'Ted' TV Series Coming To Peacock For More R-Rated Teddy Bear Action
A Ted TV series, based on the Ted movies from Seth MacFarlane, is headed to Peacock.
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LOL: SNL Writer Gives A TED Talk On How To Sound Smart In A TED Talk
For everyone who has ever listened to a TED Talk, SNL writer Will Stephen explains how to sound smart in a TED Talk. It's funny and insightful all at once.
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Mondo Posters That Never Happened: Spring Breakers, Planet Of The Apes, The Godfather And More
At the first MondoCon, the creative team presented a panel of Mondo Posters That Never Happened, including The Godfather and more. See images here.
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Cool Stuff: Marko Manev And Matt Ferguson's "Influences" Show In Brooklyn
Two of the most promising rising artists in the pop culture art world are teaming up for a massive show. It's called Influences;Marko Manev and Matt Ferguson are the artists; and the Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn, NY is the venue. The theme is basically just films that have influenced not only these two artists, but…
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Germain's 10 Most Anticipated Films Of 2012 Revisited: Was I Right Or Wrong?
Around this time every year, for as far back as I can remember, I pick and write about the ten movies I'm most looking forward in the coming year. Here on /Film I did it for the movies of 2011 as well as the movies of 2012 and, in the coming days, I'll do it…
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'The Dark Knight Rises' Is YouTube's Top Movie Trailer Of 2012
2012 didn't want for long-awaited blockbuster releases, what with The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, Skyfall, The Hunger Games, and The Hobbit all opening this year. But the one YouTube visitors spent most time poring over, it turns out, wasn't a movie at all. The website has released its list of the 10 most popular…
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Star Wars Bits: Michael Cimino's Pitch, Ted As An Ewok Hunter, Props Up For Auction, Indiana Jones Lawsuit And More
With the weekend fast approaching, it seems like all is quiet on the Star Wars front. Unless, of course, you're an Oscar-winning director newly on Twitter, or are in search of a screen-used X-Wing Fighter. After the jump, read about the following: Oscar-winning director Michael Cimino revealed he pitched a Western sequel to Star Wars…
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/Filmcast Ep. 191 - Magic Mike (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Pajiba)
This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the promising film career of Seth MacFarlane, wonder at the messed up nature of Elfen Lied, mourn the loss of a talented director, and lament the state of 3D Blu-Rays. Special guest Joanna Robinson joins us from Pajiba. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and…
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'Ted' Review: Non-Stop, Raunchy Laughs Help Mask An Obvious Plot
For better or worse, Seth MacFarlane's Ted is exactly what you think it's going to be. The story of a man who lives with his walking, talking, pot smoking teddy bear is crude, rude and incredibly funny. It's also bursting at the seams with cameos and pop culture references much like MacFarlane's popular TV show, Family…
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VOTD: Seth McFarlane's Motion Capture Performance As 'Ted'
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is making the leap to feature-film director with Ted, the story of a man (Mark Wahlberg) who has lived his whole life alongside an unlikely best friend: the dissolute, lazy teddy bear he wished to life as a boy. MacFarlane co-wrote the film, and he does the voice work for…
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Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' Moves Up Into Vacant 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Slot June 29
Release schedules are so tight these days that if a studio sees a glimmer of light, they take it. Right after Paramount moved their huge action sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation out of its June 29 slot, Universal went ahead and pushed Seth McFarlane's R-rated comedy Ted ahead two weeks into the void. It went from…
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CinemaCon Reactions: 'Savages', 'TED', 'Bourne Legacy', 'Les Miserables', Judd Apatow's 'This Is 40', ' 47 Ronin', 'Oblivion', 'R.I.P.D.'
Thursday afternoon at CinemaCon, Universal Pictures presented footage, clips and trailers from their upcoming 2012 line-up and beyond. Included in the presentation were clips from Snow White and the Huntsman, Oliver Stone's Savages, Seth MacFarlane's TED, The Bourne Legacy, Les Miserables, Judd Apatow's This Is 40, Carl Erik Rinsch's 47 Ronin, Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion, and…
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All-Ages 'Ted' Trailer: Yep, That's A Teddy Bear Driving A Car
The first trailer for Seth MacFarlane's live-action feature directing debut Ted was eager to prove one thing, and one thing only: the movie can be dirty. Now there is an all-ages trailer that worries more about presenting the story and convincing us that there are jokes in the movie that work without super-lewd sexual references…
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'Ted' Red-Band Trailer: Peter Griffin, Trapped In The Body Of A Bear
The first trailer for Ted, the debut feature from Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, probably had to be a red-band clip. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as a guy who once got his wish to have his teddy bear come to life, but now has to life his adult life with a foulmothed stuffed companion.…
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TED Talk: Rob Reid Investigates MPAA's Piracy Claims With "Copyright Math"
One of the big questions in the battle over piracy is exactly how much damage is actually being done. The MPAA and the RIAA, naturally, claim to be losing staggering amounts of revenue thanks to piracy. As this new TED Talk from Listen.com/Rhapsody founder Rob Reid shows, however, there could be a big difference between…
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First Look: Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' And Genndy Tartakovsky's 'Hotel Transylvania'
Two small-screen animation heavyweights will be making their first forays into feature filmmaking this year, though the projects couldn't sound more different. This summer will see the premiere of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's rather insane-sounding R-rated comedy Ted, while Genndy Tartovsky (Samurai Jack) will follow this fall with the more family-friendly animation Hotel Transylvania. After the jump, check out a new poster from…
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Andrew Stanton's TED Talk: 'The Clues To A Great Story'
Andrew Stanton's new film, John Carter, is bound to cause a lot of dissension among film fans. Some will love its epic action and incredible visuals, others might be put off by its dense, plot heavy structure. No matter which group you fall into, though, there's no denying that Stanton has a true talent as a story…
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Germain's 10 Most Anticipated Films Of 2012
If 2012 is the end of the world, that's all right with me. Hollywood has overstocked the Mayan calendar's final year with so many potentially amazing movies that trying to cut it down to a top ten was virtually impossible. How could movies like The Amazing Spider-Man, Brave or Lincoln not be on this list?…
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Minor Spoilers From Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted' Reveal Absolute Insanity
Seth MacFarlane has already built a television empire and he's about to do the same thing at the multiplex. He's currently shooting Ted, an R-rated comedy about a man whose Christmas present from the 1970s, a talking teddy bear, comes to life and achieves fame as a foul-mouthed womanizer. Mark Wahlberg is the lead, Mila…
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Casting Bits: Vanessa Hudgens & Brendan Fraser In 'Gimme Shelter;' Laura Vandervoort In 'Ted;' Anthony Mackie Rumored For Two Films
The indie drama Gimme Shelter will go into production at the end of this month in Connecticut, and it has Brendan Fraser set to star, with Vanessa Hudgens now likely appearing as well. Ron Krauss wrote and will direct; the film follows a pregnant homeless girl (Hudgens' role) who "flees her abusive mother and seeks…
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Patrick Warburton Cast In Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted'
Patrick Warburton, who will always be Puddy to some, and will always be The Tick to me, has been a part of Seth MacFarlane's show Family Guy since the beginning. So I'm surprised to see that it has taken so long for him to be cast in Ted, Mr. McFarlane's live-action/CGI hybrid comedy in which…
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Release Dates Set For 'A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas' And Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted'
Two films got release dates today: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas and Seth MacFarlane's directorial debut Ted both have spots on the calendar. But there's a price (of sorts) as the Ashley Greene thriller The Apparition has been bumped from a fall date back to 2012. Details on all three after the break.…
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Joel McHale Cast In Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted'
Briefly: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is nearly set with the cast for Ted, which he wrote with Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild and will direct. Mark Wahlberg is a guy whose childhood teddy bear (voiced by Seth MacFarlane) came to life and continues to live by his side, but is a womanizing slacker. Mila…
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Giovanni Ribisi Joins Mark Wahlberg In Seth MacFarlane's 'Ted'
Giovanni Ribisi is rarely the headline star of a film, but his presence tends to make any film better. Whether it's with a supporting role in the biggest movie of all-time, Avatar, playing a wacky sibling on Friends or lending his skills to Saving Private Ryan, Lost in Translation or Boiler Room, Ribisi's intensity raises…
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Mila Kunis And Adam Scott In Talks For Seth McFarlane's 'Ted'
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is assembling the cast for his feature directorial debut Ted, about a man who, as a boy, wished that his teddy bear would come to life. 25 years later, he's still living with the now-belligerent bear. Mark Wahlberg is linked to the lead role and Mr. MacFarlane will voice the…
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Seth MacFarlane's 'Teddy Bear' Details From Star Mark Wahlberg
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's first foray into movies might be coming sooner than you think, according to star Mark Wahlberg. The Fighter himself has been seemingly everywhere talking about upcoming projects, and he said that Teddy Bear, written and directed by MacFarlane, is going to start shooting early next year. Wahlberg stars as a…
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Mark Wahlberg To Star In Seth MacFarlane's R-Rated Teddy Bear Comedy 'Ted'
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is making his directorial feature debut with Ted (also referred to before by the title Teddy Bear), a hard-R, $65 million(!) comedy from Universal Pictures about a man whose teddy bear comes to life and turns out to be a partying, womanizing, video game-playing pot smoker. A couple of weeks…
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