Finally, well-to-do old white people are getting their voices heard. Following news of an impending Best Exotic Marigold Hotel sequel, here's another offering to Britain's patron saint of dignified aging, Maggie Smith. Quartet--not to be confused with the upcoming A Late Quartet, though it clearly will be--sees Smith playing part of a reuniting opera group, and focuses her disapproving pursed looks upon Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, and fellow Harry Potter veteran Michael Gambon, who is still sort of dressing like a strange wizard for some reason. Having crossed over into the realm of delighting your parents with Last Chance Harvey, Dustin Hoffman makes the film his directorial debut. Here's the trailer. Please email to appropriately aged relatives. They'd love to hear from you.
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Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas are pooling their comedic talents, and--despite public hunger for the "what if?" scenario--it is not for a Fockers/The In-Laws crossover event.
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While we're talking about HBO stuff, also on the network's upcoming lineup is Luck, Michael Mann and writer David Milch's show about the drama behind the world of horseracing, and a new behind-the-scenes featurette has just given us a first look at scenes from the Dustin Hoffman/Nick Nolte-starring series. We'll never look at the world of horseracing the same way again! Well, I'll still probably look at it as something that intermittently occurs on bizarrely-loud local cable stations I sometimes flip past, but nonetheless, this should be pretty good:
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While most of us recognized Kung Fu Panda for the Kung Fu Panda Power rip-off the courts will surely soon legally declare it to be, the $631 million dollars it made would imply not everyone saw it that way, so DreamWorks has made themselves a little sequel to that picture. The studio has just released a new trailer for the film, and not only is it the longest, most revealing yet, it's also the first to include neither a "wok/rock" pun nor Carl Douglas's expected song contribution, thereby making it the least likely to make you impotently demand there be consequences for its creation.
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A new Little Fockers trailer is here, stuffed with all the forced utterances of "Focker," spurting bodily fluids, man-on-De Niro sexual contact, and "Look, we got Dustin Hoffman to do some pick-ups for a Christmas epilogue!" shots you knew it would have. I'm sorry.
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What a terrible day this is shaping up to be. First my internet machine stops working, now I'm finding out Little Fockers is somehow less than exceptional? YES. Possibly. According to Deadline and Vulture, the third tale of the tiresomely joyless relationship between Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller isn't looking so great in the editing suite, which could lead to Universal bringing Dustin Hoffman--right now mercifully absent from this Focker excursion--into the film in some reshoots. (Because the issue is definitely that the film isn't cluttered with enough stars.) The studio, naturally, is denying the film is in trouble, with Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson telling the LA Times a different story altogether. It turns out this film is great, guys! And, sure, they're asking Dustin Hoffman to be in it, but it's not like they're begging him. Just a fun, casual offer, like seeing if he wants the rest of their fries, or if he wants to get a huge paycheck to be in a shitty comedy sequel:
"We're incredibly delighted to have a film that's already scored as well as it has [in test screenings] six months before its release."
... "As we're continuing to refine the film, one of the ideas that's certainly a possibility is having Dustin be a part of the picture," he explained. "We didn't call him and say that we desperately need his help or anything like that. But there is one path that we're pursuing that could include his involvement. If Dustin decides that he wants to do it and has a real interest in being involved, and if it worked for the film, then we'd love to make it happen, but nothing at all has been decided yet."
The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
(Thanks, big jerm.)
It's got director Michael Mann; it's got Deadwood creator David Milch; it's got horses; and now it has Dustin Hoffman. It's the new HBO horse-racing series Luck, so get ready for it to probably win Emmys in a couple years:
Hoffman will portray a man in his late 60s just released from four years in prison who's autodidactic, intelligent, and deeply involved in gambling.
Last week, Dennis Farina was cast in the series as Hoffman's character's driver and companion.
Also, John Ortiz is set to play a middle-aged Peruvian trainer. According to a recent interview Milch had with Daily Racing Form, character is loosely based on real-life trainer Julio Canani, who has been on the Southern California racing circuit for decades and has trained three Breeders' Cup-winning horses. "Luck" is set to go into production this month and HBO is aiming for a January launch, he told the publication.
Dustin Hoffman on a regular series--just goes to show how the film and television industries are changing. Used to be that going from feature films to cable TV was a definite step down; now it's "at least better than Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium 2."
Dustin Hoffman to star in HBO's 'Luck' [Variety]
Has Dustin Hoffman resisted the endless Focker sequel allure that has attracted such talent as Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel? Perhaps!
Sources tell EW.com that there has been strife between Hoffman and the studio over the size of the part, the scheduling of the days on set and other difficulties. Hoffman had tentatively agreed to appear in what was to be a very funny cameo at the end of the film. That seems to have now fallen apart, due to either salary issues or scheduling problems, or both.
I'll feel marginally better about the once-great actor's career until a week from now when I'm writing about how he's doing Tootsie 2: Re-Dressed.
Here's the new trailer for Tale of Despereaux, the animated movie involving difficult-to-spell CGI rodents and soup that isn't Ratataouille. Summary!
Once upon a time, in the faraway kingdom of Dor, there was magic in the air, laughter aplenty and gallons of mouthwatering soup. But an accident left the King broken-hearted, the Princess filled with longing and the townsfolk without their soup. Sunlight disappeared. The world became gray. All hope was lost in this land…until Despereaux Tilling was born.
A modern fairy tale from visionary filmmaker Gary Ross, together with directors Sam Fell & Rob Stevenhagen, The Tale of Desperaux tells the story of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea (Emma Watson), a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father’s grief; and Mig (Tracey Ullman), a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is forced to serve the jailer (Robbie Coltrane).
My issue with this movie is that, if you watch the trailer, you see its entire plot hinges on the king banning rats and soup from his kingdom, which makes no sense. How do you ban rats? Tell them they're banned? Make little "no rats" signs? There's no way to ban rats. As far as I'm concerned, rats have always been banned. I have never willfully accepted co-habitating with rats. For me, a rat ban does not work as a plot device.
And don't even get me started on banning soup. No legitimate king would ever ban soup. Monarchies are too historically rooted in Panera Bread franchises to ever allow that kind of drastic change.
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Here's the trailer for Last Chance Harvey, a romantic dramedy with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson showing you can still find quirky, indie rock-soundtracked love even when you're an old person. I suggest watching it because it provides a rare glimpse into a future "what if?" scenario where we continue to let Zach Braff make and star in movies into his sixties.
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Like pretty much all of Dreamworks Animation's efforts, Kung Fu Panda must have began with the great idea of getting big name voice cast to take on the roles of goofy animated animals. They succeeded in this noble effort, getting Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, and Angelina Jolie to star, but it seems like that's all there is to it.
Outside of hearing stars' disembodied voices, the film relies entirely on the premise that it's hilarious how fat and clumsy this schlub is. It might be moderately funny the first time, but how many times can you watch a cartoon panda fall over and laugh? I hope your answer is at least seven times, twice in slow motion, because that's pretty much all the content you're going to find here.
I watched this thing several times, and I've determined it's impossible not to roll your eyes when "Kung Fu Fighting" starts playing. And remember the end of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze), when Master Splinter finally breaks his solemn facade to give the audience a long-awaited "cowabunga"? Well, I don't want to ruin anything, but get ready to laugh--again!
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It looks like Dreamworks is already sending out their cease and desists, but for the time being, you can check out the teaser trailer to their latest CGI masterpiece, Kung Fu Panda (AKA Shrek the Panda) at /Film.
I never understand why they forcibly remove the free advertising they're getting. It's like they don't want us to see how they got the lead voice actor, Jack Black, to ham it up in live-action antics, like Seinfeld with Bee Movie only even more patronizing. Or how they cleverly found a little-known Kung Fu-themed song, "Kung Fu Fighting," to subtlely broadcast that, indeed, this movie does involve Kung Fu.
Kung Fu Panda Teaser Trailer [/Film]
Fox and the LA Times announced a special Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium advertisement on September 9th that will treat readers to the "universally beloved" scent of frosted cake, reminding all who smell it to "be young and have fun." The disillusioned press release explains that Mr. Magorium...
"is the story of the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world and the equally fantastic and wonderfully innovative ad will debut in the paper's annual Fall Movie Sneaks section."
The unique scented inks in the ad place the Mr. Magorium marketing department only two decades technologically behind scratch 'n sniff stickers. Though, unfortunately, the team still trails farts by millenniums.
Smell Mr. Magorium [ComingSoon]
243-year-old magic toymaker Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman) decides to retire, putting his hot, boy-haircut-sporting associate (Natalie Portman) in charge. Unfortunately, he also employs a stodgy accountant (Jason Bateman), who fulfills accountant stereotypes by denying the existence of magic and fun. There must be a larger conflict somewhere, but I didn't notice it.
If Rip Taylor ever gets wind of Hoffman's performance, he's going to be seriously pissed he didn't get the part.
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