SXSW Gets "Knocked Up"

Writer/director Judd Apatow moves on from 40-year-old virgins to 20-something baby-daddies with his new comedy Knocked Up. The Universal flick, out this summer, stars Seth Rogan (Virgin, Freaks and Geeks) as a mangy man-child who has a one-night stand with a beautiful TV reporter (Grey's Anatomy's Katherine Heigl) and, well, you can guess the result.

Wired eds — along with a packed house of SXSW attendees — were treated to a sneak preview of the flick at the Paramount last night here in Austin. Won't spoil anything except to say Judd Apatow can do no wrong. At 126 minutes — long for a comedy — it whizzed by. Wondering if/what they will cut for theatrical release.

More about AWESOME surprise screening guest later...

UPDATE: Erik here. Variety (sub. required) has posted its review, which starts with words any comedy director would love to read:

"Knocked Up" is uproarious. Line for line, minute to minute, writer-director Judd Apatow's latest effort is more explosively funny, more frequently, than nearly any other major studio release in recent memory. Indeed, even more than the filmmaker's smash-hit sleeper "The
40-Year-Old Virgin," his new pic is bound to generate repeat business among ticketbuyers who'll want to savor certain scenes and situations again and again, if only to memorize punchlines worth sharing with buddies. Currently set for a June 1 release, this hugely commercial comedy likely will remain in megaplexes throughout the summer and, possibly, into the fall.