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'Sideways' director working on new film called 'Cedar Rapids'
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Jul. 17, 2009 3:24 pm
Alexander Payne, director of "Sideways," the 2004 movie about two middle-aged guys touring California wine country, is directing a new movie called "Cedar Rapids."
No word yet on why the name was chosen, or if it has anything to do with our fair city, but hey, news is news, right!
Shooting will begin in October. Variety is reporting that the film, which will star Ed Helms from "The Office," is about "a sad-sack insurance agent who goes to an industry convention to try to save the jobs of his colleagues."
Whatever. Maybe it'll be like "Fargo" was for Fargo, and the movie will change our city forever. Wait, nevermind.
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