Jul 14 2008 'Hellboy' Heats Up Weekend, Because Hell is Typically Depicted as Very Hot
Weekend box office numbers!
1. Hellboy II: The Golden Army - $35.9 million, beating the first film's opening by over 12 million despite not using any of my brilliant advertising strategies.
2. Hancock - $33 million, but it could have been so much more if only "Big Willy" had made a bland rap for this one. Is he done with that?
3. Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D - $20.6 million, surely missing the top spot due to its bigoted, cyclops-excluding marketing campaign. One should not need binocular vision to enjoy a film.
4. Wall-E - $18.5 million. Has the summer's cute robot bubble burst???
5. Wanted - $11.6 million. Wait a minute.... where's Eddie Murphy Alien inside Eddie Murphy Ship?
Oh...
7. Meet Dave - $5.3 million. Yeah, that's right. Eff you, Meet Dave.
Weekend Box Office [Box Office Mojo]
Jun 27 2008 Eddie Murphy's Enormous Foam Bust May Be Coming For You
As a foreboding promotion for Meet Dave, Fox is giving mortals the chance to get inside the head of Eddie Murphy. And no, as you may have inferred from the above image, this does not mean learning the motivations behind how he decides which roles will invoke a fat suit and which only audience frustration. I'm talking about the opportunity to literally climb inside a detailed replica of his smiling head. Yes, right now, as you read this, a trailer is pulling the Effigy Murphy cross-country, giving innocent passersby the chance to treat his bust like a Double Dare event, stopping at designated points to allow the willing to climb inside the ear canal and ponder why they've done so.
I first heard about this monstrosity about a week ago (in this informative write-up of the situation) and meant to warn others then, but in suppressing my anger I somehow pushed the entire thing from my memory and forgot. Thankfully, Galice wrote in today to remind me. (Thanks, Galice!)
Looking at the head's progress map, it appears it will be in Times Square Fourth of July weekend, a celebration of our forefathers granting us the freedom to bear promotional false idols, and I'm thinking I'll probably have to go. When else will I get the chance to climb inside a giant mockup of Eddie Murphy's head? Especially considering its existence likely indicates the end of civilized society. Expect photos.
Mar 25 2008 Eddie Murphy IN Eddie Murphy in 'Meet Dave' Trailer
How do you adapt the classic alien-fish-out-of-water concept (Suburban Commando, Alien Crocodile Dundee) to suit the established Eddie Murphy-in-multiple-roles format (Norbit, Nutty Professor, most everything since the mid-'90s) we all love so dearly? Simple: have a small, alien Eddie Murphy pilot a larger Eddie Murphy suit (see: that alien from Men in Black, select Calvin and Hobbes strips)--plus, throw in some gay and testicle-impact jokes. Also highlighted in the trailer: a timely and underused Saturday Night Fever parody, animal abuse, and some "look how sassy black people are--even when aliens" scenes that seem to completely contradict the entire premise that the extraterrestrials can't fit in with human society.
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Mar 25 2008 'Meet Dave' Poster in Classic Red-on-White Style
What is with all the "Meet ________" movies lately? Are mock personal connections the only way to lure the lonely populace from their homes? More importantly, do you think there's a chance we'll get to see Eddie Murphy in multiple roles?! God, I hope so; Norbit feels like a fat-suited lifetime ago.
Meet Dave Poster [IMPA]
