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"Sometimes the longshots pay off the biggest."
The 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers marked the first pairing of actors Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, which became a huge hit, earning $285 million in worldwide box office. Strangely, the two actors had yet to reunite until the upcoming The Internship, which posits the duo as as two unemployed 40-somethings that get internships at Google (which apparently did NOT fund the movie despite its presence in the poster, first image and, now, its first trailer).
Despite taking a break from appearing together, The Internship feels like familiar territory for Vaughn and Wilson, but that probably won't be a problem for their fans.
watch the trailer >> Posted 02.13.13 by Ryan -
Johnny Depp is undoubtedly a huge movie star, but after the box office disappointment of Dark Shadows, Warner Bros. reportedly decided to slow down development on Depp's remake of The Thin Man. It probably didn't help that The Rum Diary was also a box office dud and that reports have surfaced that Depp's next movie The Lone Ranger is running over budget and requiring last minute rewrites. The Thin Man is one of a few projects Depp is developing with his Infinitum Nihil production company — another is an adaptation of 1970s ABC TV movie The Night Stalker and subsequent 1974-75 TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker with director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) — but those projects will have to wait as Depp has agreed to work on Moonrise Kingdom director Wes Anderson's next movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel.
Deadline reports that Depp has signed on to star in the movie, which will be Anderson's next directing project. The move is a smart one for Depp, as Anderson is coming off of the second-most financially successful movie of his career ($45 million worldwide so far in limited release).
more about The Grand Budapest Hotel >> Posted 07.17.12 by Ryan -
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have a brand new boss and it's Rose Byrne.
Entertainment Weekly reports Byrne (Bridesmaids, X-Men: First Class) is in final negotiations to join the upcoming comedy The Internship, which will follow Vaughn and Wilson as two unemployed 40-somethings that decide to start their careers over by getting low-level positions at a Silicon Valley tech firm. Byrne will play a high-ranking executive who becomes Wilson's love interest. Joanna Garcia (Reba, Royal Pains) will play Vaughn's love interest, though whether it's another inter-office romance is unknown.
The Internship was written by Vaughn and will have Shawn Levy (Real Steel) in the director's chair when shooting begins on July 9th. The movie is the first reunion between Vaughn and Wilson since 2005's Wedding Crashers.
Posted 06.30.12 by Ryan -
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are reuniting, but it's not for a Wedding Crashers sequel. According to Vulture, the pair will star together in the comedy Interns. Vaughn and Wilson will play two forty-something guys who are downsized and decide to take on a whole new career path. They wind up in internships at a large dot com where they are forced to compete against fresh-faced recent college grads in their efforts to climb a new corporate ladder. The script was written by Vaughn, who also wrote Couples Retreat, and will be directed by Shawn Levy.
The premise sounds like a mashup of a Friends rerun and an SNL skit about "the YouTube generation," but it also sounds pretty funny. Besides, any story on the big screen that's at least mostly original is a breath of fresh air with all of the remakes and sequels that have taken over the box office lately, and you can't beat the laughs that a Vaughn and Wilson comedy conjure.
Posted 02.08.12 by Mandy -
Competitive birding — the observation and identification of birds within a specified time or area for monetary gain or simply bragging rights — may not seem like an activity with obvious comedic potential, but when the cast includes the likes of Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, and Jack Black there's sure to be plenty of yuks to go around.
In director David Frankel's (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me) new movie, The Big Year, the trio of funnymen play fanatical birders competing to spot the greatest number of bird species in a year in which El Nino has sent a large variety of breeds into the U.S. Each of the men is competing for different reasons, but they all soon come to realize there are more important things than winning the competition. The theatrical trailer was released a few weeks ago and now four new preview clips have debuted online, offering a better explanation of the competition and a brief introduction to Kenny (Wilson), Stu (Martin), and Brad (Black).
watch the new preview clips >> Posted 09.30.11 by BrentJS -
The first teaser poster and trailer for director David Frankel's (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me) upcoming comedy, The Big Year, have debuted online. Adapted from Mark Obmascik's 1998 novel The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Howard Franklin (The Man Who Knew Too Little), The Big Year stars Owen Wilson, Steve Martin and Jack Black as a trio of friendly rivals going through a "mid-life crisis," a "work-life crisis" and a "no-life crisis," respectively, who decide to shuck their responsibilities and dedicate a year of their lives to racing around North America in a contest to see who can spot the greatest number of bird species.
WATCH THE TRAILER >> Posted 09.07.11 by BrentJS -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Judge Stephanie Saunter ruled Lindsay Lohan's failed alcohol test was not a violation of her probation, but barred LiLo from having any more rooftop parties (only one friend over at a time from now on!), and said, "Don't do stupid things that fly in the face of the court's order."
For her part, Lohan says the positive alcohol test was the result of drinking kombucha tea, which contains a small amount of booze, and she already has plans to tear it up in the Hamptons to celebrate her 25th birthday.
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Biebermania gripped Manhattan yesterday as Justin Bieber was knocked down by either an undercover cop or a member of his security detail when he met fans outside Macy's, where he was promoting his new perfume, "Someday." Biebs left unscathed and later attended the premiere of Monte Carlo starring girlfriend Selena Gomez.
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After getting dumped by George Clooney, Elisabetta Canalis took comfort in the unconditional, requited love of her mini-Doberman Piero and Chihuahua.
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Cars 2 star Owen Wilson is splitting from Jade Duell, the mother of his baby boy, because he wasn't ready to commit.
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Los Angeles Lakers forward and really weird guy Ron Artest is changing his name to Metta World Peace.
Posted 06.24.11 by reelz -
Today's Challenge: It's opening weekend for Super 8 while Midnight in Paris is expanding nationwide this weekend. Can you find a link to connect leading men Kyle Chandler and Owen Wilson?
Our first Facebook movie game, ClusterFlick, plays off that old "six degrees of separation" theory — you know, the one that has a certain Kevin at the center of the Hollywood universe. It's easy to play, but not so easy to win. The goal is to use the major cast of movies to get from Point A to Point B in the smallest number of moves.
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Posted 06.11.11 by reelz -
Today's Challenge: Drive Angry and Hall Pass both open nationwide tomorrow. Can you link their leading men — Nic Cage and Owen Wilson?
Our first Facebook movie game, ClusterFlick, plays off that old "six degrees of separation" theory — you know, the one that has a certain Kevin at the center of the Hollywood universe. It's easy to play, but not so easy to win. The goal is to use the major cast of movies to get from Point A to Point B in the smallest number of moves.
Play ClusterFlick >>
Posted 02.24.11 by reelz -
A set of four new preview clips from the Farrelly brothers' (Bobby and Peter) new comedy, Hall Pass, have just been released and they can now be viewed online. Written by the Farrellys and Kevin Barnett, Hall Pass stars Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis as a couple of married guys who are granted a one week "hall pass" from marriage by their wives (Jenna Fisher and Christina Applegate) in the hopes that the week off will help reignite their lagging relationships. Amanda Bynes, Alyssa Milano, Richard Jenkins and Stephen Merchant also star.
WATCH THE NEW PREVIEW CLIPS >> Posted 02.15.11 by BrentJS