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Exclusive Interview: Danny McBride on Your Highness, Up In The Air and Eastbound & Down

23 November 2009 9:40 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

Danny McBride told me there is a scene in the upcoming David Gordon Green medieval comedy Your Highness where Natalie Portman asks him if his pussy hurts.  If you weren’t excited to see Green’s follow up to Pineapple Express, I don’t know what else will convince you after finding out that Natalie Portman says incredibly dirty and disgusting things to both Danny McBride and James Franco.

But I’m getting ahead of myself.

Two days ago, I sat down with Danny McBride for an exclusive interview to help promote Jason Reitman’s awesome movie Up in the Air.  But while we spent a few minutes on that film, we spent the majority of our time talking about the next season of Eastbound & Down and his upcoming film Your Highness, which he just wrapped in Belfast.  So if you’d like to read or listen to a great interview with Danny McBride, »

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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MacGruber with Will Forte and Ryan Phillippe to open in April

17 November 2009 5:24 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

First, MacGruber was a Saturday Night Live sketch starring Will Forte as a MacGyver knock off. Then it moved to a Pepsi commercial. So now the only logical conclusion is big box office film, right?

MacGruber is set for the big screen on April 23.

The cast has expanded with Will Forte, Ryan Phillippe, Kristen Wiig, Val Kilmer, Powers Boothe and Maya Rudolph. Yes, that’s right, Phillippe and Kilmer are along for the ride.

It’s directed by Jorma Taccone, who’s best known for … Ok, he’s not really known yet, but he’s directed SNL and had a small role in Hot Rod. Taccone also wrote the screenplay with Forte and John Solomon.

Enjoy a MacGruber/MacGvyer episode …

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- Jeff Bayer

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What did you see this weekend? Weekend Release Round-up

21 September 2009 11:36 AM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »

Moviegoers rejoice! Five new movies hit theaters this past Friday featuring something for everyone to enjoy whther you care for Drama, Comedy, Horror, Animation or Romance. What did you see this weekend? Which movie are your co-workers talking about this morning?

Bright Star First up is director Jane Campion’s romantic drama ‘Bright Star‘ based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, played by rising stars Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish.

‘Bright Star‘ takes place in 1818 and chronicles the secret love affair begins between 23 year-old English poet, John Keats (Ben Whishaw), and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), an out-spoken student of high fashion. This unlikely pair begin at odds, he thinking her a stylish minx, while she was unimpressed not only by his poetry but also by literature in general.

However, when Fanny heard that Keats was nursing his seriously ill younger brother, »

- Shannon

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MovieSet Spotlight: ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’

20 September 2009 12:00 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »

Check out the the newest clips from ‘Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs’.

In 2009, Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will be the most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children’s book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain. Bill Hader, star of “Saturday Night Live” and Night of the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, will voice Flint Lockwood, a young inventor who dreams of creating something that will improve everyone’s life. Anna Faris, who recently turned heads as the star of the comedy hit The House Bunny, takes on the role of Sam Sparks, a weathergirl covering the phenomenon who hides her intelligence behind a perky exterior. James Caan plays Tim Lockwood, Flint’s technophobic father. Andy Samberg plays Brent, the town bully who has plagued Flint since childhood. »

- Kyle Zahar

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Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 9/08/2009

5 September 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Curious to know what frightful films and devilish discs will be available to view in the privacy of your own digital dungeon this week? Fango's got you covered.

Below the jump you'll find the full list of titles arriving in-stores this Tuesday, September 8, 2009 in our weekly version of the famous Fangoria Chopping List - updated with all the last-minute additions and deletions.

Note: Clickable links lead to Amazon.com

Creepshow (Bd) - Warner Bros.

Amazon.com says: Inspired by the controversial E.C. Comics of the 1950s--which also provided the title and inspiration for the popular Tales from the Crypt TV series--director George Romero and screenwriter Stephen King serve up five delightfully frightful stories. Utilizing comic-book panels, animated segues, and exaggerated lighting and camera angles, Romero and cinematographer Michael Gornick come very close to replicating a horror comic in film format. The results mix fine acting with the morbid sense »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (James Zahn)

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Hill Learns The Best Thing About Pam Rooney

10 August 2009 9:57 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O'Brien have sold their comic pitch The Best Thing About Pam Rooney to Universal. The duo will pen the screenplay with the studio developing the project as a starring vehicle for Jonah Hill. Plot details are still being kept under wraps, but Hill will produce the high-concept romantic comedy and the scribes will be executive producers. Cohen and O’Brien come from the Judd Apatow world, having been co-producers on the filmmaker’s latest Funny People. The two are also developing their script Moving In at Montecito Picture Co. and Paramount for Cohen to direct. Cohen previously worked for Apatow as an associate producer on The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Talladega Nights, and O'Brien was assistant to The 40-Year-Old Virgin producer Shauna Robertson. Hill recently completed the Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off Get Him to the Greek, which centers on British rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand »

- James Cook

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Jason Segel Teams Up with Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman for Adventure Comedy

5 August 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Jason Segel made us appreciate the magic of puppets in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," now he wants to take us to a grand adventure.

Segel is teaming up with Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman for "The Adventurer's Handbook." "Hot Rod" director, Akiva Schaffer, is set to helm for Universal.

Hill co-wrote the script along with Matt Spicer and Max Winkler. The story? The Hollywood Reporter is saying:

Four childhood friends who are bored with the monotony of their lives embark on a global adventure inspired by the stories of explorers detailed in Mick Conefrey's book "The Adventurer's Handbook: Life Lessons From History's Great Explorers."

Segel, Hill, and Schwartzman, in essence, are all going to play losers. Segel is a talented musician who's an alcoholic and ends up being a backup piano player; Hill stars as an engineer estranged from his family; Schwartzman is a three-time Grammy winner but is spoiled rotten! »

- Manny

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Jason Segel Joins The Adventurer’s Handbook

5 August 2009 1:51 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I Love You Man) has joined the cast of  The Adventurer's Handbook. In February, Jonah Hill and his friend/writing partner Max Winkler (yes, Henry Winkler's son) sold a spec screenplay, originally titled Adventurer's Club, for a seven figure deal to Universal, with Lonely Island/SNL Digital Shorts/Hot Rod director Akiva Schaffer attached to direct. The story "centers on four 20-something guys who, inspired by a book [Mick Conefrey's non fiction handbook], set out overseas in search of a mysterious location described in the book." It has been described as "an edgy, broad comedy" likely to be R-rated. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Segel will play one of the four friends, "a talented musician who never got his act together, becoming a backup piano player and an alcoholic." Hill plays an "engineer, isolated from his family," and  Jason Schwartzman will play "a spoiled and cowardly three-time Grammy winner. »

- Peter Sciretta

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Jason Segel Joins Adventurer's Handbook

5 August 2009 12:46 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

The Adventurer's Handbook is becoming something of an Apatown reunion with Jason Segel signing on the dotted line to join Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in the globe-trotting comedy.Segel will play a once-promising musician who hits the bottle when his career hits the skids. Along with two friends, a lonely engineer (Hill) and a once Grammy-winning artist gone to seed (Schwartzman), he embarks on an extreme, planet-straddling expedition to break the monotony of their lives.Hot Rod's Akiva Schaffer will directing the movie, which is inspired by Mick Conefrey's book "The Adventurer's Handbook: Life Lessons From History's Great Explorers." Loosely inspired, you'd imagine, since the book recounted the exploits of Ernest Shackleton and Captain Cook, among others, and we can't see Universal sanctioning an actual bid for the North Pole.With his upcoming role alongside Jack Black in Gulliver's Travels, Segel's career has taken a turn for the intrepid. »

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Jason Segel Joins The Adventurer’s Handbook

4 August 2009 9:39 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Jason Segel, star of last year’s comedy hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, has joined the cast of Universal’s The Adventurer's Handbook. Segel will star alongside Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman, who can currently be seen together in the latest Judd Apatow flick Funny People. Hill, Matt Spicer and Max Winkler wrote the script, about four childhood friends who are bored with the monotony of their lives and embark on a global adventure inspired by the stories of explorers detailed in Mick Conefrey's book The Adventurer's Handbook: Life Lessons From History's Great Explorers. Segel will play a talented musician who never got his act together, becoming a backup piano player and an alcoholic; Hill plays an engineer, isolated from his family; Schwartzman is a spoiled and cowardly three-time Grammy winner. Akiva Schaffer, best known for his work with Andy Samberg »

- James Cook

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Jason Segel going for 'Adventurer's Handbook'

4 August 2009 7:31 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

Funny guy Jason Segel is in talks to join Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in Universal Pictures' upcoming comedy "The Adventurer's Handbook."

In the film, four friends bored to death embark on an adventure inspired by the stories and characters in Mick Conefrey's book "The Adventurer's Handbook: Life Lessons From History's Great Explorers."

Hill wrote the script with Matt Spicer and Max Winkler, and Akiva Schaffer ("Hot Rod") is directing "Handbook." The Hollywood Reporter says production should kick off next year.

Segel, by the way, would play a musician who spends his time as a backup piano player and alcoholic. Hill is an isolated engineer, with Schwartzman set to play a Grammy winner. »

- Franck Tabouring

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Exclusive: Jason Segel joins Jonah Hill on 'The Adventurer's Handbook'

4 August 2009 4:22 PM, PDT | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »

Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) will be joining Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman for The Adventurer's Handbook for director Akiva Schaffer (Hot Rod). The actor is attached to the film, based on the book by Mick Conefrey with the script from Hill and his writing partners Max Winkler and Matthew Spicer. The trio sold the script back in February to Universal, after it was sent over to Hollywood's top studio heads on red, watermarked paper. The project centers on four 20-something guys, who inspired by a book of the same name, set out overseas in search of a mysterious location described in the book. R-rated in tone, the film is still in development and doesn't yet have a greenlight or a start date. »

- Nicole Sperling

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Jorma Taccone Set to Helm MacGruber

7 July 2009 12:14 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

Production Weekly is reporting Jorma Taccone will make his feature directorial debut with MacGruber, a big screen version of SNL’s spoof on the popular 80s television series MacGyver. MacGrbuer has been featured in a number of Digital Shorts, which Tacoone also directed. Will Forte, who confirmed the project was happening last month on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, stars as the title character. Right now the only other confirmed cast member is Kristen Wiig. Taccone, Forte and John Solomon wrote the script. Solomon and Taccone are both writers for SNL and also co-wrote the comedy Extreme Movie. Taccone is also one third of the comedy troupe The Lonely Island, along with Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg, He’s also appeared in front of the camera in Hot Rod and Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost. The MacGruber movie marks the first feature based on an SNL character in nearly ten years. »

- James Cook

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Danny McBride is a Hench

5 June 2009 10:25 AM, PDT | SmellsLikeScreenSpirit | See recent SmellsLikeScreenSpirit news »

The awesomely funny Danny McBride is the shooting star in Hollywood right now. He continues to make his way into almost every major comedy that comes out. McBride first appeared in The Foot Fist Way and has been solidly working ever since. His smaller parts in Pineapple Express, Hot Rod, Tropic Thunder, & Observe and Report have rocketed his career into the hot seat with the starring role in his own HBO series Eastbound And Down, and supporting role in Land Of The Lost which opens today. Given this solid resume, it seems that he is ready to lead in the upcoming action comedy Hench. McBride will co-write Hench with Shawn Harwell based on a graphic novel by Adam Beechen and Mario Bello. McBride’s offbeat, arrogant, uncomfortable humor sounds perfect for the role as a football player who gets injured, is forced »

- Dave Campbell

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Will Forte Confirms MacGruber Movie

2 June 2009 9:29 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »

SNL’s MacGruber, a spoof on the popular 80s television series MacGyver, which started out as a series of Digital shorts is heading to the big screen. A MacGruber movie has been rumored before, but now Will Forte, who plays the misfit character, has confirmed a film is on the way. The SNL vet recently broke the news on NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, saying “John Solomon, Jorma Taccone and I just finished writing it. We’re gonna make it in Albuquerque. It’s me and Kirsten Wiig and cast to be determined.” Solomon and Taccone are both writers for SNL and also co-wrote the comedy Extreme Movie. Taccone is also on third of the comedy troupe The Lonely Island, along with Akiva Schaffer and Andy Samberg, He’s also appeared in front of the camera in Hot Rod and the upcoming Will Ferrell Land of the Lost. »

- James Cook

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Danny McBride Is Hench

29 May 2009 2:14 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Good news! The very funny and quirky Danny McBride’s star continues to rise and rise, with today’s news that he’ll write and star in the new Warner Bros. action comedy, Hench.McBride – who appeared on the scene about five minutes ago with his starring role in The Foot Fist Way and has been knocking great cameos out of the park in the likes of Pineapple Express, Hot Rod and Tropic Thunder – will play an ex-American football player whose career is ended by injury.Forced to find a regular job, a job type job, he signs up as a henchman for a successful villain. And from there, hilarity ensues…The premise, based on a graphic novel by Adam Beechen and Mario Bello, is neat, if a little obviously inspired by Austin Powers, but McBride’s offbeat, arrogance-infused sense of humour, coupled with his burly physicality, should make this a winner. »

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SNL to Make MacGruber Movie?

19 May 2009 12:56 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Saturday Night Live hasn’t produced a big screen movie in almost ten years (unless you somehow count Mean Girls, Hot Rod or Baby Mama, which were produced by Lorne Michaels). And probably for good reason. SNL hasn’t been relevant for nearly a decade, but in recent years has gotten a new life thanks to among other things, the addition of The Lonely Island crew. And there was a short period of time when a Saturday Night Live movie wasn’t a bad thing. It’s hard to look beyond all the Ladies Mans, Superstars, Coneheads and Night at the Roxburys to see the one good film like Wayne’s World. And with a track record like that, should Saturday Night Live return to the motion picture business? Lorne Michaels tells The Hollywood Reporter that a feature film based on MacGruber is being considered. “It would have to be »

- Peter Sciretta

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What Does The Observer Have Against Danny McBride?

20 March 2009 4:32 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

The answer to that question appears to be everything! In a piece entitled Danny McBride, We Don't Get You!, writer Christopher Rosen takes the comedian to task for everything from his "ugly and unredeemable characters" to a more general complaint that the man is just plain unfunny. Rosen goes on to describe McBride as "...Will Ferrell, only without the charm or talent." Ouch, did McBride run over this guy's dog with a piece of Kenny F**king Powers Awesomeness, or what?

But Rosen has plenty of venom to go around, and he also tears a strip off McBride's latest comedy partner, David Gordon Green. The two worked together on the HBO series East Bound and Down and announced last year that they would be working together again on the medieval comedy, Your Highness. But according to Rosen, Green's choice to work with McBride is the equivalent of getting career advice from Tommy Chong. »

- Jessica Barnes

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Andy Samberg to Host MTV Movie Awards

20 March 2009 10:36 AM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

When Andy Samberg first started on “SNL,” I was not a fan and his movie Hot Rod was ridiculous.  Then he started to grow on me.  Short films like “Dick in a Box” were hilarious, but what really turned me around was the silly concept of “Punched in the Face.”  A guy is walking down the street and Boom! Samberg punches him in the face.  I laughed.

Plus I saw his supporting role in I Love You, Man.  Samberg doesn’t quite steal the show because Paul Rudd is so funny, but his delivery was flawless.  Now (after political coverage died down) his digital shorts and Mark Wahlberg impression on “SNL” are the only thing keeping that show afloat.  Samberg rules.

MTV sees that and wants help with their floundering awards show.  Andy Samberg has agreed to host the 2009 MTV Movie Awards.

I still probably won’t watch it since »

- Jeff Leins

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Samberg hosts for MTV

17 March 2009 3:13 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

I'll be honest: when I was a kid I actually really dug the MTV Movie Awards. Of course back then they had hosts like Ben Stiller and a pre-love Guru Mike Myers who actually brought something to the proceedings. Lately we've had Lindsay Lohan and Jessica Alba. Boo-urns. But this year I'm excited for some old-school laughs as MTV has brought on Andy Samberg to host. I know not everyone out there is as big a Andy/Lonely Island fan as I am but Hot Rod was criminally underrated and the... »

- Mike Sampson

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