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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Three
17 December 2009 11:42 PM, PST
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Dinner for Schmucks
Opens: July 23rd 2010
Cast: Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Zach Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, David Walliams
Director: Jay Roach
Summary: A renowned publisher encourages his friends to invite the most pathetic guests possible for their weekly dinner party. Just as they find the most pathetic man yet, the host is injured and ends up trapped with the man all night long.
Analysis: A remake of director Francis Veber's 1998 César award-winning "Le Diner des cons", 'Schmucks' is one of the highest profile comedies of next year with one of the strongest casts for the genre in recent memory. It also marks the return of "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents" helmer Jay Roach who has produced several films in recent years but hasn't directed since 2004's "Meet the Fockers".
The question now lies not in the performers or director but the material itself and whether a Gallic comedy can
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- Garth Franklin
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Prokop to join Fraser in 'Vengeance'
11 June 2009 10:34 AM, PDT
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Matt Prokop has joined the cast of Summit Entertainment and Participant Media's family comedy "Furry Vengeance." Prokop will star opposite Brendan Fraser as a sarcastic city kid uprooted to the Oregon countryside after his father moves them there to build a housing subdivision. Father and son then have to battle with local wildlife who are fed up with intrusions into their land. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Roger Kumble ("Just Friends") is directing the screenplay written by Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert ("Mr. Woodcock"). Robert Simonds and Keith Goldberg are producing. Filming is scheduled to begin July 6 for a potential July 2010 release.
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- Adnan Tezer
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Matt Prokop Has Furry Vengeance
10 June 2009 6:17 PM, PDT
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In a story from The Hollywood Reporter Matt Prokop was just cast in Summit Entertainment's and Participant Media's comedy Furry Vengeance.
Actor will star opposite Brendan Fraser as a precocious city kid who gets sent to the country when his father goes there to build a housing subdivision. The two end up encountering local wildlife who are tired of humans encroaching on them in the Oregon wilderness.
Roger Kumble (Just Friends) is directing this project. The script was written by Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert (Mr. Woodcock).
The film will start shooting July 6 for a potential July 2010 release.
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Watch This: 'Lars and the Real Girl' Director's Super Bowl Commercial
2 February 2009 12:21 PM, PST
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He may have had a bit of an unfortunate blip with Mr. Woodcock, but director Craig Gillespie has proven that he can make engaging stories out of the mundane and strange -- so much so that he's quickly becoming an example of just how possible it is to make simplicity engaging. He made the world of Real Doll love absolutely wonderful with Lars and the Real Girl, he's helming the heck out of Diablo Cody's United States of Tara, and he made one awesome Super Bowl ad for cars.com -- which you can check out above.
The commercial shouldn't be entirely surprising since Gillespie has been whipping up commercials for years, and won a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials in 2006. But it's still good fun, and a great example about how a simple idea executed just so can be much more satisfying than a big,
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- Monika Bartyzel
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Brendan Fraser Fighting Cute Critters
28 January 2009 5:33 PM, PST
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I mean this is the nicest way possible, but what the hell has happened to Brendan Fraser? Let's all think back to the year 1998 when I was convinced Fraser was going to get the credit as an actor he so deserved after starring in Gods and Monsters. Then, when he took his spot as Indiana Jones' heir apparent in The Mummy, it seemed like he was slated to be the next big thing. But, here we are 10 years later, and let's just say I'm glad I didn't put any money on my earlier claims. Fraser has been happy to hang in the kiddie flick ghetto, and judging by this latest announcement, he has no plans on leaving any time soon. Variety reports that the man has just signed to star in the family-friendly flick Furry Vengeance for Summit Entertainment (since I will give credit where credit is due, I have
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- Jessica Barnes
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Brendan Fraser Starring in Furry Vengeance
26 January 2009 11:13 PM, PST
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Brendan Fraser, whose latest flick Inkheart didn’t have the best weekend, has signed on to star in Furry Vengeance, a live-action family comedy that Robert Kumble is attached to direct.
Fraser will play a real estate developer whose new housing subdivision pushes far into a pristine part of the Oregon wilderness, pitting the developer against a band of angry critters. The script was penned by Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert, who previously wrote the Billy Bob Thornton and Seann William Scott comedy, Mr. Woodcock.
Kumble’s directing credits include Cruel Intentions, The Sweetest Thing, Just Friends and College Road Trip.
Summit Entertainment and Participant Media are co-financing and co-producing the movie, marking their first collaboration since announcing a multipic distribution deal last week.
Robert Simonds (The Wedding Singer) will produce with Keith Goldberg (The Man). Production is slated to start by early summer.
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- James Cook
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Brendan Fraser to star in "Furry Vengeance"
26 January 2009 10:39 PM, PST
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Brendan Fraser is set to star in the Roger Kumble directed "Furry Vengeance" which Summit Entertainment and Partipant Media are co-financing. Script was written by "Mr. Woodcock" writers Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert.
The live-action family comedy which starts production by early summer, has Fraser as a real estate developer whose new subdivision reaches too far into a beautiful Oregon wilderness and leaves him against a group of angry critters.
Robert Simonds is producing with Keith Goldberg. Fraser can currently be seen in Iain Softley's "Inkheart"
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Brendan Fraser to star in "Furry Vengeance"
26 January 2009 10:39 PM, PST
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Brendan Fraser is set to star in the Roger Kumble directed "Furry Vengeance" which Summit Entertainment and Partipant Media are co-financing. Script was written by "Mr. Woodcock" writers Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert.
The live-action family comedy which starts production by early summer, has Fraser as a real estate developer whose new subdivision reaches too far into a beautiful Oregon wilderness and leaves him against a group of angry critters.
Robert Simonds is producing with Keith Goldberg. Fraser can currently be seen in Iain Softley's "Inkheart"
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Brendan Fraser to star in "Furry Vengeance"
26 January 2009 10:39 PM, PST
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Brendan Fraser is set to star in the Roger Kumble directed "Furry Vengeance" which Summit Entertainment and Partipant Media are co-financing. Script was written by "Mr. Woodcock" writers Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert.
The live-action family comedy which starts production by early summer, has Fraser as a real estate developer whose new subdivision reaches too far into a beautiful Oregon wilderness and leaves him against a group of angry critters.
Robert Simonds is producing with Keith Goldberg. Fraser can currently be seen in Iain Softley's "Inkheart" which opened last weekend. Unfortunately, the originally at New Line and now sent out by Warner Bros., was not well received, bringing in a paltry $7.6 million from 2,655 theatres.
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Brendan Fraser to star in "Furry Vengeance"
26 January 2009 10:39 PM, PST
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Brendan Fraser is set to star in the Roger Kumble directed "Furry Vengeance" which Summit Entertainment and Partipant Media are co-financing. Script was written by "Mr. Woodcock" writers Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert.
The live-action family comedy which starts production by early summer, has Fraser as a real estate developer whose new subdivision reaches too far into a beautiful Oregon wilderness and leaves him against a group of angry critters.
Robert Simonds is producing with Keith Goldberg. Fraser can currently be seen in Iain Softley's "Inkheart"
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Fraser Seeks Vengeance
26 January 2009 4:48 PM, PST
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If Brendan Fraser is in anyway bent on being taken seriously as a dramatic actor, he sure has a funny way of showing it. Mr. Family Adventure himself has signed on to star in the film Furry Vengeance, in which he will play a real estate developer whose new housing subdivision interferes with a pristine of the Oregon wilderness, pitting the developer against a band of angry critters. Roger Kumble (College Road Trip), will direct a script written by Mr. Woodcock scribes Michael Carnes and
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- Daniel Barna
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