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Blu-ray Giveaway: I Love You, Beth Cooper

9 November 2009 7:50 AM, PST | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »

Hayden Panettiere makes the jump from Heroes to a big screen leading role in I Love You, Beth Cooper, now available on Blu-ray Disc and DVD from Fox Home Entertainment.

While you enjoy (or stay away) from season four of Heroes now airing on Monday evenings, you can enter for a chance to win one of five I Love You, Beth Cooper on Blu-ray Disc titles up for grabs. Send in the completed entry form below for a chance to win. You can also return any day after and enter again to increase the odds of winning each time.

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Chris Columbus (Home Alone films) and starring hot Hollywood sensation Hayden Panettiere in the title role, the film is based on a novel written by Emmy Award-winner Larry Doyle (The Simpsons). When Denis Cooverman (Paul Rust; Semi-Pro), the geekiest guy in high school, proclaims his love for »

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20 Ways to Get Your "Arrested Development" Movie Fix*

5 November 2009 7:09 PM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

*Until they actually make the movie

Forget Scientology or Heaven's Gate. Today, the biggest cult in our country may very well be the teeming masses anxiously awaiting the return of "Arrested Development." After years of rumors and dashed hopes, it seems the beloved TV show will finally, for real, this time, be reincarnated on the big screen.

But don't break out your Cornballers yet: the film isn't set to hit theaters until 2011. How will you last that long? While you can treasure your DVD collection of all three seasons (or, for that matter, catch re-airs on IFC), you'll probably want to vary things up in the year-plus before we get sweet relief. Off the top of your head, you might know to watch Michael Cera in "Juno," but where can you find Judy Greer in a role as crazy as Kitty Sanchez? Will Arnett as a man as bumbling and self-involved as Gob? »

- Matt Singer

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John Singleton Tackles Comedy Concert Film With Comedian DeRay Davis

4 November 2009 2:56 AM, PST | The Humor Mill | See recent The Humor Mill news »

We have just discovered from our sources that director John Singleton has his next project and its not the A-Team as reports would have lead you at one time to believe- even though they are filming that movie now; but is a comedy concert film.

We discovered that Singleton has decided to film comedian DeRay Davis’ stand-up performance (yet to be titled) and release it nationally, and not as a DVD for the video store but as the first stand up film in years to be released theatrically. As of this writing, rumor has it that the film will be shot next month.

Davis, you may recall, recently featured his comedic performance in Shaq’s Comedy All Stars on Showtime and was in several films such as Imagine That (starring Eddie Murphy), Semi-Pro (starring Will Ferrell) and Code Name: The Cleaner (with Cedric The Entertainer) just to name a few »

- noreply@blogger.com (The Humor Mill Magazine)

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The Blu-Ray Review: Land of the Lost

3 November 2009 7:55 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »

If you'll pardon the pun, Will Ferrell's movie career has become a decidedly hit or miss proposition. He still churns out successes like 2008's Step Brothers, but he also stars in duds like that same year's Semi-Pro.

Plop 2009's Land of the Lost in the "bomb" category. Given its huge budget and summer blockbuster expectations, Lost definitely disappointed. $49 million isn't total disaster territory, but it's far below the levels achieved by the average summer hit. I like Ferrell, so I hope he rebounds soon. A loose remake of the 1970s Sid and Marty Krofft TV series, Lost introduces us to paleontologist Dr. Rick Marshall (Ferrell). He advocates the existence of time warps and touts them as a solution to energy problems.

His peers view him as a crackpot, but it turns out that Marshall's tachyon amplifier actually works. Down on his luck, Rick doesn't believe in himself of his invention, »

- Paul

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Steve Carell on Par for Rick Reilly Golf Comedy 'Missing Links'

26 October 2009 5:50 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

While I admit that I do still love the curly haired comedic force that is Will Ferrell, his recent foray into nonsensical off-the-wall sports comedies (e.g. Semi-Pro) is beginning to lose its appeal. Thankfully he's moved on and seems to be passing the reins over to Steve Carell, as THR's Risky Biz Blog reports that the actor will star and produce Missing Links, a comedy set in the world of golf about a player angling for a better place to drive his balls. Okay that sounded dirty, but we've all seen 40-Year-Old Virgin so I think we can handle it. Writer Jay Lavender (The Break-Up) adapted the script from a novel by Espn’s Rick Reilly. More specifically, Reilly's novel "tells of a group of bumblers who, after playing for years at a run-down municipal golf course in a working-class Boston neighborhood, concoct a series of schemes that they »

- Ethan Anderton

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Paul Rust to Star in TV Comedy Series About Working at Wal-mart

21 October 2009 11:12 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

How does this show not exist yet? Oh, sure, there are workplace comedies. But America's big-box and discount chain stores, of which Wal-mart is the rarely-disputed and ready to be deposed king, haven't played home to a sitcom that targets what it's like to actually work for one of the stores day in and day out. Actor Paul Rust (Semi-Pro, I Love You Beth Cooper, and glimpsed in Inglourious Basterds) worked for Wal-mart after college, and now he's sold NBC on a half-hour sitcom based on the experience. The show, which Variety says is as yet untitled, won't take place at an actual Wal-mart, which is unfortunate. Allowing that to happen might show that the company has a sense of humor. Instead it will be set in a 'fictional big-box' store, and hopefully at the end of one of the show's seasons we'll get to see it burn. "This is »

- Russ Fischer

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What Jackie Earle Haley Has to Say About Sinestro Rumor

18 October 2009 10:48 PM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Rumored to be on the top of the list to portray villainous Sinestro in "Green Lantern", Jackie Earle Haley delivered a different story when attending Spike TV's 2009 Scream Awards. On Saturday, October 17, the Rorschach of "Watchmen" confessed to MTV, "I just heard about this, literally."

Commenting more on the rumor, the 48-year-old shared, "I know the guys that are doing it. It's exciting to me. It makes me want to go get the Green Lantern comics and start reading up." While he admitted to have just heard about the speculation, he didn't shoot down the possibility. He said, "I don't know much about it. I'm a comics fan, but I haven't gotten into that one yet. I guess I'd better do my homework."

On Friday, October 16, Ain't It Cool News sparked rumors that the new Freddy Krueger of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" could be playing the villain who »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Will Ferrell Set For “Everything Must Go”

17 October 2009 6:18 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Will Ferrell (Step Brothers, Semi-Pro, Old School) has agreed to star in the low budget film, “Everything Must Go.” The indie film from first-time feature director Dan Rush will have a budget of just $10 million.

Will Ferrell

Rush wrote the script, based on a Raymond Carver short story. Ferrell plays a man who loses his job and then gets locked out of the house by his wife. When she throws out all of his belongings, he decides to spend the next four days on the lawn trying to sell them.

Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey will produce through their Temple Hill Productions company.

In a statement, producer Bowen said:

Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character’s ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven’t really seen before.

Filming begins in March »

- Allan Ford

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Jackie Earle Haley, the Top Contender for 'Green Lantern' Villain

17 October 2009 12:27 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Following confirmation about its production that has been pulled out of Australia, "Green Lantern" is hit with a casting rumor. Ain't It Cool News (AICN) has come up with the story that the lead villain in this adaptation of the DC Comics' superhero may well be portrayed by Jackie Earle Haley.

According to Harry Knowles of AICN, someone "working on the film" claimed that the new Freddy Krueger of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" is on top of the actors list considered for the part of Sinestro. The scooper reportedly also spoiled that Superman "will be making a cameo," adding that "all depends upon how... other DC things go."

Sinestro is the former mentor of Hal Jordan and the arch-nemesis of the entire Green Lantern Corps. He was banished from the Corps after using the power of the Green Lantern to instill fear rather than combat it. In the casting call, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Everything Must Go for Will Ferrell

16 October 2009 7:47 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »

Another screenplay listed on the 2008 Black List is headed into production. Will Ferrell will topline Everything Must Go, the Dan Rush-penned comedy about a man who, after being kicked from his family home by his wife and finding all of his worldly possessions on the front lawn, starts to sell of everything he owns. Rush will also get to direct the modestly budgeted $10 million dollar production.

"Will is one of the best at making an audience sympathize with a character's ordeal, and the blending and comedy in this script will show a side of him that we haven't really seen before," said Marty Bowen, one of the producers.

Based on a Raymond Carver short story, Everything Must Go could be an opportunity for Ferrell to reprove himself in the eyes of Hollywood. Land of the Lost cost a lot of money to make but proved to be an underperformer »

- Patrick Sauriol

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Woke Up Dead | Zom-Com Web Series

5 October 2009 6:34 AM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

Woke Up Dead is a new live-action zombie comedy from Electric Farm Entertainment appearing on Sony Pictures Entertainment’s online video network, Crackle.com. The original online series stars comedian Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite, Blades of Glory), Josh Gad (Back to You, The Rocker), Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad, 27 Dresses), Jean Smart (24, Samantha Who?) and Wayne Knight (Seinfeld). Woke Up Dead, marks Heder's first foray into the world of web programming and takes place in various locations around Los Angeles, California. The story of Woke Up Dead follows Drex Greene (Heder), a regular recent college grad who finds himself undergoing an inexplicable transformation that begins when he wakes up at the bottom of a water-filled bathtub. Drex’s roommate Matt, who has been eagerly filming his demise, informs him that he’s easily (and inhumanly) been underwater for more than a half-hour. As he starts to develop zombie-like tendencies, Drex finds »

- Dave Campbell

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Screen Rant Invades Fantastic Fest

24 September 2009 12:51 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

[Guest writer (and all around cool dude) Kevin Kelly will be covering Fantastic Fest for us - enjoy!]

Have you ever enjoyed a movie while having dinner and beer… at an actual movie theater? That’s the main claim to fame of Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse. But if that wasn’t enough, they’ve gone above and beyond by creating special programming that caters to the geek in all of us. Things like quote-alongs with The Big Lebowski and Office Space, outfitting an entire audience with Flint Tropics uniforms for Will Ferrell’s Semi-Pro, and tailoring their menu to match what’s on-screen. For example, right now you can enjoy root beer extract cookies while watching Mike Judge’s Extract.

 

How do you top all of that? By creating a film festival made entirely for movie geeks. This year marks their fifth annual Fantastic Fest, which was originally conceived by Drafthouse founder Tim League, among others. It’s an eight day celebration of movies that appeal to the geek in all of us, »

- Kevin Kelly

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Will Ferrell not moving into the 'Neighborhood'

3 August 2009 12:58 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

  It's a strange time in Will Ferrell's career.  After the disappointing returns for "Land of the Lost," mediocre results for last summer's "Step Brothers" and the bomb that was "Semi-Pro," Ferrell is in dire need of a hit.  Now, both trades are reporting that Ferrell and director David Dobkin have left what was expected to be the duos next project, "Neighborhood Watch."A Sci-Fi comedy about a city dweller who finds an alien conspiracy once he moves to the suburbs, production was expected to begin this fall. However, after Dobkin turned in a re-write of Jared Stern's original script he soon... »

- HitFix Staff

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‘The Hangover’ Gets its Sequel: Release Set for 2011

12 July 2009 7:05 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

A follow-up to this summer’s surprise hit of the year, The Hangover, will begin production this October with a Memorial Day 2011 release. Hangover director Todd Philips will start shooting after he completes work on the road-trip comedy Due Date.

Due Date will star Hangover stand-out, Zach Galifianakis, who travels with an expectant father as they race across the country to see the birth of his first child.

Get set for part two

Production will start this Fall for a summer 2010 release.

Philips, along with Scot Armstrong (Old School, Semi-Pro), began writing the still-untitled Hangover sequel after favorable test screenings showed potential for box office success. The Hangover has grossed $216 million domestically and has become the second highest grossing R-rated comedy behind Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop.

Hangover should leap Axel Foley sometime this summer.

The Hangover centers on a Las Vegas bachelor party that turns “into a race »

- Erik Buckman

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Rose McGowan’s New Dog And ‘Twilight’ Actor Peter Facinelli In A Bikini In Today’s Twitter-Wood

30 June 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled 5-0 today that Al Franken won last year’s Senate election, and it didn’t take long for responses to start popping up in the Twitter-Wood feed, including reactions from Larry King and Graham Linehan. Magician and quick-witted thinker Penn Jillette also brought politics into his tweets, pointing out the relevance of his film “The Aristocrats” in a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision.

The conversations weren’t all political though. Rose McGowan showed off a shot a of the new dog she adopted and Demi Moore posted her own puppy shot of Ashton Kutcher rolling around on the set of his new movie “Five Killers.” Meanwhile, “Twilight” actor Peter Facinelli was just innocently trying on a bikini and Russell Brand kept to what he does best, lacing an apology to his neglected Twitter followers with dog-and-leg-humping imagery. You’ll find all of this »

- Brian Warmoth

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Michael Jackson: ‘Twilight’ Cast Members And Other Reactions In A Twitter-Wood Special Edition

25 June 2009 5:10 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Mere hours after Michael Jackson’s death in Los Angeles, nearly everyone in the Twitter-Wood feed has already logged on to tweet their reactions to the loss of the King of Pop. While details surrounding this evening’s events are still coming to light, I wanted to assemble a special report that demonstrates how big of a role his contributions from “Thriller” to “Captain Eo” have played in the popular culture we all share.

Below are the sincere thoughts and responses to today’s news as tweeted by “Twilight” cast members, directors, and other Hollywood luminaries, including Mandy Moore, John Cusack, Miley Cyrus and many, many others.

@RachelleLefevre Rest in peace Farrah Fawcett & Michael Jackson. Condolences to their families.

-Rachelle Lefevre, Actress (”Twilight,” “Casino Jack”)

@peterfacinelli Its a sad day. Rip Farrah and Michael. I’ll never for get the first time I saw this. Rt @peterwintherThe moonwalk… http://bit. »

- Brian Warmoth

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Paris Hilton’s Tall New Friend And Andy Milonakis On Perez Hilton In Today’s Twitter-Wood

24 June 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Has the bad economy cramped your vacation plans this summer? Well, today in Twitter-Wood you can feel free to live vicariously through Paris Hilton’s trip to Dubai, Fred Durst’s continuing adventures in Poland, and Diablo Cody’s plans to hit up Dollywood. Did you know that Dollywood was still open? Because I didn’t.

There were plenty of follow-up tweets today, too, picking up where we left off with Tom Felton’s hair-dying for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” the collective Twitterverse’s reactions to “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” Andy Milonakis, meanwhile, get a hat-tip for audio tweet of the day with his personal contribution to the online Perez Hilton/will.i.am conversation. I’m @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter-Wood report for June 24, 2009.

@babygirlparis http://twitpic.com/8ac7g - This guy is Huge - Literally Huge!

-Paris Hilton, Actress (”The Hottie & the Nottie, »

- Brian Warmoth

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Ed McMahon Reactions, ‘Transformers 2′ And Ice-t On Perez Hilton In Today’s Twitter-Wood

23 June 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

The death of Ed McMahon, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and Perez Hilton’s scuffle with Black Eyed Peas frontman will.i.am dominated Twitter’s trending topics today, and the Twitter-Wood feed is on the case. Ashton Kutcher, Jon Favreau and plenty of others tweeted condolences to Johnny Carson’s former “Tonight Show” announcer, who died today in Los Angeles.

Tweets on the latter two categories have been significantly more mixed in their sentiments, but “Revenge of the Fallen” star Tyrese Gibson maintained his Twitter vigil that’s been documenting his recent film-related travels. Meanwhile, Ice-t chimed in with some public advice to Hilton. You can check out all of those tweets, our second celeb camera phone pic of the Mona Lisa, and much more below in the Twitter-Wood report for June 23, 2009.

Ed McMahon Reactions pt 1: @aplusk Rip Ed McMahon “the origional Hype man”

-Ashton Kutcher, Actor (”The Butterfly Effect, »

- Brian Warmoth

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Set Visit: I Love You, Beth Cooper Finds Its Heart in Vancouver

18 June 2009 2:45 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

"This is like an adolescent version of The Passion of the Christ" - Paul Rust, 2008

I Love You, Beth Cooper. Page 89. Earlier in the day, class valedictorian Dennis Cooverman emphatically proclaimed his love for Beth Cooper in the middle of his graduation commencement speech. Though she doesn't know it yet, she is the love of his young life. Sweet, yet almost too pretty for the room, Beth accepts these words and agrees to meet Dennis at his graduation after-party. It is now 10 pm that night. After waiting for what seemed like an eternity, Beth has finally arrived at Dennis' house with her two friends Treece and Cammy. They are known as the Trinity, and neither Dennis nor his pal Rich, can believe they are actually here, hanging out with them.

After one little mishap with a champagne bottle that sees the cork nailing Dennis in the eye, the party actually picks up, »

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Twitter-Wood: ‘Iron Man 2,’ Rainn Wilson’s Dog And Chocolate Chip Pancakes

15 June 2009 3:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Thanks to the magic of Twitter, Jon Favreau once again offered an “Iron Man 2” filming location report today as another business week kicked into gear in Hollywood, and on the Twitter-Wood feed as well. In addition to getting to know some film preferences from Nicole Richie and Meagan Good, Alyssa Milano chimed in with her favorite post-workout menu item, and Rainn Wilson showed off a pictures of his dog.

As usual, the feed today proved to be a smorgasbord of celeb show-and-tell with a few behind-the-scenes tips, and a lot of information you never would have picked up elsewhere, such as how Frankie Muniz feels about the city of Newark and which part of Mandy Moore’s body hurt after a busy morning. I’m @brianwarmoth and this is Twitter-Wood for June 15, 2009.

@Jon_Favreau Back in La. Back in the director’s chair.

-Jon Favreau, Director/Actor (”Iron Man 2, »

- Brian Warmoth

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