Aug 10 2009 Stooge Update: Giamatti is Larry, But We Need a New Curly
This is becoming some sort of old comedy film in which everything keeps going wrong! The Boston Globe (via /Film) is reporting Paul Giamatti has filled in the half-bald fro-shaped hole left by Sean Penn's departure from The Three Stooges. Also, Jim Carrey has decided not to gain 50 pounds and shave his head, and is no longer playing Curly:
Peter Farrelly told us that Paul Giamatti has signed on to replace Sean Penn as Larry. (Penn dropped out, citing "personal reasons.")Still to be cast is Curly. There had been reports that Jim Carrey would utter Curly's signature "n'yuk, n'yuk, n'yuk,'' but it's not so. If Farrelly has someone in mind, he didn't tell us who.
Good thing I already made a list of guys who would be a great Curly, Farrelly Brothers. No need to thank me. Seeing Bedridden Curly (my favorite Curly casting option) get some work will be reward enough.
(Thanks, Thundergirl.)
Mar 3 2009 Alexander Payne Preparing Alexander Payne All-Star Line-Up for Latest
Election star Reese Witherspoon, Sideways star Paul Giamatti, and Sacha Baron Cohen--who hasn't been in any Alexander Payne movies, upsetting my all-star theory--have agreed to star in Downsizing, a new film that sounds like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids as a romantic comedy:
Alexander Payne is putting the finishing touches on the social satire "Downsizing," a script about miniature people, and has put together a big-name cast.Paul Giamatti, Sacha Baron Cohen and Reese Witherspoon have all committed to star in the film, which would likely land at Fox Searchlight, where Payne has a first-look deal.
Giamatti, who teamed with the director on "Sideways," is aboard to star as a man low on money who decides he can have a much nicer life if he undergoes a process to shrink himself.
Witherspoon, whose career took off after starring in Payne's "Election," would play a woman Giamatti meets on his journey as a miniature person. Baron Cohen would play a pint-sized foreigner.
Well, obviously Sacha Baron Cohen is the foreigner character. He has so many great, mildly-offensive accents in his arsenal, it would be a crime not to make him the foreigner character. The real question is if Jack Nicholson or a naked Kathy Bates will be unlockable secret characters.
Alexander Payne is 'Downsizing' [Variety]
Nov 26 2008 'Duplicity' Trailer Does Not Star Michael Keaton(s)
Congratulations to Ocean's Eleven and Mr. and Mrs. Smith on the birth of their Clive Owen/Julia Roberts-starring romantic-comedy-heist, Duplicity. May your spawn find reasonable box-office success and one day itself birth a sequel called Twoplicity. Here's the official announcement (the trailer):
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Sep 21 2007 'Fred Claus' Poster May Be Offensive
I know that Fred Claus is about Santa Claus's brother coming to visit and annoy him for the holidays, but I think there are two ways this could play out.
The bad way: Like Houseguest, starring Sinbad, or Uncle Buck, we're meant to find it amusing that they've created a terribly obnoxious character that we're forced to endure for two hours.
The good way: Like What's Eating Gilbert Grape, we see how even the most giving man on Earth cracks under the pressure of dealing with his screaming, retarded brother.
Originally I would have assumed the first option, but this poster has me thinking we've still got a shot at the good one.
EXCLUSIVE POSTER: 'Fred Claus' [Cinematical]
Jul 10 2007 Fred Claus Teaser Trailer
Every time Vince Vaughn grows an undereye bag, an angel gets its wings.
Watching the Fred Claus trailer, it's hard for me not to do a balancing act, like some sort of well-hung Lady Justice with 20/20 vision (thanks, LASIK). On one side you've got Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, the director of Wedding Crashers, and an apparent lack of Tim Allen. On the other, you've got... a Christmas movie. With elves. And people falling down in the trailer.
To bash it or not to bash it, which way will the scale swing? At tough times like these, I always turn to Onanism, my only true friend.
Jul 6 2007 Shoot 'Em Up Trailer: Tits, Fire, and Motley Crüe
T 'N F
Shoot 'Em Up stars Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, and Monica Bigtitserino, looks like a cross between Snatch and Smokin' Aces, and was written and directed by Michael Davis, a dude I've never really heard of before. I'll be honest, the trailer looks promising. It reminds me of the day when action movies, even the shitty ones, had over the top bad guys, awesome one liners, and of course plenty of tits and fire. This was before people like Jerry Bruckheimer replaced these things with inane plot twists, talking animals, and Nic Cage.
After at least half a decade of piece of shit, PG-13, Paul Walker vehicles*, perhaps this is a return to form? Let's hope so. But I also remember thinking the Independence Day trailer looked awesome, so who knows.
*From Encyclopedia of Stuff Vince Hates, Volume P
Jul 2 2007 Shoot 'Em Up Character Posters
As if Monica Belluci wasn't already one of the most beautiful women on the planet, the character posters for Shoot 'Em Up have knocked her up a notch with the implication that she's savagely murdered a militant dwarf.
See the Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti posters under the cut, and the trailer is here if you have no idea what Shoot 'Em Up is.
