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 »
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 Monday, December 13th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is assembling the cast for his feature directorial debut Ted, about a man who, as a boy, wished that his teddy bear would come to life. 25 years later, he’s still living with the now-belligerent bear. Mark Wahlberg is linked to the lead role and Mr. MacFarlane will voice the bear. Now Mila Kunis and Adam Scott are in talks to take two additional roles. Read More »
Posted on Monday, October 25th, 2010 by Adam Quigley
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is making his directorial feature debut with Ted (also referred to before by the title Teddy Bear), a hard-R, $65 million(!) comedy from Universal Pictures about a man whose teddy bear comes to life and turns out to be a partying, womanizing, video game-playing pot smoker. A couple of weeks back, we mentioned a rumor that Mark Wahlberg had been eyeing the lead role for the film, and now the casting process has taken a step forward. Read More »
Posted on Thursday, October 14th, 2010 by Adam Quigley
Buried proved to be a fascinating filmmaking exercise for Rodrigo Cortés, with the first-time English feature director (pictured above right) impressively overcoming the limitations inherent in the premise through sheer stylistic virtuosity. If that’s what he can achieve with just a box, I can’t wait to see what he can do with a film like Red Lights, his psychological thriller that previously cast Sigourney Weaver as “a para-psychologist who attempts to debunk a very reputable psychic who has just returned to the limelight after 30 years.”
Opposite Weaver will be Robert De Niro, who’s been attached to star as the world-renowned psychic who finds himself being investigated by Weaver and her assistant. According to Cortés, the film is about “about how the brain does not give a true picture of reality.” Let’s review: two great actors, a director with tons of a potential, and a deeply intriguing premise. If Red Lights hasn’t already been on your radar, now’s the time to start taking note. [Variety]
After the break, will Mark Wahlberg be getting a teddy bear? Read More »
Posted on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 by Russ Fischer
With three television shows to oversee at this point, it’s a wonder that Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane even has time to think about a feature. But he’s sold Universal and Media Rights Capital on the idea of Ted, a hard-R comedy about a man and his teddy bear that MacFarlane will direct. Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, December 16th, 2009 by Brendon Connelly
Something, Something, Something Darkside is the Family Guy spoof of The Empire Strikes Back, a sequel to their first Star Wars parody Blue Harvest. It hits DVD and Blu-ray next week and, of course, that means there’s been some launch parties and promo events and all that kind of PR silliness. Stopped on the red carpet of one event, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane was asked if his tribute toons would extend to funny-business versions of the prequel trilogy. It seems like even he could smell the badness on Clones and Menace:
I’m not as well-versed on the newer movies as much as I am on the old ones. I was a kid when the old ones came out, so they hold a special place in my heart.
So, what would follow on from the Star Wars spoofs? How about Back to the Future, Star Trek or Indiana Jones?
Posted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 by Peter Sciretta
Now that Fox has officially canceled Dollhouse, what might we expect to watch in its place? What else? More shows created by “comic genius” Seth MacFarlane… oh yeah, and American Idol. This is FOX we’re talking about after all… “So many different shows, you won’t realize they’re exactly the same!” I know it’s a joke now, but this might actually be the future of this network. Watch the video, created by the guys at College Humor, embedded after the jump.
