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Bradley Cooper Replacing Shia Labeouf in Dark Fields Adaptation
6 November 2009 7:28 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Actor Bradley Cooper has been cast as the lead in director Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) latest thriller, Dark Fields, replacing Shia Labeouf, who was originally up for the role. Cooper will play a struggling writer who experiments with Mdt-48, a drug that helps him tap into his brain's full potential, making him smarter and more charismatic. However, it also has some negative side-effects, such as headaches, blackouts, and violence. After his supply of the drug runs low, he goes in search of more only to discover its origins are deadlier than he could imagine.
Described as being in the same vein as The Game and Fight Club, the Dark Fields screenplay was adapted from Alan Glynn's book of the same name by Leslie Dixon (The Heartbreak Kid). Dixon, Scott Kroopf, and Relativity Media's Ryan Kavanaugh are producing, with Relativity's Tucker Tooley acting as executive producer.
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- BrentJS Sprecher
Malin Akerman's Fine with Fame -- as Long as She's Not Robert Pattinson
25 October 2009 1:22 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Actress Malin Akerman's career has been on an upward trajectory since her breakout role on the short-lived Lisa Kudrow series The Comeback. Since then, Akerman has gone psycho in The Heartbreak Kid with Ben Stiller, played a superhero in Zack Snyder's Watchmen, and is currently starring in one of this year's biggest comedy hits, Couples Retreat.
In the October issue of 944 magazine, Akerman talked about some of her upcoming projects and discussed the price of fame. For her next film, she's taking a break from comedy for a dramatic role.
Yes, The Bang Bang Club — it's based on a true story of two photojournalists' journey through the end of Apartheid — I play the photo editor. The story's incredible and it's really raw. We used a lot of locals and shot in all the same places where things happened.
Akerman will return to comedy in writer-director Josh Radnor's HappyThankYouMorePlease, »
- BrentJS Sprecher
Michelle Monaghan On 'Trucker'
12 October 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Late last week, my girlfriend and I plopped onto the couch to watch "Trucker," Michelle Monaghan's indie flick that has been doing the film festival circuit since debuting at Tribeca in 2008. I'd be sitting down with the actress the next day—a day before the movie was set to get a theatrical release—and some kind marketing folks had sent the DVD my way.
Within the first few seconds of "Trucker," there's Monaghan vigorously, vociferously gettin' busy in a motel room. My girlfriend wondered aloud just what kind of movie I'd brought home, while I, I must confess, was hooked. So was Monaghan, as I'd find out when she stopped by the MTV News offices to chat.
"I don't even have to read the rest of the script before I say yes," she laughed when I asked about that first scene.
But it was really what came after—a »
- Eric Ditzian
Review: Trucker
10 October 2009 7:02 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
By Erik Davis, reprinted from the Tribeca Film Festival 4/26/08
I was completely honest with actress Michelle Monaghan yesterday when I told her, right at the beginning of a one-on-one interview, that I'd been waiting a long time to watch her come alive in a role. In her relatively short career, Monaghan has already racked up quite the resume -- appearing in films like Mission Impossible III, Gone Baby Gone, The Bourne Supremacy, The Heartbreak Kid and Made of Honor. She's got a great, girl-next-door quality about her, but is she memorable? The good news here is that Monaghan finally delivered the sort of performance I've known was trapped somewhere inside her, hidden behind a variety of big, flashy Hollywood films. Make no mistake, this is her film. She owns it. But is that enough to convince you to see it?
In Trucker, she plays Diane, a female truck driver with »
- Cinematical staff
October 9: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
9 October 2009 2:47 PM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but the idea of just lying on a tropical beach -- even if you have to pretend the sofa is made of sand -- sounds so much more appealing. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Couples Retreat this weekend?” you can reply, “No, I reminded myself of the time when Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn had something actually funny and interesting to say.” Instead Of: Couples Retreat, a would-be comedy about four couples who take a vacation at a tropical resort that turns out less paradisiacal than any of them would have liked... Watch: If you really must have have more not-very-funny grossout “romantic” “comedies” set amongst palm trees and beautiful beaches, you’re »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Q&A: Couples Retreat's Malin Akerman Schools Us on Sex Moves
8 October 2009 9:40 PM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
An actor's career is more than just the sum of their most memorable catch-phrases, but that's sometimes the best they can hope for. Ask the typical movie nerd what comes to mind when they think of Al Pacino, and nine out of ten of them will yell back in a regrettable Cuban accent, "Say hello to my little friend!" Nowhere is this more true than in comedy. Steve Martin could win a dozen Oscars and he'll still be remembered as the guy who says "Excuuuuuuuse me." Mike Myers will be asking the rhetorical question "Do I make you horny?" six nights a week on the inevitable Indian casino tour of his future. And Steve Carell, long after The Office is just a distant memory, will never stop being asked to repeat "That's what she said" like a comedy parrot. But consider poor Malin Akerman. Her career is still in its infancy, »
Exclusive Video Interview: Michelle Monaghan
6 October 2009 3:18 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
You may know Michelle Monaghan as the girl from The Heartbreak Kid, or Eagle Eye, or a half a dozen other studio movies in which she's good, but definitely not the main character or the focus of the story. Sadly, that's par for the course for a lot of Hollywood actresses, who frequently get stuck playing the girlfriend or the sidekick without ever getting a chance to show how talented they really are. But Michelle Monaghan has found a way to get the attention she deserves-- going independent. This weekend she stars in the teeny tiny indie Trucker, the debut feature from writer-director James Mottern, starring Monaghan as long-haul truck driver Diane. She's spent the last 10 years living a carefree life that involves a lot of drinking and a lot of different men, and barely stopping to think about the 11-year-old son (Jimmy Bennett) she's left to be raised by »
Ben Stiller Bites Fox's Hand For Feeding Him
1 August 2009 9:17 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
There are times when Ben Stiller seems to own comedy. It.s an odd notion considering the guy.s made some pretty mediocre films (Envy, The Heartbreak Kid). But often enough, he releases something that hits all of the right notes and makes you realize just how talented he truly his (Tropic Thunder, Mystery Men). The dude.s got a grasp on absurdist satire. That.s why it.s not a surprise to see the video that Movieline has gotten hold of. It.s an exclusive and likely never supposed to be seen video that has Stiller tearing 20th Century Fox a new one, as well as himself. In the video, Stiller takes shots at Fox.s executives, their rich and artistic library of movies (Explosion! Explosion! Wave!), but gives Slumdog Millionaire a pass. The video was likely made for employees at his production company Red Hour as well as »
Couples Retreat – Trailer
3 July 2009 10:26 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
In the movies, happy Couples are boring. At the least, they don’t tend to make us laugh. (Yes, I’m sure there’s an example somewhere that will prove me wrong). But here’s a group of pairings that are going to focus on the “fun” of “dysfunctional marriages” and (hopefully) bring more laughter than pain in Couples Retreat. Coming out this October, the comedy about friends going together to a type of relationship rehab stars Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Watchmen’s Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis and Faizon Love, to name a few.
Call me crazy, but there’s no way that Couples Retreat could be a disaster. Despite the somewha chaotic characters of the film, the cast members are nothing but a harmonious chorus of comedy – a plethora of funny personalities that have shown off their laugh stripes numerous times before. Even Malin Akerman »
- Nick Allen
Gordon-Levitt and Wilson Join Hesher
29 April 2009 9:39 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
The trades are reporting that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Rainn Wilson have signed on to star alongside Natalie Portman in the indie dramedy Hesher. The film is the feature directorial debut of music video director Spencer Susser. The story centers on a loser twenty-something who invades the life of an awkward 13-year-old who is living with a pill-popping father and grandmother. Gordon-Levitt is playing the title character, a good and bad influence on the boy's life. Wilson is the dad trying to keep his family together after the death of his wife. Portman, who is producing the film with Lucy Cooper (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, Transamerica), plays a supermarket worker for whom the kid falls for after she saves him from a bully. Susser wrote the script with David Michod. Matt Weaver (The Heartbreak Kid), Scott Prisand and Scot Armstrong (Old School) are also producing. Production begins next week in Los Angeles. »
- James Cook
Schumacher and Sutherland Reunite for Twelve
5 April 2009 10:11 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
Joel Schumacher has signed ton to direct an adaptation of the Nick McDonell novel Twelve, about teenage drug use and decadence on the Upper East Side, for Gaumont, Radar Pictures and Original Media. The film will star Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin, Curtis “50 Cent" Jackson, Ellen Barkin and Kiefer Sutherland, who previously collaborated with Shcumacher on The Lost Boys, Flatliners and Phone Booth. Jordan Melamed wrote the script. The story follows a high school dropout-turned-drug dealer. His lucrative life sours when the dealer's cousin is brutally murdered on an East Harlem playground and his best friend is arrested for the crime. Gaumont chairman Sidonie Dumas (Jcvd) and CEO Christophe Riandee will produce with Original Media CEO Charlie Corwin (The Squid and the Whale) and Radar CEO Ted Field (The Heartbreak Kid), who optioned the novel in 2002. Production begins April 20 in New York. »
- James Cook
Instant Fame: Megan Fox and Malin Ackerman
21 March 2009 10:30 PM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
Much like Transformers turned Megan Fox into an instant star, Watchmen has created yet another, Malin Akerman. Aside from the obvious fact that they are both beautiful women, who are they and what makes them so special? How did they make their way to Hollywood stardom? PopStar takes a look at the career paths of these two extraordinary women... Malin Ackerman Malin, who turns 31 next month, hails from Stockholm, Sweden. She made her debut in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict in an episode called "Truth" as the Avatar. This was during its first season, which would go on to produce a total of four. It would be three years before we would see her again, this time playing a small role in the movie, The Skulls. She was Caleb's roommate, played by Paul Walker. That same year, she played in the pilot episode of a television show called The Others, »
- rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)
Instant Fame: Megan Fox and Malin Ackerman
21 March 2009 10:30 PM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
Much like Transformers turned Megan Fox into an instant star, Watchmen has created yet another, Malin Akerman. Aside from the obvious fact that they are both beautiful women, who are they and what makes them so special? How did they make their way to Hollywood stardom? PopStar takes a look at the career paths of these two extraordinary women... Malin Ackerman Malin, who turns 31 next month, hails from Stockholm, Sweden. She made her debut in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict in an episode called "Truth" as the Avatar. This was during its first season, which would go on to produce a total of four. It would be three years before we would see her again, this time playing a small role in the movie, The Skulls. She was Caleb's roommate, played by Paul Walker. That same year, she played in the pilot episode of a television show called The Others, »
- rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)
Instant Fame: Megan Fox and Malin Ackerman
21 March 2009 10:30 PM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
Much like Transformers turned Megan Fox into an instant star, Watchmen has created yet another, Malin Akerman. Aside from the obvious fact that they are both beautiful women, who are they and what makes them so special? How did they make their way to Hollywood stardom? PopStar takes a look at the career paths of these two extraordinary women... Malin Ackerman Malin, who turns 31 next month, hails from Stockholm, Sweden. She made her debut in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict in an episode called "Truth" as the Avatar. This was during its first season, which would go on to produce a total of four. It would be three years before we would see her again, this time playing a small role in the movie, The Skulls. She was Caleb's roommate, played by Paul Walker. That same year, she played in the pilot episode of a television show called The Others, »
- rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)
'Eastbound and Down'
13 March 2009 11:43 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Eastbound and Down is a half-hour sitcom that is executive produced by Will Ferrell and airs on HBO. That should give you pretty good idea of what to expect. HBO is the home of the delightful Flight of the Conchords (reviewed here) and popular dramas such as Sex and the City, Deadwood, Rome, Six Feet Under and Entourage. In other words, its specialty is adult entertainment. Will Ferrell, meanwhile, has shown in the likes of Anchorman that he has a penchant for risqué material like. Eastbound and Down is definitely that.
The basic premise of Eastbound and Down is a familiar one: white-trash slob meets people who are at least half-decent and somewhat intelligent. Result: hysterics. Well, intermit laughs, anyway. In this case the slob is former baseball star Kenny Powers. At the start of Chapter One of Eastbound we get a whizbang trip through his rise to fame as »
Today's Short: "Watchmen Tour with Malin Akerman"
13 March 2009 10:11 AM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
What do you do when you're the roommate of the star of the biggest movie in theaters right now? If you're Malin Akerman's roomie Nicol Paone, you make bank by starting a charging nerds hundreds of dollars to watch her sleep.
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"You needed the money, and I was a drunk. But times have changed." Akerman does comedy better than superheroing. Paone, who was in The Heartbreak Kid with Akerman, is a sketch comedian and she wrote this short herself. She'll be appearing in Judd Apatow's Funny People this year.
Today's Short is a daily feature on JustPressPlay showcasing wonderful short films found all around the web. If you have suggestions, hit us up.
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- Arya Ponto
Watchmen: An Interview With Malin Akerman
5 March 2009 10:32 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
The grim, noir laced phantasmagoria of faded superhero's and the various inter-personal demons they battle known as Watchmen has finally – after two decades of false starts – arrived on screen and man alive, is it an ambitious picture. Under the, um, watchful eye of director Zack Snyder, the same bloodthirsty stylist who brought you 300 and the controversial but otherwise pulse pounding Dawn Of The Dead remake, has taken great pains to ensure that the movie remains as faithful to writer Alan Moore’s text and artist David Gibbons’ illustrations as humanly possible, giving us a near 3 hour, ultra nihilistic and hyper intellectual audio and visual dark fantasy epic that is as bold, ballsy and brilliant as it is uneven and demanding.
Watchmen paints an abstract portrait of a world teetering on the brink of destruction. It's 1985. Nixon is in his fifth presidential term and cold war tensions between Russia and the »
Cusack, Corddry, Robinson and Duke for Hot Tub Time Machine
24 February 2009 1:28 AM, PST | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
Now here's a ragtag group of comedic actors. MGM has picked up John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and, if they're lucky, Clark Duke to star in their upcoming comedy Hot Tub Time Machine.
Rob Corddry, John Cusack, Craig
Robinson for Hot Tub Time Machine Directed by Steve Pink, Hot Tub Time Machine follows a group of friends who are frustrated when they return to a ski lodge where they partied as teens. They then get in a hot tub -- which happens to be a time machine -- and get transported to 1987.
While everybody should know John Cusack, the other three names might not ring a bell for some. Rob Corddry recently left The Daily Show to pursue a career in acting. So far he's been doing pretty well with films such as Semi-Pro, The Heartbreak Kid, Blades of Glory and many more. »
Check Out Our Gallery of 87 'Watchmen' Images
12 February 2009 5:09 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Photo: Warner Bros. Warner Bros. has just released an onslaught of new images from the upcoming March 6 release Watchmen which has caused our photo gallery to overflow with a whopping total of 87 images from the film ranging from set pictures, posters, comic comparisons, promo shots and obviously several images from the film itself. Featured in this short post are only a couple of the new pics available, give any of them a click or click right here to check out the full gallery. Photo: Warner Bros. A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante »
- Brad Brevet
It Doesn't Take a Master Mind to Put Tina Fey, Ben Stiller, and Robert Downey Jr. in the Same Movie -- Even if it's just for voice work
5 February 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Dreamworks Animation doesn't waste any time in planning to dominate the Thanksgiving weekend, even the one that won't happen till 2010. They're going to do it with fun little concept for a movie called "Master Mind" which is about a super villain who loses his life's purpose when he accidentally kills his superhero nemesis. Robert Downey Jr., Ben Stiller, and Tina Fey are all in negotiations to provide voice work for the film. I'm never sure how excited I should get for voice work. Yes, I'm a fan of these three (although certainly Downey and Fey more than Stiller; Downey and Fey didn't subject me to "The Heartbreak Kid") but they're not actually in the movie. Sometimes I want the professional voice actor like Tara Strong or Rob Paulsen. But I guess you can't really slap their name up on the marquee. Still, I'm sure Downey, Stiller, ... »
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