are after learning their own government has planned to kill them.

• Rhys Ifans, Brie Larson and Juno Temple have boarded Noah Baumbach's "Greenberg." Ben Stiller is also on board. Stiller plays a man who moves to Los Angeles, where he ends up having a relationship with his brother's assistant (Greta Gerwig). (Variety)

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