Having not yet seen The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, I can't comment on the quality of the film. But the marketing has been awesome. How could it not be, really? You've got a stellar cast (Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde) and the world of magic to play in. The posters, billboards and trailers…
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One of the biggest selling points for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is its equally incredible cast. Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, and James Gandolfini are some of the most well-respected and popular actors working today. Among them there are two comedy legends, two brutal TV gangsters, and multiple award winners. It's…
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The stage at the Wadsworth Theater in Westwood, California seems average enough. With its run down seats, bland walls and single stall bathrooms, it could double for any average high school auditorium. There’s nothing spectacular about it. Except on this Monday morning. On this Monday morning, Steve Carell and Steve Buscemi are flying through the…
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Today's TV Bits comes with the caveat that none of this applies if the world actually ends on 12/21/12. After the jump: Black Dynamite, Catfish, The League, and Psych get renewed Cinemax sets a January premiere date for Alan Ball's Banshee Game of Thrones gets more screen time and its own beer Jason Schwartzman and Jenny…
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The new school vs. old school movie is nothing new. We've seen the young hot shot come onto the crafty veteran's turf time and time again. What sets The Incredible Burt Wonderstone apart is that it does that in the world of magic. Plus it does it with a cast including Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia…
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This March, five things people love are all going to be on the big screen together: Steve Carell, Jim Carrey, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde and magic. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, is scheduled for release March 15 and earlier this year, /Film was invited to the set to see a few of these comedic geniuses work. We spoke to the…
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NBC's Community may be on hiatus, but don't think for a second that its cast has been slacking off. Not only is production still in full swing, several of the show's stars have been working on outside projects as well. Gillian Jacobs, for one, has just wrapped Revenge for Jolly! and has a part in…
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For a while there it looked like Ariel Vromen's The Iceman was on the verge of falling apart, as James Franco dropped out of the project. But the hitman biopic is moving along with David Schwimmer and Chris Evans added to the cast in recent weeks, and now Winona Ryder has boarded the picture as…
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Louis Leterrier's magician heist movie Now You See Me keeps getting better. The movie features a story about a group of illusionists who rob banks during their performances, and then give at least some of the proceeds out to the audience, even as the FBI is hot on their tail. The cast already includes Mark…
Read MoreNicole Kidman's Blossom Films and Olympus Films have teamed up to acquire the movie rights for Kevin Wilson's bestselling book The Family Fang, which they plan to develop as a starring vehicle for Kidman. The two companies previously collaborated on Rabbit Hole, for which Kidman received a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Wilson's debut novel centers…
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Sometime last summer, a report surfaced that Jim Carrey had been offered a part, possibly the lead, in the magician comedy Burt Wonderstone. Steve Carell has since landed the title role, but now it seems Carrey may be interested in climbing aboard in a different capacity. Carrey has entered negotiations for the film, which will…
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The comedy Burt Wonderstone, which is planning to star Steve Carell as a "traditional magic man who is dethroned by a hip younger illusionist and must then find a way to rediscover his love for magic,” has been kicking around for a few years. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Horrible Bosses) wrote the script,…
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