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New International R-Rated Trailer for 'Walk Hard'

Posted Nov 22nd 2007 3:32PM by Jessica Barnes
Filed under: Comedy, Music & Musicals, Sony, Trailers and Clips

Other than a few "f-bombs" and a positive endorsement of marijuana, there really isn't all that much in the new international trailer for Judd Apatow's musical spoof, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story that could be considered particularly controversial. This is a film from the same man who brought us Superbad and Knocked Up, so it's not like we weren't already expecting drug references and potty mouth. Thankfully, in the age of the Yellow Band trailer, anything goes. You can check out the trailer now over on YouTube, or look for it after the jump. Walk Hard stars John C. Reilly as Dewey Cox, Jenna Fischer as his long-suffering love, and Tim Meadows as Dewey's long-time drummer and friend. Jake Kasdan (Orange County) directed and also helped write the script along with Apatow. This time, rather than just riff on the dramatic spoof angle, this one goes straight for the belly laugh. Not necessarily a bad choice, but I still like the overt seriousness of the first trailer (but that could just be me).

So despite not being completely blown away by what I've seen, there still seems to plenty of giggles to be had -- plus you have to love a 'For Your Consideration' ad that has the star flipping off the camera. We've been reporting on the film for a while now, and can you blame us? Now that 'R' rated comedy is finally getting the respect it deserves, it's just nice to go to the movies without a "tween" in sight. Walk Hard was originally set for release this month, but instead the movie hits theaters on December 21.

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How Much Does it Cost to Be an Extra with Will Ferrell? $47,100

Posted Sep 27th 2007 5:32PM by Jessica Barnes
Filed under: Comedy, Fandom

I like Will Ferrell as much as the next girl, but I don't think I like him enough to drop $47,100. The Hollywood Reporter tells us a winner has emerged in the auction for a cameo role in Ferrell's next film, Step Brothers. Erik had first reported on the auction last week, and just in case you are wondering, this isn't just a shameless cash grab -- Uwe Boll; I'm looking in your direction. All of the proceeds from the auction are going to a charitable organization called the Cancer for College foundation. The charity is run by Ferrell's former fraternity buddy, who is a two-time survivor of Hodgkin's Disease.

So who was willing to drop almost fifty grand for the part of 'Guy in Bathroom Stall #2'?. The winning bid came from an anonymous bidder in Texas who was bidding on behalf of his son. The bidder told THR, "I lost my mother to ovarian cancer a few years ago so I feel fortunate that my 10-year-old and I are able to participate in an event involving Cancer for College and Will Ferrell. It's a great opportunity for him to both hang out with 'Ricky Bobby' and learn a valuable life lesson -- that it's important to help people who need help by whatever means you are able to do so". Step Brothers is the latest collaboration for Ferrell and Adam McKay with Judd Apatow producing. The film stars Ferrell and John C. Reilly as two ultra-competitive step-brothers vying for their parents affection. Brothers is currently still in production, but is scheduled for release on July 25th, 2008.

Columbia Options 'The Swap'

Posted May 2nd 2007 6:00PM by Monika Bartyzel
Filed under: Comedy, Deals, Comic/Superhero/Geek

Once you hit your mid- or late twenties (unless you were a Doogie child genius), your attention is drawn to that looming link back to high school -- the reunion. I sometimes wonder how much the act is to reconnect with friends you've lost touch with, and how much is to show off and feed those curiosities about who everyone became. Antony Moore has pretty much asked the same thing in his not-yet-released British novel, The Swap: "Since I last saw them I've not got married, or had any children, or got a promotion, or inherited a fortune; I've been doing exactly the same things I was doing last time I went." "Well tell them you've expanded." "They'll see that for themselves."

Now Columbia Pictures has bought into the thought, optioning the upcoming black comedy novel for John Calley to produce. Swap is about a man named Harvey Briscow -- a drinker, smoker and comic-book shopowner who isn't itching to go to his next class reunion, because nothing has changed for him. However, his friend and lone employee Josh suggests that he might use the night as an opportunity to get back a rare comic he had swapped years ago. This quest embroils the protagonist in "murder, romance and the revelation of a long-held secret." Just a wild thought, but I imagine that they'll look for someone like Simon Pegg to head it. That is, if they keep it British. Sure, Columbia could make a stateside adaptation, but then it will lose that dark, tasty humor. Do you have any better ideas?

No Dough for Wagner

Posted Jan 10th 2007 9:00AM by Jennifer DeFilippo
Filed under: Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels

All Charlie's Angels film rights remain solely with Columbia Pictures. California courts decided this today putting a close to Robert Wagner's lawsuit against Columbia Pictures. Robert Wagner and his late wife Natalie Wood -- whom I still adore with all sincerity -- collaborated with the now late Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg to create the hit television series Charlie's Angels. I learn something new everyday. I had no idea that tragically destined Wood and her husband Wagner had any part in Charlie's Angels' conception, let alone development.

Robert Wagner was fighting for compensation from Columbia Studios for all revenues the film accumulated. During the Angels' television days, Wood and Wagner received 50% of all profits that Spelling-Goldberg Productions made. Now here's the tricky part: Spelling-Goldberg Productions sold all of their rights to Charlie Angel's to Sony Pictures Television years back. Whether Wagner was a part of this decision I'm not sure, and whether Wagner received any of the money that Spelling-Goldberg Productions sold it for is another gray area. Either way, due to the court's decision it leads one to believe that at the point of sale, Wagner was freed of any rights or obligations to Charlie's Angels. If that's the case, then it makes sense that Wagner would not receive any money from the success of the films, leaving him no reason to go after Columbia Pictures in the first place.

Here lies the conundrum. Why do people sell the rights to their work in the first place?! There must be something that I don't get. The biggest example of unreasonable sales is The Beatles selling the rights to their music to Michael Jackson. Yes, Charlie's Angels isn't The Beatles but if it's your work, your baby, then no amount of money should replace your artistic marriage to your creation. Therefore, don't sell your work unless you are certain you want nothing to do with it if someone resurrects it into another profitable success.

Columbia Pictures Has a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Posted Nov 20th 2006 8:32PM by Erik Davis
Filed under: Comedy, Deals, Scripts, Family Films, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand

I don't remember much about my childhood. I remember playing with action figures and watching Fraggle Rock -- but aside from that, my memory is shot. Damn you drugs! However (and this is partly due to the fact that my mother kept every single book she read to me as a child), I do remember reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day over and over again. And I'll always remember the book's cover -- here's this kid hiding in his bed, barely peaking out from behind the covers, with this smirk on his face as if to say, "Why does my life totally suck?"

Well, the (good news? bad news?) is Columbia Pictures has just snatched up the film rights to the book for Neil Moritz to produce. Mike Bender (not Binder) will pen the adaptation. Bender and Moritz last worked together on Not Another Teen Movie (in which Bender wrote and produced), and the two are currently looking to take the Not Another Teen concept to TV with Not Another High School Show. (Oooh, please tear into those annoying rich brats on Laguna's Beach House in the Malibu Hills ... or whatever it's called.) As far as Alexander and his horrible day goes, the plot will revolve around a kid who wakes up with gum in his hair ... and it just gets better (or should I say, worse) from there.

What were some of your favorite books as a kid that you'd like to see up on the big screen?

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New International R-Rated Trailer for 'Walk Hard'

How Much Does it Cost to Be an Extra with Will Ferrell? $47,100

Columbia Options 'The Swap'

No Dough for Wagner

Columbia Pictures Has a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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