The Morning Watch: Pee-Wee Herman Takes Over 'Jurassic Park', Why 'The OC' Is Great & More
In this edition, see a makeover of Jurassic Park with Pee-wee Herman as all the dinosaurs, find out why The OC is great, and more.
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Paul Reubens Wants The Safdie Brothers To Make A Dark 'Pee-Wee Herman' Reboot
Paul Reubens has approached the Safdie Brothers about making a dark Pee-wee Herman reboot.
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First Look: Pee-Wee Hits The Road In 'Pee-Wee's Big Holiday'
A New Pee Wee Movie is coming soon and the first image has been revealed. It's called Pee-Wee's Big Holiday and it'll be on Netflix soon. See it here.
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'Pee-Wee's Big Holiday' Picks Up 'Broad City' Director John Lee
The Pee-wee Netflix movie will be directed by Paul Lee (Broad City, Inside Amy Schumer). Shooting will begin in early 2015. Judd Apatow produces.
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New Pee-Wee Herman Movie Will Be A Netflix Production
We know there's a new Pee-Wee Herman movie coming featuring work from Paul Reubens (of course) and producer Judd Apatow. The script has undergone some revisions over the past year, but we keep hearing that the film will shoot soon. Now there's some real news, as the beginnings of a deal have been revealed that…
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Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Avengers Age Of Ultron, Fantastic Four, Civil War, Joss Whedon
Want to watch video interviews with Joss Whedon, talking Avengers: Age of Ultron, as well as Zack Snyder, talking Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? How does Robert Downey Jr. feel about Tony Stark's journey in Age of Ultron? What's up with Spider-Man in the Marvel Comics? Why are Rocket and Groot on the cover…
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Paul Reubens Says Pee-Wee Movie News Is "Very Imminent;" Will Start Shooting Early 2015
A new Pee Wee movie is coming and will start shooting in early 2015. Paul Reubens himself says an official announcement is "very imminent." Read more here.
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Pee-Wee Herman Movie Is "Pretty Close," Says Judd Apatow
The Pee-Wee Herman movie is "pretty close," according to producer Judd Apatow. Get the latest updates on the long-gestating project here.
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Paul Ruebens Says Director Chosen For Pee-Wee Herman Movie, Hopefully Shooting In 2014
We've heard Paul Ruebens talk about a new Pee-Wee Herman movie for years. There's long been a script that he's been writing and rewriting (with Paul Rust) under the watchful eye of producer Judd Apatow. But it's been quite a while since we've heard anything real -- years, in fact. With Ruebens doing press for…
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Trailer Parodies: 'Iron Man 3' Sweded And 'World War Pee-Wee'
YouTube, late night television and Michel Gondry all deserve spots in the trailer parody hall of fame. Gondry's film, Be Kind Rewind, gave birth to the low budget "sweding" of trailers where people do cheap, shot by shot, remakes. Late night TV shows like Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Conan have made a sport…
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Cool Stuff: Pee-Wee Herman Tribute Art Exhibit In Los Angeles
With his signature suit, voice and subversive family nature, Pee-Wee Herman has been a pop culture mainstay for decades. Even when the actor portraying him, Paul Reubens, had a bit of a run in with the law, fans still clamored for more Pee-Wee, rabidly watching his old specials, TV shows and movies. In 2010, Pee-Wee…
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Comic Bits: James Gunn Says 'Avengers' Script Is Great; Scooby-Doo To Appear On 'Batman: The Brave And The Bold'; January Jones Signed For 3 X-Men Films; Wolverine's First Comic Book Appearance Sells For $150K
We've got quite a mix of comic book bits for you today, and unless you have something against crime-solving Great Danes, I'd say it's all happy news. Guess the ides of March aren't so scary after all. After the jump, check out Slither director James Gunn's comments on Joss Whedon's The Avengers script, take a…
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Judd Apatow Talks Pee-Wee Film And 'Knocked Up' Spin-Off
Whether it be with ripping chest hair, unplanned pregnancy or dying comedians, Judd Apatow is always trying to get our attention. In recent months, two things that did just that were announcements that the writer/director/producer extraordinaire would be teaming up with Paul Reubens on a new Pee-Wee Herman movie and that, for his fourth directorial…
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2011 SXSW Film Panels Announced
South By Southwest have announced the 2011 SXSW Film Conference lineup, which includes two key conversations with Todd Phillips (director of The Hangover), Paul Reubens (aka Pee-wee Herman), the cast and crew of Super (James Gunn, Ellen Page and Rainn Wilson) and filmmaker Duncan Jones (Source Code, Moon). Additionally, the complete schedule for the event,…
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'The Pee-Wee Herman Show On Broadway' HBO Teaser Trailer
HBO will premiere The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway on Saturday, March 19th 2011 at 10:00pm. They have released a teaser trailer to promote the special. Watch it now emebdded after the jump. Teaser Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1tNNQnMqUM The Buzz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvrQiFJtISE
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LOL: Pee-Wee Herman And Anderson Cooper Guest On SNL's Digital Short
Anderson Cooper and Pee-Wee Herman (Paul Reubens) guest stared in Saturday Night Live’s latest Digital Short. Watch it now embedded after the jump.
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Don't Expect To See The 'Dark' Pee-Wee Herman Movie Any Time Soon
Over the past few years Paul Reubens, aka Pee-Wee Herman, has been talking up multiple new film projects. One now has Judd Apatow on board as producer, and a script is actively being crafted. It leaps off from the bright, child-like ideas of Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and is meant to be very much in the spirit…
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Rumor: Tim Burton Developing Sequel To 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'? (Nope)
Briefly: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, directed by Henry Selick, wasn't a runaway hit when it originally opened. But in the years since, the picture has become a perennial cash cow for Disney, with a massive merchandising component and a semi-regular theatrical re-release pattern that is unusual in today's film climate. So it is…
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Paul Reubens Says Pee-Wee Herman Film Will Be Based On All-New Script
When news broke last night that Judd Apatow is producing a new Pee-wee Herman film to be written by Paul Reubens and Paul Rust, I speculated that this might be one of the two Pee-wee scripts Reubens has talked up over the past few years. But comments from someone who saw a recent Reubens Q&A…
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Cool Stuff: Gallery 1988's Crazy 4 Cult 4 Preview #1
If you've been reading /Film for a while, then you know that I love good movie-inspired art. And the superbowl of movie art is Crazy4Cult, an art show put on every year by Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. This year's show will open on July 9th, and we have seen the first batch of artwork…
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Judd Apatow Developing Pee-Wee Herman Film
Since Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman started to work his way back to the spotlight, he's been talking about making two movies. One would be for adults, and one for kids. And now there's word that one of these two films is being developed for Universal by Judd Apatow, with Reubens and Paul Rust writing.…
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Pee-Wee Herman's Big Screen Return Is Scripted And Ready To Shoot (Still)
We've known for a while that Pee-Wee Herman wants to star in new films. (When Paul Reubens is in this particular character, it's difficult not to refer to him as Pee-Wee, and I'm not going to fight it.) He's talked about a couple of different scripts in vague terms -- one for adults, one for…
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Pee-Wee Herman Returns With A Twitter Account...and A Jay Leno Interview
Last night, to the surprise of many, "Pee-wee Herman" began trending on Twitter only a few hours after new account for the character launched on the social network: @peeweeherman (it has just been verified as legit). Earlier this year, Peter posted about a limited engagement at Hollywood's The Music Box in November marking the official…
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