'Wedding Crashers' Director Reunites With Will Ferrell For Netflix Movie
Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin is set to direct Eurovision, a Netflix comedy that will reunite him with superstar Will Ferrell.
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'The Judge' Trailer: Robert Downey Jr. Produces And Stars In This Family Crime Drama
Here's The Judge Trailer. Robert Downey Jr. is a laywer who goes to his hometown to defend his father who is accused of murder. It opens October 10.
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First Look: Robert Downey Jr. Defends Robert Duvall In 'The Judge'
Get your first look at Robert Downey Jr in The Judge, directed by David Dobkin. Downey plays a lawyer who defends his dad (Robert Duvall) in a murder trial.
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David Dobkin Directing Hugh Hefner Biopic For Warner Bros.
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has cropped up in quite a few movies and shows over the decades. Sometimes, he's played by himself, as in Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The House Bunny; other times, actors are called upon to play younger versions of him, as in The Playboy Club and Lovelace. But those have all…
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'Jack The Giant Slayer' Review: A Classic Fairy Tale Gets A Generic CG Makeover
In Jack the Giant Slayer, Bryan Singer engages in the time-honored tradition of taking a classic fairy tale and reshaping it to fit the times. Current trends being what they are, that means turning the film gritty and (relatively) realistic, with plenty of Lord of the Rings-style action. Screenwriters David Dobkin and Darren Lemke take…
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Colin Farrell Won't Be In 'Arthur & Lancelot,' But Warners Keeps Trying
Warner Bros. is still trying to make Arthur & Lancelot, based on a script by David Dobkin that the studio bought for a couple million bucks last year. Dobkin, who directed Wedding Crashers and The Change-Up, will direct the film that is an action-oriented take on the classic Arthurian story, with a modern feel. The…
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Warner Bros. Revives 'Arthur & Lancelot,' Colin Farrell In Talks
It seems like just yesterday that Warner Bros. had deemed David Dobkin's Arthur & Lancelot too expensive to live. (In fact it was January.) The film, meant to be a big action-oriented take on the Arthurian legend, was taken off the studio's production schedule after budget concerns arose and attached actors Kit Harington and Joel…
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David Dobkin's 'Arthur & Lancelot' Hits Budget Troubles At Warner Bros., May Head To Another Studio
Over the summer, Warner Bros. put David Dobkin's Arthur & Lancelot on the fast track at the expense of two other adaptations of the legend, but now it's looking like Dobkin's project may not come together at the studio, either. Though the picture's been moving at a brisk pace over the past few months, it's…
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Casting Bits: Marion Cotillard Offered 'Arthur & Lancelot', Kyle Chandler Lands 'Broken City', Nikki Reed, Stephen Lang, And More In 'Pawn'
Things are indeed shaping up quickly for David Dobkin's Arthur & Lancelot, which Warner Bros. fast-tracked over the summer at the cost of Bryan Singer's Excalibur remake and Guy Ritchie's King Arthur film. Last month saw the casting of Game of Thrones star Kit Harrington and The Killing star Joel Kinnaman in the two title…
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Kit Harington Is Arthur In WB's 'Arthur & Lancelot'
I've written about the film a couple times and yet I keep forgetting that Warner Bros. is making Arthur & Lancelot, a new take on the oft-filmed Arthurian legend. David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers, The Change-Up) wrote the script, which Warner Bros. bought and chose to film over several other competing takes on the Arthurian story.…
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Casting Bits: Keira Knightley Approached For 'Akira', Gary Oldman Wanted For 'Arthur & Lancelot', Holly Hunter And Elisabeth Moss In Jane Campion Miniseries
As Garrett Hedlund continues his negotiations over the lead role of Kaneda in Warner Bros.' Akira remake, the studio and director Jaume Collet-Serra are wasting no time filling in the other roles as well. Buried in one report about Hedlund starring in the film was a tidbit about Keira Knightley being approached for the project.…
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Casting Bits: Catherine Zeta-Jones In 'Broken City'; 'Game Of Thrones' And 'The Killing' Stars Frontrunners For 'Arthur & Lancelot'
Catherine Zeta-Jones has had a slow couple of years, but the Chicago actress stepping it up again. She recently wrapped three films -- Lay the Favorite, Playing the Field, and Rock of Ages, all of which are due out next year -- and has now landed one more. Zeta-Jones recently finalized a deal to star…
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'The Change-Up' Movie Review: One Of The Summer's Best Comedies
In the race for best comedy of the summer, The Change-Up gives Bridesmaids a run for its money. It has all the laughs that were missing from The Hangover Part II, all the over-the-top crudeness that was missing from Horrible Bosses, all the life-lessons and heartwarming moments that were missing from Bad Teacher and puts…
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'The Change-Up' Red-Band Trailer #2
I think most of you know The Change-Up drill by now: Jason Bateman is a family man, Ryan Reynolds is his perpetually single best friend, and after some mystical occurrence, they switch bodies. Awkward sexual antics and general hilarity ensue. We've seen some funny moments in previous trailers, and now there is a new red-band…
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WB Fast-Tracks 'Arthur & Lancelot,' Kills 'Excalibur' Remake In The Process
Briefly: It is very possible that you'll read of Warner Bros.' enthusiasm for the David Dobkin script Arthur & Lancelot and give a shrug. We know little about the story, after all, other than the fact that it comes from the Wedding Crashers and The Change-Up director and is a contemporary retelling of the Arthurian…
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Warner Bros. Buys David Dobkin's 'Arthur & Lancelot,' Nicholas Sparks' Latest Novel, & Hires 'Halo: Reach' Writer For Action Rewrite
Warner Bros. has been on a tear in the past few days, buying material for new films and/or setting up screenwriters to develop projects for the studio. After the break, we've got info on the following three projects, each of which is quite a bit different from the others: The David Dobkin script Arthur &…
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Christopher Nolan, Jon Favreau And Quentin Tarantino Join Battle Against Premium Video On Demand
Has anyone actually ordered a movie off DirecTV's controversial Premium Video On Demand service? Beginning in April, several studios teamed up with the cable provider to offer their movies only two months after they hit theaters for the price of $29.95, much to the dismay of theater owners and filmmakers alike. According to The Hollywood…
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'The Change-Up' Trailer
Our first look at The Change-Up, from Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin, was a red band trailer that spent a couple minutes reveling in the fact that the film was written as a very R-rated comedy. This new theatrical trailer is basically a tamer version of that first look, though it does include a couple…
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'The Change-Up' Red-Band Trailer
The Change-Up, directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) asks a very important question: what if two drunk friends pissing in the same fountain accidentally changed bodies and got to live each others lives? Yep, The Change-Up is a body-switching comedy, and it gives about as much weight to the reason for the switch as Hot…
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Steven Soderbergh In Talks To Direct 'Man From U.N.C.L.E.'
Everyone who wants to see a Steven Soderbergh spy film raise their hands. Well, you just may get your wish. The eclectic, Academy Award winning director is currently in talks to direct an adaptation of the mid-Sixties spy television show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Scott Z. Burns, who wrote two of Soderbergh's most recent films…
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Leslie Mann Joins Olivia Wilde And Ryan Reynolds In 'The Change-Up'
The body-switching comedy is a minor sub-genre that will never die. Every five years or so we're bound to get a new story in which two people switch bodies so that hilarity may ensue. They may be a pair that are young and old, male and female, or hot and... not hot. In the case…
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WB/MGM Still Trying To Talk Peter Jackson Into Directing The Hobbit
Yesterday we reported a rumor that David Yates, best known as the director of the last few Harry Potter films: Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and Part I and II of the Deathly Hallows, was the studios top choice to direct The Hobbit. As you know, Guillermo del Toro recently stepped down from directing…
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Man From U.N.C.L.E. Gets New Writer; Wedding Crashers Director Attached To Helm
The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which originally saw life as a TV show in the mid-'60s, has long been in the Hollywood remake pile. Back in 2004 or 2005 Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn was set to direct, but dropped out to make another film that eventually didn't happen. (He made Stardust instead.) But the film keeps…
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Casting Bits: Barry Pepper In True Grit, Ryan Reynolds And Jason Batemen In The Change-Up, And Three Join A Horrible Way To Die
A.J. Bowen, Amy Seimetz, and Joe Swanberg have been cast in Adam Wingard's thriller A Horrible Way to Die. Written by Simon Barrett (Dead Birds), the story follows an escaped murderer (Bowen) in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend (Seimetz), who has fled to start a new life in a small town. Swanberg plays the ex-girlfriend's new…
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Vacation Rebooted: Rusty Griswold Will Return To Wally World Before It Closes FOREVER
You might recall that back in October we told you that New Line/Warner Bros had signed Wedding Crashers and Fred Claus director David Dobkin to produce and possibly direct a new film in the National Lampoon's Vacation series which would follow Rusty Griswold, the son of Clark Griswold, who is now a father in his…
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New National Lampoon's Vacation Sequel In The Works
No, no, no NO NO NO NOOOOOOOO. I start overacting like Shia LaBeouf when I learn news about Hollywood remaking or sequelizing movies from my childhood. I'm not an anti-sequel person, and in that area, I'm a lot more optimistic than most film fanatics. With the advances in technology and special effects, I understand the…
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David Dobkin To Direct The Flash
We all knew from the beginning that Warner Bros planned to use the Justice League of America movie to spin-off a few new DC superhero movie projects. Or at least that is the plan. Earlier this year, before all this JLA craziness, Night at the Museum helmer Shawn Levy signed on to make a movie…
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