The Quarantine Stream: 'Belushi' Is An Intimate, Moving Portrait Of The Comedian's Life And Demons
Showtime's Belushi documentary from R.J. Cutler is one of the most intimate portraits of the comedian there has ever been.
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'Belushi' Trailer: The Life Of Comedic Force John Belushi Is Explored By Those Who Knew Him Best
Showtime has released the first John Belushi documentary trailer, digging into the comedian's life through the eyes of those who knew him best.
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John Belushi Biopic Back In The Works With Adam Pally Playing The 'Saturday Night Live' Legend
Happy Endings star Adam Pally is the latest actor slated to star in the long-developing John Belushi biopic from the director of The Devil Wears Prada.
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Cool Stuff: 'Animal House' And 'Stripes' Funko POPs Celebrate Slobs Beating The Snobs
It's slobs vs snobs from the classic comedies of the past with a line of Stripes and Animal house Funko POPs coming sometime later this year.
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John Belushi Biopic Will Star Broadway 'Beetlejuice' Alex Brightman
Alex Brightman will star in a John Belushi biopic for director David Frankel.
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John Belushi Documentary In The Works At Showtime
Showtime has a John Belushi documentary on the way from The September Issue director RJ Cutler, and it has the full cooperation of Judith Belushi Pisano.
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'The Blues Brothers' Animated Series In The Works, Because Nothing Is Sacred
Dan Aykroyd is trying desperately to keep his beloved characters alive by unnecessarily developing The Blues Brothers animated series for television.
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National Lampoon Biopic Cast: Who's Playing Bill Murray, John Belushi And Harold Ramis?
The National Lampoon movie cast, bringing to life the story of co-founder Doug Kenney, has found stars to play Bill Murray, Harold Ramis & John Belushi.
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9 Things We Learned About Paul Feig's 'Ghostbusters'
Here are 9 things we learned about Paul Feig's Ghostbusters reboot at a fan event to premiere the new trailer for the 2016 film Ghostbusters.
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Watch The Red Band Trailer For 'Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story Of National Lampoon'
National Lampoon was a comedy powerhouse decades ago, and now you can learn all about it with the National Lampoon documentary trailer that just arrived.
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Miles Teller Will Play Dan Aykroyd In The John Belushi Biopic, Says Emile Hirsch
Can you see Emile Hirsch as a young John Belushi? Well, how about Miles Teller as a young Dan Aykroyd? Hirsch, who has been set to play the late Animal House star in Steve Conrad's biopic since last fall, announced over the weekend that Teller would play the part of Aykroyd. Should he close his…
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Emile Hirsch Will Play John Belushi
Briefly: The shortlist of actors to play the late actor/comedian John Belushi in a new biopic was pretty strange: Emile Hirsch and Adam Devine were mentioned, and Joaquin Phoenix came up as a longshot. Of the three, Phoenix seems to have the best energy for the role. But he won't play the part. Emile Hirsch…
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'Walter Mitty' Screenwriter To Direct John Belushi Biopic; Emile Hirsch And Joaquin Phoenix Are Potential Leads
We're all just going to pretend Wired, that ill-fated screen version of a John Belishi biography, never happened. (Sorry, Michael Chiklis.) But that doesn't mean that Hollywood wants Belushi to be forgotten, and in fact there's another screen biography brewing about the late comedian and actor. The same project that once had The Hangover director…
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'Animal House' Heading To Broadway With Music By Barenaked Ladies
You can almost hear the rhythmic chants of "Toga, Toga, Toga" bellowing in the rafters already. The New York Times reports John Landis' landmark 1978 comedy, Animal House, is being adapted into a Broadway musical with help from Canadian rockers Barenaked Ladies and Book of Mormon co-director Casey Nicholaw. Universal Pictures Stage Productions announced the production on the 30th…
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'Blues Brothers' TV Show Being Shopped Around Hollywood
The Blues Brothers got their start on TV, made a big splash on the big screen and now might be dancing back to the boob tube. Variety reports a new take on the classic comedy duo is being shopping around to possibly become a new television series. The show would see Jake and Elwood, famously…
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Cool Stuff: Gallery1988's "Is This Thing On" Art Show
I wasn't planning to write about Gallery1988's first annual "Is This Thing On" art show as it really has little connection to movies or television (or so I thought... the above piece featuring Judd Apatow mashed-up with the infamous Star Trek Tribbles episode is a fine example of this). The show, co-sponsored by FunnyOrDie, features…
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Todd Phillips Producing New John Belushi Biopic
John Belushi has already been brought back to life on the big screen thanks to the film adaptation of Bob Woodward's controversial Belushi biography Wired, but apparently one Belushi biopic isn't enough. Steven Conrad (writer of The Pursuit of Happyness) and Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School) are teaming to develop a new biopic about…
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LOL: The Vatican Says 'The Blues Brothers' Is Recommended Viewing For All Catholics
Someone at the Vatican is taking the Blues Brothers line "we're on a mission from God" a little too seriously. Over the years, Catholic authorities at the Vatican have endorsed a number of films as being recommended viewing for good Catholics. It's mostly the expected stuff: The Passion of the Christ, It's a Wonderful Life,…
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Visioneers Movie Trailer (Recommended...For Your Health!)
Let's make this movie a hit. Master of boiling, paralyzed rage and sorrow, comedian Zach Galifianakis, stars as the lead character, George Washington Winsterhammerman, in the true-blue indie, Visioneers, from first time director Jared Drake and writer Brandon Drake. At this point, I'm supposed to shield the trailer from the words "quirky indie blah blah"…
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