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So far this summer, the biggest surprise has been the success of nearly every R-Rated comedy that has been released. The Hangover Part II kicked things off in May, earning $527 million worldwide, while Bridesmaids, Bad Teacher and Horrible Bosses have all gone on to earn (so far) $168 million, $247 million and $114 million, respectively, worldwide. That gives a wide berth of hope for The Weinstein Company's upcoming Our Idiot Brother.
Starring Paul Rudd as a hippie farmer so naive that he sells marijuana to an uniformed police officer, Our Idiot Brother's story takes off after Rudd moves back in with his family. A second trailer for the movie debuted in June that showed some of the movie's heart, while the three, recently released preview clips are trying to show off the movie's humor.
watch the clips >> Posted 08.05.11 by Ryan -
Melissa McCarthy is going from the Judd Apatow-produced Bridesmaids to the Apatow-directed, untitled spin-off of 2007's Knocked Up, THR reports.
The movie, at one point called This is Forty, won't follow the characters played by Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen but will instead focus on Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd, who played Heigl's sister and brother-in-law in the 2007 comedy. McCarthy has been cast as the mother of another new cast member, Super 8's fireworks-obsessed Ryan Lee, who attends school with Rudd and Mann's children, played by Mann and Apatow's real-life children Iris and Maude Apatow. The two Apatow kids are likely working on this movie as well, though their names were not included in the report.
Production on the spin-off has already begun, with Apatow (Judd) using his Twitter account to release a photo from the set that showed Rudd on his cell phone. No sign of cast members Albert Brooks, who plays Rudd's dad, or Megan Fox, whose role is unknown. The untitled comedy opens June 1, 2012, giving Apatow plenty of time to figure out the title.
stallone getting some company >> Posted 07.09.11 by Ryan -
The first trailer for Our Idiot Brother debuted in April, which revealed a promising comedy from director Jesse Peretz (The Ex). The movie stars Paul Rudd as a hippie farmer with good intentions but still dim enough to sell marijuana to a police officer. Once he's released from jail, he is forced to live with his sisters (Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer) while he puts his life back together.
A new poster and trailer have debuted for Our Idiot Brother, which received excellent reviews when it debuted at Sundance earlier this year. The latest trailer uses some new footage, but is still fairly similar to the previous trailer. What this trailer does reveal is that there is some heart to the story outside of giving Rudd an opportunity to play a complete moron.
watch the trailer >> Posted 06.15.11 by Ryan -
It'll be a scorcher this summer … at least inside movie theaters, where there's no shortage of hot and handsome actors headed to big screens nationwide. Whether your preference is big and brawny, suave and educated, or strong and silent, there's a fella at the Cineplex waiting for you in Summer 2011.
Start You Summer 2011 Movie Manhunt >>
Posted 05.24.11 by reelz -
December 17 is going to be a loaded weekend at the box office with three movies competing for an audience: the 3-D, sci-fi sequel Tron: Legacy, the 3-D live-action/animation hybrid Yogi Bear, and How Do You Know, the 2-D romantic comedy from writer/director James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Broadcast News). While How Do You Know will have an advantage of not having to fight for 3-D screens, THR reports that it does have an inflated budget of $120 million dollars to earn back ($20 million is already returning in tax breaks). A story about a romantically-challenged woman caught in a love triangle wouldn't appear to need that much of a budget, but the report claims that the salaries of all of its stars — Reese Witherspoon ($15 million), Owen Wilson ($10 million), Paul Rudd ($3 million), Jack Nicholson ($12 million), plus Brooks' $10 million paycheck — put the budget at $50 million before cameras even started rolling.
With Sony Pictures hoping that How Do You Know will perform like last year's It's Complicated (earning $219 million on a $85 million budget), the studio has released three new clips to entice viewers about the movie.
watch the clip >> Posted 12.10.10 by Ryan -
Two hilarious new clips are out for director Jay Roach's (Meet the Fockers) latest comedy, Dinner for Schmucks. A remake of the French movie The Dinner Game, Schmucks follows Tim Wagner (Paul Rudd), a young executive who hopes to rise in the ranks by winning his boss' monthly dinner party contest, where the winner is the executive who brings the biggest loser with him as his dinner guest. Tim thinks he has found the perfect "schmuck" in sad-sack IRS agent Barry (Steve Carell) and attempts to earn his friendship so that Barry will accompany him to the party.
watch both clips >> Posted 07.24.10 by BrentJS -
July's first big question (Which country will win the World Cup?) has already been answered, leaving us to ponder the second: Can two Steve Carell movies successfully open in the same month? With Despicable Me currently playing in theaters and already winning the top spot at the box office, Carell's other July movie, Dinner for Schmucks, hopes for similar success on July 30 ... and so the promotional clips keep coming.
It's "back, schmack" in the latest clip >> Posted 07.13.10 by Ryan -
Hot on the heels of the first clip from Dinner for Schmucks, the studio has released a second. In the movie, Tim Wagner (Paul Rudd) is a young executive who will do anything to climb the corporate ladder, including participating in his boss' monthly dinner party, at which the employees compete by bringing the biggest "schmuck" they can find to be their dinner guest. Here, Tim gets the third degree from Therman (Zach Galifianakis), an overzealous IRS employee and co-worker of Tim's chosen schmuck, Barry (Steve Carell).
Posted 07.11.10 by BrentJS -
Paramount Pictures has released a funny new clip from director Jay Roach's (Bruno) latest comedy, Dinner for Schmucks. The story revolves around a young executive (played by Paul Rudd) who hopes to climb in the ranks by winning at his boss' monthly dinner party game by bringing the biggest idiot to the gathering. In this clip, Barry (Steve Carell) shows why he is the perfect person to bring to the dinner party by asking embarrassing questions of a Swiss couple.
WATCH THE CLIP >> Posted 07.09.10 by BrentJS -
Paramount had their upcoming Dinner for Schmucks set for a July 23rd release, next to the Angelina Jolie action movie Salt, the Beverly Cleary kids novel adaptation of Ramona and Beezus, and the second week of Christopher Nolan's Inception. Apparently Paramount now thinks that weekend is too competitive. Instead, Deadline reports, Schmucks has been moved to July 30, just a week later, where its biggest competition will be Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 3D (plus, it won't be up against Ramona and Beezus anymore, right?).
Steve Carrell & Paul Rudd Will have to wait >> Posted 06.11.10 by Ryan