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FANFAIR

Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, and Vince Vaughn may be comedy’s Big Men on Campus, but there’s a freshman class of young comedians angling to become the new class clowns. Featured almost entirely in so-called loser comedies, many of these actors have honed their craft under the guidance of comedy guru

Judd Apatow {Superbad, Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Saturday Night Live creator Lome Michaels. With a spate of collaborative projects being released in the coming year, these new kids are making the leap from freaks and geeks to multiplex heroes in a single bound.

PUNCH HUTTON

Walk Hard Sony, December 2007

The Office NBC

JASON SUDEIKIS

RAINN WILSON

The Rocker Fox Atomic, 2008

JENNA FISCHER

KRISTEN WIIG

How I Met Your Mother CBS

Saturday Night Live NBC

Juno Fox Searchlight, December 2007

DEMETRI MARTIN

The Brothers Solomon Sony, September 2007

JASON SEGEL

Forgetting Sarah Marshall Universal, May 2008

JONAH HILL

MICHAEL CERA

Kids in America Universal, 2008

ANDY SAMBERG

Hot Rod Paramount, August 2007

BILL HADER

Superbad Sony, August 2007

DAN FOGLER

Blue: Television Red: Film

The Heartbreak Kid Paramount, October 2007

DANNY R. McBRIDE

The Pineapple Express Sony/Columbia, August 2008

SETH ROGEN

Fanboys Weinstein Co., January 2008