Mary Brennan just sent out a press release announcing that “How I Met Your Mother” star Cobie Smulders, “Six Feet Under” actress Lauren Ambrose, Cedric the Entertainer and Tom Arnold will co-star with Jason Biggs (“American Pie”) and Joel David Moore (“Avatar”) in Stephen Gyllenhaal’s quirky political comedy “Grassroots.”
TheWrap has additionally learned that three more actors have joined the cast: Rising comedy star DC Pierson (of Derrick Comedy and “Mystery Team” fame), Christopher McDonald (“SLC Punk”) and “Grey’s Anatomy” actress Emily Bergl.
Pierson’s agent at CAA, McDonald’s manager at Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Bergl’s agent at Innovative Artists confirmed their respective castings to TheWrap.
Oscar winner Peggy Rajski produces through Matthew Brady’s MRB Productions. Brady will exec produce, while Peggy Case and Robin Gurland will co-produce.
Co-written by Gyllenhaal and Justin Rhodes, the film is based on Phil Campbell’s book “Zioncheck for President,” a memoir of the 2001 Seattle City Council election.
Biggs will play Campbell, a recently fired reporter who reluctantly signs on to run the campaign of his eccentric friend, former pedicab driver and fervent Monorail believer Grant Cogswell (Moore).
Ambrose will play Emily, Phil’s girlfriend who is a fellow journalist and Cogswell supporter.
Smulders will play Clair, a Monorail supporter skeptical of the blundering Cogswell campaign.
Cedric the Entertainer will play incumbent Councilman Richard McIver, Cogswell’s powerful political opponent.
Arnold will play Tommy, a sympathetic bartender whose club becomes the cash-strapped campaign’s headquarters on election night.
Gyllenhaal has been working primarily in TV for the past decade but his previous big-screen efforts include “Losing Isaiah” and “Homegrown.”
Rajski recently produced Alan Ball’s “Towelhead” and won an Oscar in 1995 for producing the live action short film “Trevor.”
Earlier this year, Pierson released his first novel, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep And Never Had To.” He recently appeared on NBC’s “Community,” which stars fellow Derrick Comedy member Donald Glover.
“Grassroots” is currently in production in Seattle.

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I have added some pictures from Love, Loss and What I Wore!

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Broken Lizard’s latest movie, The Slammin’ Salmon will be available on DVD and Blu-ray™ on Tuesday, April 13th from Anchor Bay Entertainment. “The Slammin’ Salmon” stars the Broken Lizard gang alongside, Cobie Smulders, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Michael Clarke Duncan, Will Forte, Vivica A. Fox, Morgan Fairchild, April Bowlby, Lance Henriksen, and Olivia Munn.

Directed by Kevin Heffernan, and released theatrically by Anchor Bay Films, The Slammin’ Salmon tells the story of a former heavyweight boxing champ turned restaurant owner (Duncan) who, indebted to the Japanese mob, challenges his waiters to sell more food in one night than they’ve ever sold before – or face a pummeling by the Champ!

Spurred on by greed and panic, the staff resorts to backstabbing, bribery and indecent proposals in an attempt to up-sell their patrons while simultaneously sabotaging their co-workers. As the hours pass, the dining room action becomes more frenzied as the contest escalates into a brawl for first place in order to win the money.

I’ve added screen captures of Cobie’s guest appearance on the short-lived show, Tru Calling. The episode was titled, 1.03 – Brother’s Keeper and as usual Cobie looks great. If you want to use any of these screen captures, please feel free to do so, all I ask is to not remove the tag from the captures as I did not cap them myself. Thanks! Head over to the gallery for the latest additions.

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I would like to give a big thank you to my friend, Annika (http://www.paintedsilence.org) for sending me these fabulous promotional photos of Cobie during her stint on the (short-lived) series, “Veritas: The Quest”.

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Just wanted to make a quick reminder, Cobie’s latest film, “The Slammin’ Salmon” has been released in limited theatres today, December 11th. “The Slammin’ Salmon” is the latest film production from the Broken Lizard crew. Check out the trailer below.