Nov 6 2009 Warner Bros. Decides Who Has To Be in 'Yogi Bear'
Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, and Justin Timberlake!:
Faris will play a nature documentarian who follows the antics of a bear in fictional Jellystone Park. Aykroyd will voice Yogi, and Timberlake could end up lending his pipes for Yogi's constant companion, Boo Boo.
Aykroyd will voice Yogi? Maybe I'm John Stupid, but doesn't Yogi Bear sort of already have a voice? I'm thinking of the voice you hear when you're watching a Yogi Bear cartoon, and Yogi says something. That voice.
Sep 23 2009 We Now Know Who Will Pretend To Found Facebook
David Fincher has ADDED some more FRIENDS to the cast of his vaguely-titled Facebook film, The Social Network (Note the witty reference I just made to "adding friends." Like with Facebook.):
Jesse Eisenberg will play founder Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook’s founding president, and Andrew Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who fell out with Zuckerberg as the social network became a financial juggernaut.
Well, now that the cast is in place, it's up to Fincher to come up with a way to for my mom to come in at some point late in the film and quietly judge all the things I've said throughout, like how happened with actual Facebook.
Fincher Makes Facebook Connections [Variety]
Jul 10 2009 Green Lantern Casting Narrowed to Three
Our wait for an H.J. has almost ended. The Hollywood Reporter says casting for Hal Jordan, the lead in Warner Bros. Green Lantern movie, is down to three candidates:
Warners has spent the past five months searching for the actor to play Hal Jordan, the hot-shot Air Force pilot who is chosen by a dying alien to be his successor in an intergalactic police force known as the Green Lanterns.This week, the race narrowed to Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds and Justin Timberlake.
The adaptation is being directed by Martin Campbell and--juuuuust a minute. What was that part about Justin Timberlake maybe playing Green Lantern?
May 15 2008 'The Love Guru' Poster Too Annoying for Thorough Commentary
Dear god. Every time I make painful eye contact with anyone on this poster, it feels like they're shooting beams of pure obnoxiousness straight into my head. Except Jessica Alba, of course--her eyes are still as empty and lifeless as her performances. But she sure is pretty!
Feb 29 2008 'The Love Guru' Trailer is...
I don't even know how to describe the painfulness of Mike Myers' The Love Guru trailer. "Austin Powers: new costume, same jokes" is appropriate, but doesn't really convey the way your brain shuts off around the point the midget jokes start (and never stop). At the same time, "brain Novocain in a sari" doesn't capture how sadly derivative it is, and omits the hilarity of the curly mustache. I guess the best I can do is "Mike Myers smothers your soul with the help of Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, prosthetic hair, midget jokes, and some penis references."
Thanks for the tip, Kyle.
Oct 24 2007 First Look at Mike Myers as Guru, Jessica Alba as Self
Behold, the first shot from Mike Myers' newest comedic endeavor, The Love Guru, featuring Myers in the eponymous role alongside Ben Kingsley, Jessica Alba, and Justin Timberlake.
Explaining the long stretch of time from Austin Powers to his newest incarnation, Pitka, an American left in India as a child, Myers said:
I enjoy having the Lamaze birthing process of it. It usually takes me three, 3½ years in between characters. I've written and created everything I've done, and it takes me a year to reflect on what I've done, a year to let the idea incubate and a year to create.
Meanwhile, when asked how she was able to create yet another deep character that smiled and looked pretty, Jessica Alba, as usual, simply smiled and looked pretty, creating yet another layered character to use in a future role.
Comedy guru Mike Myers loves his characters [USA Today]
