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Billy Bob Thornton is a familiar name in Hollywood for acting, but don't forget directing, writing, and producing.
Thornton's Jayne Mansfield's Car is premiering at the Berlin Film Festival this month, and he just announced that he will be co-writing and directing an "ethereal" road movie called And Then We Drove.
Originally titled Drove, Thornton teams up with pal and previous writing partner, Tom Epperson (The Gift) to script the film funded by Alexander Rodnyansky's AR Films and Geyer Kosinski's Media Talent Group. And Then We Drove will be "one of the first of up to six under-$20 million features to spring from the new $120 million film fund."
more about the Angelina Jolie–inspired movie >> Posted 02.14.12 by reelz -
As we've seen this summer, raunchy rated-R comedies are hit (The Bridesmaids) and miss (The Change-Up). That's why fans are clamoring for a sequel to Bad Santa — when it comes to raunchy comedies, the 2003 holiday classic, ranks among the best.
In March, The Weinstein Company announced plans to a sequel. And last month, it was reported that two separate scripts are in the works.
Apparently though, we know more about plans for a sequel than Bad Santa, himself, Billy Bob Thorton. TMZ caught up with Saint Nick himself, who apparently "didn't know much" about the sequel.
More on the two scripts >> Posted 08.08.11 by Chris -
Some people's holiday traditions include watching Christmas perennial classics like It's A Wonderful Life or A Christmas Story but for some it's not Christmas unless there's a cursing elf and a tail-chasing Santa.
For fans of the 2003 raunchy comedy Bad Santa, Christmas came early this week when The Wrap announced that Billy Bob Thornton is in negotiations to star in a Bad Santa sequel.
A spokesperson for The Weinstein Company said the studio has been in talks with the actor.
We feel that it’s a Christmas perennial for the R-rated crowd. Everyone loves the character and Billy Bob’s excited to be in talks with us.
Apparently, Thornton has been looking forward to donning the red suit again. In November, he said he wanted to make a sequel.
Bad Santa's' become like a classic Christmas movie. People watch It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th St. and Bad Santa now is sort of the box set. And there's been talk of making a sequel to it, which I actually would like to do. I've never done a sequel to one of my movies, but that one makes sense to me to do it.
A sequel to Bad Santa was one of the possible titles announced when Miramax and The Weinstein Company agreed to a deal allowing for sequels from the Miramax library.
So are you excited to see Thornton come back as Santa?
Posted 03.20.11 by reelz -
Santa Baby (Family Dramedy)
ABC Family, 8 AM ET
When Santa (George Wendt) becomes ill, his estranged daughter (Jenny McCarthy), a high-powered consultant, returns to tinker with tradition.
Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (Mistletoe & Mayhem)
ABC Family, 10 AM ET
A former elf (Kelly Stables) starts trouble for Santa Claus (Paul Sorvino) and his daughter (Jenny McCarthy) during the holidays.
All I Want for Christmas (Family Dramedy)
Hallmark, 4 PM ET
Two NYC kids hatch a scheme to get their parents back together, dragging in a Macy's Santa while they're at it.
Bad Santa (Bah Humbug)
SPIKE, 8 and 10 PM ET
Two criminals (Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox) disguise themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob stores at Christmastime.
What else is showing this season? See our The 12 Flavors of Christmas - 2010 Holiday TV Movie Guide.
Posted 12.21.10 by reelz -
With Faster opening this week, it marks the second movie Billy Bob Thornton has appeared in over the past two years. Thornton explained to Reuters that his band has taken up most of his time.
I did spend about two years mostly touring with the band, recording a lot of records. The last movie was [2008's] Eagle Eye, and then we decided to hit the road. Then I did Faster. With the economy, they aren't making as many movies, so when you see a good one you got to grab it, and Faster was that. The great thing about every character in [it], pretty much, there's sort of an ambiguity to all of them, and I always like characters like that. I don't know that there are any good guys or bad buys, everybody in it's got a pretty heavy past.
Thornton's back at screenwriting too >> Posted 11.27.10 by Ryan -
Okay, so let's just run down the roster here, shall we? The Princess and the Frog had Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, and John Goodman doing voices. This week's How to Train Your Dragon will offer Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, and Jonah Hill. Toy Story3 has Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, natch, plus Michael Keaton, Joan Cusack, Bonnie Hunt ... and others too numerous to mention. And that's just a handful of recent releases — go back over the decades and you'll see how rapidly animated movies have become the domain of legitimate actors.
And that's okay by us. Aside from triggering an audience's "Hey, it's..." reaction when a celebrated voice is heard, letting an established star loose in a cartoon can bring a level of depth and nuance to creatures who are frequently little more than drawn scribbles or computer constructs. But while some actors can readily shuttle between the sound stage and recording booth, others, for various reasons, might want to consider lingering in the virtual world. These 10 should consider a permanent move to Toontown.
Posted 03.25.10 by reelz -
Principal photography for George Tillman, Jr.'s (Notorious) new movie, Faster, is scheduled to begin next month and several key roles have finally been filled. THR reports that Moon Bloodgood and Oliver Jackson-Cohen will join Billy Bob Thornton and Maggie Grace in the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson vehicle.
Written by Joe and Tony Gayton, Faster is a "revenge drama" that tells the story of an ex-con (Johnson) who is hunted by both cops and killers as he quests to avenge his brother's death. Bloodgood will portray the ex-con's girlfriend, while Jackson-Cohen will play a psychotic millionaire who kills for fun. Salma Hayek is also in talks to star in an unspecified role.
Posted 01.13.10 by BrentJS -
A Christmas Carol (1938) (Comfort & Joy)
TCM, 9 AM ET
Dickens' London miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen) meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and yet to come.
Bad Santa (Marathon) (Laughing All the Way)
SPIKE, 9 AM though 11 PM ET
Two criminals (Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox) disguise themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob stores at Christmastime.
What else is showing this season? See the complete Holiday TV Movie Guide: The 12 Flavors of Christmas.
And if you're wondering what to buy the movie lovers on your shopping list, check out our Holiday Gifts store.
Posted 12.25.09 by reelz -
It's the happiest time of the year ... once again. Rather than dole out the standard list of the best holiday classics to warm your heart, we prefer to shake things up a bit with our look at everyone's favorite bearded fat man, Santa Claus.
Now we all know that Edmund Gwenn was a wonderful Santa in Miracle on 34th Street, the only actor to take home an Oscar as St. Nick. And actors such as Ed Asner in Elf and David Huddleston in Santa Claus: The Movie have certainly done the red suit justice on the silver screen.
But what about those other Santas? The ones that took the legend of Santa in a different direction: Boozing, scaring, kicking, and even killing? Those are the ones we take a look at in Ho, Ho, Whoa!: The 5 Worst Movie Santas.
If you want to see these bad Santas in action, check out our Holiday TV Movie Guide: The 12 Flavors of Christmas.And for those interested in Santa's Slay, you can catch it on FEARnet VOD and streamed on FEARnet.com starting December 23.
Posted 12.07.09 by reelz -
Mickey Rourke isn't the only comeback kid in the upcoming adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis's The Informers. The movie also features Kim Basinger and Billy Bob Thorton, neither in need of a full Rourke-style comeback but definitely recently overshadowed by their respective ex-spouses.
In this short clip, unhappily married couple Basinger and Thorton have a passive-aggressive convo about going to uber-restuarant Spago, as, we suppose one did in 1980s Los Angeles. It reminds us a bit of all the hilarious 80s yuppie restaurant talk in American Psycho. We can only hope this new Bret Easton Ellis picture approachesa similar level of greatness.
Posted 01.15.09 by reelz