Oct 15 2009 New 'Did You Hear About the Morgans' Poster: Still No 'American Gothic' Recreation
Come on, this is just being stubborn now. We all know any film about a couple who doesn't belong in the country will eventually be advertised with an image of said couple imitating American Gothic. For Richer or Poorer knew it. Son in Law knew it. I've been waiting for it since the film was announced. Let's just get it over with. Don't make us wait for the DVD to get our cliché fulfillment.
The Poster for Did You Hear About the Morgans [ComingSoon]
Sep 24 2009 'Did You Hear About the Morgans?' Trailer: They're City People in the Country!!!
As you may have learned from Yin-Yang tie dye shirts and trite movies about the universe maintaining a delicate balance between light and dark, the universe must maintain a delicate balance between light and dark. For every good, there is an evil, etc.
You probably knew that, but did you realize the same principle applies to clichéd fish-out-of-water comedies? There must always be equilibrium between outsiders coming to the big city and city folk stuck in the country. For every Crocodile Dundee, we need a Crocodile Dundee II; for every Tim Allen in Jungle 2 Jungle, a Tim Allen in For Richer or Poorer; for every Elf, a Renee Zellweger is: New in Town.
What I'm getting at is that we should be expecting a new naive bumpkin-in-the-city comedy soon (Barbie, perhaps?), because there's this now:
Sep 14 2009 'Did You Hear About the Morgans?' Poster: New York Ends Where Ted Nugent Begins
Well, looks like I was wrong in my prediction that this high-concept comedy--about a New York power couple who witness a murder and get moved to Wyoming by the Witness Protection Program--would have a poster depicting Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker "recreating American Gothic but holding cell phones and a purse-sized dog while a mafia guy lurks in the background." Somehow they've come up with something even stupider.
Still though, I can't wait for the scene where SJP screams, "My hair!!!" It will be because something from the country got in her hair.
Oct 31 2008 Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker in a High Concept Rom-Com!
Under no circumstances are you to ever pay to see this movie:
Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant are in negotiations to star in an untitled Marc Lawrence-helmed romantic comedy for Columbia Pictures.Thesps would star as an estranged high-powered New York couple who witness a murder and are placed in a witness-protection program in a small Wyoming town. Lawrence penned the screenplay. Film would mark the third time Grant has collaborated with director Lawrence on a romantic comedy, after "Music and Lyrics" and "Two Weeks Notice."
OK, I've spent like an hour thinking about what this untitled project could be called, and I've got nothing. There have to be puns to exploit, but I can't come up with them. Mountaintop Manhattanites? Hidin' in Cheyenne? I've got nothing. I figure the poster would be the two of them recreating American Gothic but holding cell phones and a purse-sized dog while a mafia guy lurks in the background, but as far as titles go, I've reached a barrier. Someone help me with this.
Oct 20 2008 Hugh Grant Decides Against Starring in Obvious Hugh Grant Movie
Citing "creative differences," Hugh Grant has left Lost for Words, a romantic comedy that is clearly meant to be a Hugh Grant movie:
Hugh Grant has exited "Lost for Words," the Working Title-produced romantic comedy for Universal Pictures. Creative differences were cited.Grant had agreed last summer to play a British thesp approached to star in a film by a Chinese director. After a flirtation with her translator, the actor falls for the director.
Now what? Colin Firth? Should we call Colin Firth? Let's give Colin Firth a ring, but let's also be aware that he's not stupid. He's going to know right away that this was supposed to be a Hugh Grant.
Hugh Grant exits 'Lost' film [Variety]
