In this edition, Adam Savage examines Hamilton props from the San Francisco touring production, a wildlife expert looks at more animal scenes, and more.
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Mr. Popper's Penguins is based on a well-liked kids' book, and so it shouldn't be any surprise at all that the first trailer for the film makes it look like a film that the kids will love (maybe?) and everyone else will doze through. Jim Carrey stars as an uptight New York businessman who is…
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20th Century Fox has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of the Newbery-winning children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, Ghost of Girlfriends Past), the the comedy stars Jim Carrey as a businessman whose "professional side starts to unravel after he inherits six penguins, and…
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With nary a photo, poster or trailer in sight for Rupert Wyatt's Planet of the Apes prequel, Caesar: Rise of the Apes, word has come down that 20th Century Fox has moved the release date out of the super-crowded summer back to November 23. So you'll have to wait to Thanksgiving to watch the beginning…
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Century Fox has released the first official photos from the upcoming film adaptation of the Newbery-winning children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins in today's edition of USA Today. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, Ghost of Girlfriends Past), the the comedy stars Jim Carrey as a businessman whose "professional side starts to unravel after…
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In the race to make a hockey comedy the clear winner will be Goon, which stars Jay Baruchel and Seann William Scott. (Runner-up might be Kevin Smith's Hit Somebody.) Goon is based on a script by Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg, which in turn was inspired by the book Goon: The True Story of an…
Read MoreIn her first big hire since Michael Bay decided not to ask her to return for Transformers 3, Megan Fox has scored a new gig. She'll be in Jennifer Westfeldt's film Friends With Kids, which stars Westfeldt's partner Jon Hamm. The film also features Adam Scott and Kristen Wiig, and we now know that it…
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John Cusack will have company in The Raven, V For Vendetta director James McTeigue's fictionalized account of the final five “mysterious” days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, but Jeremy Renner won't be taking part. His schedule wouldn't allow it, sadly, as he's going to be off shooting the fourth Mission: Impossible. Stepping in for Renner…
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Briefly: Jim Carrey is starring in an adaptation of the childrens book Mr. Popper's Penguins, which is set to shoot in New York. (Based on some photos I saw yesterday, the film may be shooting now, or very soon.) And now Carla Gugino has taken up a role in the picture. Variety summarizes the film's…
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Well this is unfortunate timing. On the same day news broke of a rather lame-sounding potential Jim Carrey vehicle, confirmation has arrived that he's going to be starring in Mr. Popper's Penguins, a needless modernization of the children's-favorite 1938 book that was originally poised to reteam Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller. Director Mark Waters, who's…
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Fox is trying to figure out a strategy to put to work adapting Richard and Florence Atwater's WWII-era childrens' book Mr. Popper's Penguins. Earlier this year it looked for a moment like Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller might reunite post-Greenberg to make the film. But that didn't work out and Fox has continued to look…
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Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller are doing pretty well together thanks to the current film Greenberg, and now the pair may end up working together once more. This follow-up won't quite be in the same vein of their current film, however, in which Stiller could be charitably called an unlikable guy. The new film would…
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