Dwayne Johnson has ditched the family movie shtick to play a man seeking revenge for the death of his brother in Faster. Now normally you’d think wrestlers turning to the acting world would be the worst decision to make since Archduke Franz Ferdinand fancied a drive through Sarajevo back in 1914.
Alas, the trailer for this movie looks brilliant. It feels like a movie from another era. Perhaps something directed by ‘Bloody’ Sam Peckinpah or starring Lee Marvin, back in the day. Mixing fast cars, guns and machismo Faster looks very cool.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reliance Bringing Universal Studios Theme Parks To India?
The Wall Street Journal reports that Reliance Ada Group is negotiating with Universal Studios to replicate its movie-themed amusement parks in India. The result would be a $1.5 billion new park that covers 400 acres --in either New Delhi or Mumbai--and would combine Universal park attractions with others devoted to Bollywood films. Universal would take a licensing fee for its branded attractions that include themed attractions involving such Marvel Comics characters as Spider-Man, The Hulk and Doctor Doom--deals made well before theme park rival Disney bought Marvel--as well as Dr. Seuss attractions. There are also the venerable rides based on the films of Reliance's DreamWorks partner Steven Spielberg--who gets a cut of theme park receipts--with Jaws, E.T. and Jurassic Park.
New Cyrus Quad Poster
No, not Miley Cyrus, this is 'Cyrus', as in John C. Reilly meets Jonah Hill in a battle of wills, and, presumably, hair, and we've got a world exclusive poster to show you from it.The story revolves around Reilly's character, called, um, John, meeting the utterly amazingly gorgeously wonderul Molly (Marisa Tomei) and her... more than a bit weird son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill).And they don't get along so well, it's fair enough to say. Fights will be had, embarrassment will be endured, and things will probably get broken. Families, eh?The tagline on this poster is: 'Dream woman. Nightmare son' which succinctly sums up the situation, but not as well as the other poster we've seen of it (which you can see in the new issue coming out next week) which says: 'Seriously, don't f**k his mom'.Tagline of the year, anyone?
Jon Hamm: My Girlfriend Is the 'Love of My Life'
Jon Hamm may drink, smoke and cheat as his Mad Men alter ego Don Draper, but offscreen he's nothing like the womanizing ad executive.
"[I'm] able to leave Don Draper at work," the actor, 39, tells this Sunday's Parade magazine. "I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life."
Case in point: He's quite content in his love life with longtime girlfriend, writer-actress Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein), 40. While admitting that he doesn't have what he calls the "marriage chip," Hamm does gush about his girl.
"Jen is the love of my life," he says, "and we've already been together four times longer than my parents were married."
In fact, it was Hamm's late father, Daniel Hamm, who passed away from diabetes and poor health when Hamm was only 20, who inspired his Emmy-nominated portrayal of dapper Don.
"[His] smoking, drinking and hard-living ways are pretty much my model for Don Draper," Hamm says, adding that his parents' deaths (his mother Deborah died from cancer when he was 10) also inspires his zest for life.
"Losing both parents at a young age gave me a sense that you can't really control life – so you'd better live it while it's here," he says. "I stopped believing in a storybook existence a long time ago. All you can do is push in a direction and see what comes of it."
"[I'm] able to leave Don Draper at work," the actor, 39, tells this Sunday's Parade magazine. "I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life."
Case in point: He's quite content in his love life with longtime girlfriend, writer-actress Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein), 40. While admitting that he doesn't have what he calls the "marriage chip," Hamm does gush about his girl.
"Jen is the love of my life," he says, "and we've already been together four times longer than my parents were married."
In fact, it was Hamm's late father, Daniel Hamm, who passed away from diabetes and poor health when Hamm was only 20, who inspired his Emmy-nominated portrayal of dapper Don.
"[His] smoking, drinking and hard-living ways are pretty much my model for Don Draper," Hamm says, adding that his parents' deaths (his mother Deborah died from cancer when he was 10) also inspires his zest for life.
"Losing both parents at a young age gave me a sense that you can't really control life – so you'd better live it while it's here," he says. "I stopped believing in a storybook existence a long time ago. All you can do is push in a direction and see what comes of it."
Ellen DeGeneres Votes Herself Off 'American Idol'
Ellen just tweeted, "Dim the lights ... I've voted myself off American Idol."
Ellen claims she came to her decision, "a couple months ago" -- and admits, "It was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings."
She concludes, "I am very grateful for the year I had. I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be."
UPDATE: TMZ has confirmed reports that "Idol" is tapping Jennifer Lopez. We're told the ink may not be dry on the deal yet, but J.Lo is definitely the pick ... and the deal is all tied to Ellen's departure.
Ellen claims she came to her decision, "a couple months ago" -- and admits, "It was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings."
She concludes, "I am very grateful for the year I had. I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be."
UPDATE: TMZ has confirmed reports that "Idol" is tapping Jennifer Lopez. We're told the ink may not be dry on the deal yet, but J.Lo is definitely the pick ... and the deal is all tied to Ellen's departure.
The delivery of a joke is just as important as the joke if not more so. We categorize comedy as “dry”, “blue”, “dark” etc. because the effectiveness
Karyn Kusama is looking to follow up Jennifer's Body, which she directed from Diablo Cody's script, with The Rut, a film about a father and daughter who have a relationship based around hunting and survival. To make things more interesting, Chloe Moretz is in talks to star as the daughter. The La Times says The Rut "concerns a father-daughter relationship and centers particularly on hunting, as a daughter must learn [sic; I expect that should be 'use'] the tricks of hunting and archery taught to her by her father after said father goes missing." From that explanation, especially thinking of Moretz in the role, I get the sense of Kick-Ass mixed with Joe Wright's forthcoming Hanna. I want to know more about this one -- what's the intended tone, for example? All the Lat offers is that the film would take Kusama in a different direction from her previous movies.
Dinner For Schmucks Review
The delivery of a joke is just as important as the joke if not more so. We categorize comedy as “dry”, “blue”, “dark” etc. because the effectiveness of the joke differs depending on the delivery. It’s a simple concept and shouldn’t need stating, but someone should have told director Jay Roach when he signed on to do Dinner for Schmucks. The film is ostensibly a dark comedy about a man so desperate for a promotion that he’s willing to amuse his evil corporate superiors by humiliating a gullible stranger. Roach is an unremarkable director who has managed to be at the helm of major hits like the Austin Powers franchise and the first two Meet the Parents movies.
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