Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…
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Mean Girls director Mark Waters returns to Disney to direct Magic Camp, a film potentially starring comedian Steve Martin.
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Today's TV Bits centers mostly around renewals, pickups, and projects in development, though there's an interesting holiday-appropriate video in here for you as well. After the jump: Showtime renews Homeland for a third season CBS' Elementary and Vegas get full-season orders CW wants more Arrow, Beauty & the Beast, and Emily Owens Jimmy Fallon's Guys With…
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Mere days before the mega-hit Jackass 3D (without the D) hits DVD and Blu-ray, Paramount is taking steps to make sure they remain in the Jackass business. First up, they've purchased a pitch called First Man which will star Johnny Knoxville as a rowdy guy whose wife is elected President of the United States. Second,…
Read MoreMagnolia Pictures has released a movie poster for Max Winkler's feature directorial debut Ceremony, which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Check it out right now after the jump. I heard the movie trailer will hit in the next couple days -- so stay tuned for that. Poster thanks to IMPAwards. The 27-year old…
Read MoreRisky Business has learned that Magnolia Pictures has acquired the US distribution rights to Max Winkler's feature directorial debut Ceremony, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. This means that the film will be shown theatrically and will likely have a day-and-date video on demand availability on nationwide cable. The 27-year old USC film…
Read MoreYesterday, I attended the premiere of Max Winkler's feature directorial debut Ceremony at the Toronto International Film Festival. The 27-year old USC film school graduate and son of television actor Henry Winkler (Fonzie on Happy Days) is probably best known as the director of the popular Clark and Michael web series which starred Michael Cera…
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More first looks up today, kicking off with a low-key photo showing Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari in action for 30 Minutes or Less. If the photos don't thrill you, remember that the film is directed by Zombieland's Ruben Fleischer, and that Danny McBride is also in the mix as a criminal who forces Eisenberg…
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Jason Reitman's new film Up in the Air premieres next month at the Toronto Film Festival, the same fest that launched Juno a couple years ago. The movie will hit theaters nationwide likely later this yes, possibly in December. So what is Jason cooking up next? Variety has an article tonight about how Reitman has…
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Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I Love You Man) has joined the cast of The Adventurer's Handbook. In February, Jonah Hill and his friend/writing partner Max Winkler (yes, Henry Winkler's son) sold a spec screenplay, originally titled Adventurer's Club, for a seven figure deal to Universal, with Lonely Island/SNL Digital Shorts/Hot Rod director Akiva Schaffer attached…
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Update: Apparently the Los Angeles Times screwed up and Nicholas Stoller is not involved with this project. The Playlist confirms that Akiva Schaffer is attached as the director of this project. Back in February, it was reported that Jonah Hill and his friend/writing partner Max Winkler (yes, Henry Winkler's son) sold a spec screenplay called …
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Entertainment Weekly have the only information so far available on Jonah Hill and Max Winkler's big payday and the spec script that won them their golden deal. According to their piece, Hill and Winkler (yes, yes, he's Henry's son, not the deceased Polish mayor) have reportedly just sold a spec script called Adventurer's Club for…
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