'Army Of One' Trailer: God Calls Up Nicolas Cage For A Favor
Nicolas Cage plays Gary Faulkner in Larry Charles' (Bruno) film about a man called upon by God to find Osama Bin Laden. Watcht the Army of One trailer.
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Russell Brand And More Join Nicolas Cage In 'Army Of One'
Read about the latest Army of One casting. Nicolas Cage will be joined in the Larry Charles comedy by Russell Brand, Ken Marino, Rainn Wilson and more.
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Nicolas Cage Teaming With 'Borat' Director For Osama Bin Laden Satire 'Army Of One'
Learn all about the Nicolas Cage Army of One project. The satire (by Borat director Larry Charles) stars Cage as a guy looking for Osama bin Laden.
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Larry Charles Writing, May Direct 'The Man Who Sued God' Remake
Borat and the Dictator director Larry Charles has been hired to script and potentially direct a Man Who Sued God remake.
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Larry Charles Directing 'A Walk In The Woods' With Robert Redford And Nick Nolte
The director of Borat and former writer of Star Wars Episode VII are teaming up to bring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte into nature. Larry Charles (Borat, Seinfeld) will direct A Walk in the Woods, based on the memoir by Bill Bryson. Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine) adapted the screenplay which follows a travel writer (Redford)…
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Josh Gad To Play Sam Kinison In Biopic Directed By Larry Charles
Playing the lead in The Book of Mormon proved Josh Gad had a great set of pipes. Now he's going to put them through the ringer as the late screaming comedian Sam Kinison. Gad will play the lead in Kinison, a biopic helmed by Borat, Bruno and Seinfeld director Larry Charles. Based on the book Brother Sam…
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Russell Brand Replacing Jim Carrey In Larry Charles' 'Pierre Pierre'
Five years ago, Fox shelled out $1 million in a bidding war over Edwin Cannistraci and Frederick Seton's raunchy Black List comedy Pierre Pierre, and quickly set Jim Carrey to star and Jason Reitman to direct. And then... nothing. The project languished, and Reitman eventually dropped out. He was replaced by Larry Charles (Borat, Bruno,…
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Watch The Opening Scene Of Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator'
I can't really think of anyone more perfect to poke fun at vile tyranny than Sacha Baron Cohen, the guy who brought us Borat, Ali G, and Bruno. While plenty of comedians play at edginess, Cohen's material feels genuinely daring and fresh -- not to mention very, very funny. So I'm a bit sad to…
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'The Dictator' Trailer - Sacha Baron Cohen's Take On A Middle Eastern Tyrant
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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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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Casting Bits: Giovanni Ribisi In 'Gangster Squad;' Rinko Kikuchi In 'Pacific Rim;' J.B. Smoove In 'The Dictator'
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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First Official Image: Sacha Baron Cohen In 'The Dictator'
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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First Look: Sacha Baron Cohen In 'The Dictator'
For many of us, it's safe to say that Sacha Baron Cohen has already reached "See anything he's in" status. Even though he's only starred in a handful of movies, with some (Borat) being way more successful than others (Bruno), it's hard to not be totally enthralled when he's on screen. You're never sure what…
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Anna Faris Now In Talks For Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator'
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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Ben Kingsley Joins Sacha Baron Cohen In 'The Dictator'
Not counting his Ali G Show creations and the trio of feature efforts that followed, Sacha Baron Cohen's winning presence has been put to use in only two films thus far, first in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and not long after in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. That's going…
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Casting Notes: Jane Lynch In 'The Three Stooges;' Kristen Wiig A Front-Runner For Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator'
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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Sacha Baron Cohen's 'The Dictator' Gets A Release Date, Larry Charles Confirmed To Direct
Sacha Baron Cohen will indeed reunite with his Borat and Bruno director Larry Charles for The Dictator, a new comedy in which the actor will play both a dictator and a goat herder. Paramount has set a release date: May 11, 2012, so this one is happening soon. And it will draw inspiration from one…
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Sacha Baron Cohen May Reteam With Borat/Bruno Director Larry Charles On 'The Dictator'
We've heard some back and forth about whether Sacha Baron Cohen might do another film with his Borat and Bruno director Larry Charles. (Who, it should be remembered, stepped in to direct Borat when Todd Phillips dropped out after shooting some of the movie.) We'd heard that Mr. Charles might not direct The Dictator, which…
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Larry Charles To Direct Jim Carrey Comedy 'Pierre Pierre'
Deadline is reporting that Borat/Bruno helmer Larry Charles has signed on to direct the Jim Carrey comedy Pierre Pierre. This isn't a huge surprise considering the project has always been described as being simular to Bruno/Borat. The story follows a "self-indulgent, lazy, French nihilist who is transporting a stolen Mona Lisa from Paris to London."…
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TV Tidbits: Fox Plans Observer Week Viral Marketing For Fringe, Caprica Gets A New Showrunner, McG And Borat Director Team Up For NBC Comedy
Tonight in TV news: In a bid to get more live viewers for Fringe, Fox is building up this week's upcoming Observer-heavy with a large scale viral marketing campaign, dubbed internally as "Observer Week". The bald-headed character was one of the most intriguing elements of Fringe's first season, and was notable for appearing "Where's Waldo"…
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Bruno Blu-Ray Breakdown And Video Commentary Clips
Available from November 17th in the US, but this Monday November the 9th here in the UK, are the DVD and Blu-ray special editions of Bruno. I absolutely loved the film, and still consider it amongst my few favourite films of the year. This is what I want from the crossover between documentary and fiction,…
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Larry Charles Wants To Make Religulous: The HBO Series
In terms of pouring a glass of water into an active volcano (frequented by aliens?), a $10 million final domestic gross for Religulous will be seen as a success. As other blogs have reported, outrage over the documentary was nil, which is unsurprising yet absurd given that the film shows Bill Maher and Larry Charles…
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Director Larry Charles Says NC-17 Motley Crüe Film, The Dirt, Isn't Happening. Also, New HBO Series With Kanye West.
The Motley Crüe biopic, The Dirt, is one of those long-fabled projects, complete with dream casting (Chris Walken as Ozzie!) befitting Inglorious Bastards circa 1999, that may never see the darkness of a theater. Borat and Religulous director, Larry Charles, has been attached to helm for some time and tells Coming Soon that his NC-17…
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TIFF Review: Religulous
Larry Charles' Religulous is a film I've been looking forward to since the project was first announced. I have a few confessions: I loved Charles' Borat and I've been an avid viewer of Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect over the years. I grew up Catholic, but Maher's views on world religion pretty much mirrors my current…
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Video Blog: Religulous Protest
[flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/torprotestors1.flv 300 226] On Saturday night, a group of protesters picketed the premiere of Larry Charles' Religulous, the Bill Maher anti-religion documentary. I caught some footage of the protesters in action (above). I was initally told that they were trying to have the screening shut down. So when I went over to interview them, I'll…
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Religulous Is Now Playing In Two Movie Theaters
Larry Charles' Religulous is scheduled to hit theaters in October. But did you know that the Bill Maher documentary is already playing in a couple theaters right now? In order to meet the Academy's rule #12 which states that a "a documentary feature must complete both a seven-day commercial run in a theater in Los…
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Religulous Movie Poster (For Canada, Of Course)
Ding, ding. via Hollywood Elsewhere Discuss: What do you think of the poster? Why didn't Lionsgate use a poster like this in the U.S.? Also, anyone notice that grandparents really love Space Chimps?
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