• Sony Making 'Bad Teacher 2'; Jake Kasdan And Cameron Diaz To (Probably) Return

    Maybe Paul Feig hasn't cornered the market on R-rated female-led comedies after all. Sony is moving forward with a sequel to 2011's Bad Teacher, with Jake Kasdan returning to direct. Star Cameron Diaz is still working out her deal, but it's expected that she'll come back as well. While the first Bad Teacher failed to…

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  • Stephen Merchant's HBO Series 'Hello Ladies' Gets A Short Tease

    Almost everything Stephen Merchant touches turns to comedy gold. The Office, Extras, Life's Too Short, An Idiot Abroad: all shows that are hilarious and well-received across the globe. Merchant's next show aims to do the same with one small difference. He didn't co-create this one with Ricky Gervais. On September 29, Merchant steps out on his own…

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  • 'Bad Teacher' Writers And Director Assembling New Comedy At Sony

    Briefly: Bad Teacher is out on DVD this week, and to celebrate, director Jake Kasdan and writers Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg have been announced as the creative team on a new untitled comedy for Sony. While we don't have a title, Deadline does offer a plot synopsis: "After a Supercuts manager advises his best…

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  • 'Bad Teacher' Review – Diaz Deserves Better

    There's probably a good movie to be made from what Bad Teacher's working with, but sadly, this is not that movie. On paper, I love the idea of Cameron Diaz playing a hilariously, irredeemably selfish teacher who's mean to her students, with a supporting cast of seasoned comedians to back her up. In practice, despite…

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  • 'Ghostbusters III' Update: Still Waiting On Bill Murray

    When we last left the long and arduous development-hell known as Ghostbusters III, everything hinged on the shoulders of one man: Bill Murray. A script by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky was reportedly sent to Dr. Peter Venkman himself a few months ago and Sony will only move ahead with the movie if Murray signs…

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  • 'The Office' Writers Polishing Screenplay Of Neil Strauss' 'The Game'

    "Are you just another AFC ('average frustrated chump') trying to meet an HB ('hot babe')? How would you like to 'full-close' with a Penthouse Pet of the Year? The answers, my friend, are in Neil Strauss' entertaining book The Game." So begins, the Amazon.com description of The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists…

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  • Bill Murray Again Dismisses Ghostbusters 3; "It's Just A Myth," He Says

    An open request to Bill Murray: Please don't ever change or become more easygoing about films you're clearly not interested in making. As a corollary to that request, please don't make it any easier to tell when you're really, truly serious. Murray has been said to be one of the big holdouts for Ghostbusters 3,…

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  • Ivan Reitman On Board For Ghostbusters 3

    BloodyDisgusting has confirmed that Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II director Ivan Reitman is 100% attached to Ghostbusters 3. He hasn't decided yet if he wants to direct the project, but is definitely on board to produce. This shouldn't come as much of a shock as almost everyone associated with the first two films are also on…

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  • Ghostbusters 3 Round-Up - Including First Line Of Dialogue?

    Interest in Ghostbusting is at fever pitch, and the imminent launch of the original Ghostbusters film on Blu-Ray and the tie-in videogames must have something to do with it. All the same, genuine interest in the franchise is as high as any time in the last 20 years, at least, and stories revolving around the…

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  • Jake Kasdan To Direct Bad Teacher

    The Hollywood Reporter are reporting (from Hollywood, no less) that Jake Kasdan has signed on to direct Bad Teacher. The screenplay charted on the 2008 Blacklist and was penned by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, who also wrote the imminent Year One and are at work on the pending draft of Ghostbusters 3. The Bad…

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  • Possible Ghostbusters 3 Director, Casting, And Shooting Dates

    The Hero Complex caught up with Dan Aykroyd, who provided a couple updates on Ghostbusters 3.  Aykroyd says that Ivan Reitman is "too busy as a mega-producer" to helm the film, and that his second choice would be Ghostbusters co-star and Groundhog Day/Analyize This director Harold Ramis. "He has a lot of things going on,…

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  • Harold Ramis Talks Ghostbusters 3

    MTV was able to get Harold Ramis to talk about the next Ghostbusters movie, which is currently in the development/scripting stage with The Office/Year One scribes Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky working on the script. Ramis has yet to receive a first draft in hand but claims that he has been consulting with the screenwriting…

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  • Year One Movie Trailer

    Columbia Pictures has released the full theatrical movie trailer for Year One.  The film stars Jack Black and Michael Cera, as a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers who are banished from their primitive village, and set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. Directed by National Lampoon's Vacation and Groundhog Day helmer Harold Ramis,…

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  • Year One Super Bowl Ad

    I really want the Judd Apatow-produced biblical comedy Year One to be this generation's Life of Brian, but it seems to be too low brow to achieve any level of cleverness. Overall, I'm just very disappointed with that I've seen thus far. I just didn't find it funny. I haven't started watching The Office, but…

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  • Super Bowl Sneak Preview: Year One

    Columbia Pictures has released a sneak preview of the upcoming Judd Apatow-produced biblical comedy Year One. The film stars Jack Black and Michael Cera, as a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers who are banished from their primitive village, and set off on an epic journey through the ancient world. Directed by National Lampoon's Vacation and Groundhog…

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  • First Look: Harold Ramis' The Year One

    We're still trying to catch up on some of the photos that were released in last week's issue of Entertainment Weekly. Above is your first look at the upcoming Harold Ramis (Caddyshack, Groundhog Day) biblical comedy The Year One (I've heard it has in fact been retitled from Year One to The Year One). When…

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  • Seth Rogen Thinks Ghostbusters 3 Is "A Terrible Idea"

    Seth Rogen tells Collider that despite internet rumors, he has not yet been contacted about being part of Ghostbusters 3. Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky are currently working on the screenplay. The writing duo last worked on Year One, a film directed by Harold Ramis, an original Ghostbuster who also played Rogen's father in Knocked…

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  • Bill Murray Offers Warning To Ghostbusters 3 Writers

    Bill Murray made a surprise appearance during a secret screening of City of Ember at Fantastic Fest. Now I'm kicking myself for having to leave early to Los Angeles to cover the big Disney even. Oh well. Murray was asked about Ghostbusters 3. For those who have been in a cave for the last month,…

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  • CONFIRMED! The Office's Gene Stupnitsky And Lee Eisenberg Writing Ghostbusters 3. "Next-Gen" Rumors Confirmed!

    UPDATE: The trades are reporting that Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (co-exec producers/writers on NBC's The Office) have officially been hired by Columbia Pictures/Sony to pen the script for Ghostbusters 3. The script will reportedly bring together the original cast including Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray and Ernie Hudson, Slimer?, though none of the…

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