Watch the new Overboard trailer, showing off more of the comedy remake starring Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez. Does this look like it'll be worth seeing in theaters?
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The Overboard remake trailer presents a gender-swapped take on the Goldie Hawn/Kurt Russell comedy, with Anna Faris and Eugenio Derbez in the leads.
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Actress Anna Faris, known for Mom, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and a thoroughly enjoyable podcast, has signed up to star in MGM's Overboard remake.
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Chris Pratt and Anna Faris will be Vacation Friends in a new comedy described as being in the vein of What About Bob?. Steve Pink is in talks to direct.
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Luc Besson wants to make another Fifth Element, kind of. Also after the jump: David Heyman comments on the Harry Potter spinoff Dredd finally gets a sequel... in comic book form A new Terminator comic chronicles the end of the war The newest Cloudy 2 clip features a dramatic entrance See No Evil 2 adds Freddy…
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The first teaser for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 introduced an island overrun by food/animal hybrids -- the sort of place a hungry Jules Verne might scribble down in a notebook. A featurette showed off more of the "foodimals," and now the full trailer for the film serves up a few additional glimpses…
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I put off seeing Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, because I had no associations with the book from which the film took inspiration, and I thought the film would be childish and ridiculous based on the title. I was wrong; the movie is super-charming and well-made. This year we'll see the sequel, and the…
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It's pilot casting season! And as such, Rupert Grint, JK Simmons, Dylan McDermott, Billy Campbell, Jennifer Beals, and tons more have found new homes on the small screen. Also after the jump: Peter Sarsgaard has joined AMC's The Killing Dexter Season 8 adds a Walking Dead alum Ridley Scott is bringing The Terror to AMC…
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Having made their marks in front of the camera, two acclaimed actresses are getting ready to step behind the scenes. Melissa McCarthy is teaming with her husband Ben Falcone (a.k.a. Air Marshal Jon in Bridesmaids) to direct the road trip comedy Tammy, which the pair also co-wrote and in which McCarthy will star. Meanwhile, Ellen…
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The cheeseburger rainstorms may have ceased for now, but Flint Lockwood's battles with food are far from over. In this fall's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs sequel, Flint (Bill Hader) continues to deal with the consequences of his malfunctioning FLDSMDFR device when he discovers that it's created a new race of food-animal hybrids --…
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It's been a slow week for movie news, but not so on the small-screen front. After the jump: Jon Favreau will direct one of The Office's last episodes Nancy Pelosi and Ice-T will appear on the 30 Rock finale A Walking Dead newcomer joins Once Upon a Time Here's what Donald Glover will be doing on…
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One bit of advice that commonly gets doled out at weddings is the warning / reassurance that the first year of marriage is the toughest, since the couple are still adjusting to being shackled together for all eternity. That certainly seems to be the case in I Give It a Year, directed by Brüno scribe Dan…
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The red-band trailer for Peter Farrelly's Movie 43 leaned hard on the shock factor of seeing big Hollywood stars revel in foul language and filthy jokes, but the poor green-band trailer is stuck trying to sell the exact same product by only hinting at what the NSFW version could actually show. Is Anna Faris asking…
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Do you want to see a couple generations of today's stars -- Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Halle Berry, Emma Stone, and many more -- spouting dirty jokes? Then Movie 43, masterminded by Peter "One Half of the Farrelly Brothers" Farrelly, probably has something for you. The red-band trailer has turned into an essential component in…
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was a great surprise, a fun and very well-animated film that stands as one of the better kids' films released in the last few years. (And therefore is also a good watch for adults.) While Cloudy directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are only producing the sequel Cloudy 2:…
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Casting on Machete Kills continues to speed ahead, as Modern Family star Sofia Vergara becomes the latest to sign on. Also after the jump: Leonard Nimoy has not confirmed a Star Trek 2 cameo Tim Burton offers a tiny Beetlejuice 2 update Anna Faris probably won't do Scary Movie 5 Men in Black 3 gets creative with its marketing Kristen…
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If even Martin Scorsese can't convince people to watch Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator, I don't know what can. But Paramount, of course, continues to try their hardest. Their latest effort is a red-band trailer that offers several fresh jokes, including bits on childbirth and 9/11. It also finally, helpfully, offers an explanation of exactly…
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Yep, Scary Movie 5 is happening, but will its stars return? Anna Faris isn't sure. Also after the jump: Sony unveils two more clips from Men in Black 3 Tony Gilroy talks balancing old and new in The Bourne Legacy Check out some concept art for TRON: Uprising With writers and a director on board, the next step…
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This weekend's The Three Stooges doesn't look too promising (though there are a handful of positive reviews), and last week's American Reunion was only okay. Fortunately, there are a couple of much more enticing comedies on the horizon. The latest project from producer Judd Apatow's laugh factory, The Five-Year Engagement, is due out later this…
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All too often, "romantic comedies" wind up being neither romantic nor comedic. But if the recent casting is any indication, I Give It a Year seems to have the latter part down, at least. Rose Byrne and Anna Faris have joined Rafe Spall and Simon Baker in the film, written and directed by Borat scribe…
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The man who brought us Borat, Ali G, and Brüno heads back into the realm of sociopolitical satire in the first trailer for The Dictator, which hit the Web today. Sacha Baron Cohen stars as Middle Eastern despot along the lines of Muammar Gaddafi, who gets sent to the United States in exile and spends…
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Most days, I love my job. Other days, I'm forced to watch the trailer for Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. Yep, the squeaky-voiced CGI hellions are back for a third installment of their regrettably successful film franchise. Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, and Jesse McCartney return as the Chipmunks, along with Anna Faris, Christina Applegate, and…
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Ruth Wilson will be breaking into the boys' club as the female lead of Gore Verbinski's The Lone Ranger, starring Armie Hammer as the Texas ranger and Johnny Depp as his sidekick Tonto. Although Wilson's name may be unfamiliar to most Americans, she's known in the UK for her work on the BBC's Luther and the…
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We've got classic cops fighting notorious gangsters, giant mechs fighting notorious monsters, and a despot and his double fighting...um...the boundaries of comedy? Something along those lines. After the break, check out details of the following three recent casting breaks: Giovanni Ribisi joins the impressive cast of Gangster Squad. Rinko Kikuchi takes the female lead in…
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Earlier this week we saw an on-set snap of Sacha Baron Cohen in costume as one of the characters in The Dictator. Now we've got the first official look at Sacha Baron Cohen in costume as the other main character in The Dictator. The full snap is after the break. So: the film is (or…
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Sacha Baron Cohen is preparing his next semi-improvised, semi-political comedy. The Dictator, which may or may not be inspired by Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator (bet on 'may') has Borat director Larry Charles set to direct from a script by Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel. The script, which has Sacha Baron Cohen playing…
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The latest casting for The Three Stooges puts the great Jane Lynch in the role of Mother Superior, the nun who runs the orphanage where the Stooges grow up. (Cher was once mentioned for the role.) That means she'll be a big part of the first of the film's three segments, which takes place with…
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