The Morning Watch: Pixar's 'Soul' Storyboard Comparison, Making Of 'The Office' Pilot & More
In this edition, check out a Soul storyboard comparison, take a look at the making of The Office pilot back in 2004, and more.
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B.J. Novak Anthology Series 'Platform' Starring Lucas Hedges, Jon Bernthal Gets Pilot Order At FX
B.J. Novak's anthology has been picked up for a pilot order as Platform FX series, starring Lucas Hedges, Jon Bernthal, Kaitlyn Dever, and more.
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B.J. Novak's 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' Role Revealed
Between all the trailers, TV spots, images, viral sites, and Times Square drop-ins, you'd think we knew everything there was to know about Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man 2. But there are still a few secrets that Marc Webb has managed to hold onto during that marketing blitz, and one of them is whom exactly B.J.…
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'Saving Mr. Banks' Trailer: Disney Follows 'Mary Poppins's' Rocky Path To Film
There's a certain kind of stress that comes with watching a favorite book get adapted into movies, and I can only imagine that the process must be even more nerve-wracking for the authors of those books. It can't be easy for them to see their work chopped up and rearranged, or to find that what…
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BJ Novak Added To 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'
Briefly: Social media is quickly changing the way some news stories are broken in the entertainment world. Pro-active directors post casting stories themselves (as Bryan Singer did with a series of X-Men tweets) while others use Instagram to preview their films with oblique and occasionally informative images from set. Marc Webb has offered up a…
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'The Internship' Trailer: Vince Vaughn And Owen Wilson Compete In A "Mental Hunger Games"
Buddy comedies live and die by the chemistry between their leads. If nothing else, then, at least Shawn Levy's The Internship has a strong central pairing going for it. In their first team-up since Wedding Crashers, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play two middle-aged salesmen who learn their jobs have become obsolete in the digital…
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TV Bits: 'Breaking Bad' Trailer, 'Dexter', 'Happy Endings', 'Political Animals, 'The Good Wife', 'Community', 'Happy Endings', 'Firefly'
With San Diego Comic-Con just around the corner, a lot of our TV Bits are devoted to news about the cool stuff that'll be going on there. But there's plenty of stuff in here for the non-attendees as well, I swear. After the jump: Exec producer says Dexter will "definitely" be over after Season 8…
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Casting Bits: Ruth Wilson In 'The Lone Ranger', B.J. Novak In 'The Dictator', Peter Mullan In 'Man Inside'
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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An Uncanny Similarity Between Mad Men And The Office
When the season finale of Mad Men was over, there was a minor tinge of déjà vu that I couldn't immediately pin down. Hours later, it occurred to me that one of the major twists in the finale shared several fun similarities to The Office (Scranton Branch). In fact, up until the epiphany, I had never considered…
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IngloUrious BastErds
The Weinstein Co today sent out a press release announcing last week's start of production on Quentin Tarantino's upcoming WWII film Inglourious Basterds. You might notice that both words are misspelled, much like the early screenplay that got leaked onto the internet a few months back. That is the official title of the film, likely…
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B.J. Novak Cast In Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards
It looks like we might be in the full swing of the line-up reveal of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards. Yesterday it was revealed that friend and horror director Eli Roth was in talks to play Sgt. Donnie Donowitz. And tonight is was released in the trades that The Office star B.J. Novak is in talks…
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