Cobie Smulders, Guy Pearce, and More to Star in Andrew Bujalski's 'Results'

After its premier at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, people couldn't stop talking about Andrew Bujalski's peculiar little film, Computer Chess. The oddball movie, which sortof resembled a nerd biography done in the style of Wild Kingdom, played into Bujalski's "mumblecore" roots while showing he was capable of doing more. And now we're going to get a chance to see what "more" is in his next film.

Bujalski will have a chance to work with recognizable stars for once as Guy Pearce (via the New York Times) will be part of his next film, Results. Not only that, but according to ThePlaylist he'll be joined by Cobie Smulders, Anthony Michael Hall (!!!), Kevin Corrigan, Constance Zimmer (Entourage), Brooklyn Decker, and Giovanni Ribisi. As for the story, it follows "Kat and Trevor, personal trainers, and what happens when out-of-shape and newly wealthy Danny enters their lives." 

Sounds pretty good, and it will be interesting to see what approach Bujalski takes with a little more attention on him.

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New trailer for Sundance award-winning film, 'Computer Chess'

Probably the most oft-asked question I got at Sundance was "Did you see Computer Chess yet?", which after my reply was usually met with "It's pretty weird, but I loved it". Unfortunately it never made it onto my schedule, and with no distribution date set who knows if it will ever hit a theater. Fortunately, a trailer is here that confirms this will be unlike any film about chess you've ever seen.

Directed by Andrew Bujalski (Beeswax), the film is set over a weekend in the 1980s as a group of eccentric software programmers(Is there any other kind?) meet for a chess tournament. Presented as a documentary told through archival footage, it's really just a strange comedy about strange people in a time when machine was on the verge of surpassing man.

I've never quite seen a trailer like this, which only has me even more upset to not have made time for it. Check out the Computer Chess trailer below. [TheFilmStage]

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