Posted on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Two films got release dates today: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas and Seth MacFarlane‘s directorial debut Ted both have spots on the calendar. But there’s a price (of sorts) as the Ashley Greene thriller The Apparition has been bumped from a fall date back to 2012. Details on all three after the break. Read More »
2011′s second film featuring a Black Swan starlet having casual sex now has an official trailer. Friends With Benefits was written and directed by Easy A director Will Gluck and stars Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis as a couple who have a very convenient friendship, with benefits, that gets predictably complicated, as these things tend to do. It co-stars Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jenna Elfman, Patricia Clarkson, Richard Jenkins, and Andy Samberg. A red band trailer was released well in advance of this, the theatrical trailer, so while this isn’t the first official look at the film, it’s the one general audiences are going to see. Check it out after the jump. Read More »
Briefly: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is nearly set with the cast for Ted, which he wrote with Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild and will direct. Mark Wahlberg is a guy whose childhood teddy bear (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) came to life and continues to live by his side, but is a womanizing slacker. Mila Kunis is his girlfriend and Giovanni Ribisi is on hand as well. Now Community‘s Joel McHale has a role. Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 by Germain Lussier
Giovanni Ribisi is rarely the headline star of a film, but his presence tends to make any film better. Whether it’s with a supporting role in the biggest movie of all-time, Avatar, playing a wacky sibling on Friends or lending his skills to Saving Private Ryan, Lost in Translation or Boiler Room, Ribisi’s intensity raises the bar for everyone around him. Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane seems to agree. He’s just cast Ribisi in Ted, McFarlane’s first feature film which stars Mark Wahlberg as a man whose childhood teddy bear comes to life. Mila Kunis was rumored to be in talks and that’s now been confirmed as well. Read more about the project and Ribisi’s role after the jump. Read More »
Posted on Thursday, February 17th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
We just talked about how Mila Kunis may be taking a key role in Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful, after passing on a role in the live-action version of Akira to be directed by Albert Hughes.
I’d heard rumor that Ms. Kunis might be looking at an Akira role, but there’s a lot more in today’s report about what Warner Bros. is trying to do with the film. The big deal is right in the headline — in addition to talking to James Franco about a key part, Warner Bros. reportedly offered the lead, Kaneda, to Brad Pitt. He turned it down, but that really tells us what WB is trying to do with the movie, and makes me wonder if we’ll ever see it. Read More »
Posted on Thursday, February 17th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Sam Raimi‘s Oz revision / prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful, may have a new Wicked Witch of the West, in the form of Mila Kunis. While she was reportedly looking at a key role in Albert Hughes’ live-action Akira (more on that in an article to follow, since there’s a bunch of Akira stuff to talk about) it is look as if she’ll now fly to Oz with Mr. Raimi. And James Franco, recently reported as the key choice for the Wizard after both Robert Downey Jr. and Johnny Depp passed, seems to be confirmed, too. Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 by Peter Sciretta
Vanity Fair have released the cover photo for their 2011 Hollywood Issue. The cover features Oscar co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco (also a best-actor nominee), along with Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal. The two inside panels feature 11 more stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Jennifer Lawrence, Noomi Rapace,, Anthony Mackie, Olivia Wilde, Mila Kunis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Garrett Hedlund, and Robert Duvall. The cover was shot in Los Angeles and New York over the course of two days by photographer Norman Jean Roy. You can watch a behind-the-scenes video after the jump.
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