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Stuff and Things: Predator Pumpkins and Killing Ashton Kutcher
Filed under: Casting », Fandom », DIY/Filmmaking », Newsstand »
Wanna know what's going on today, but don't feel like reading a lot? Welcome to Stuff and Things -- where we collect the stuff (and things) currently making waves online and spit it out in one somewhat short, easy-to-read post.
-- First off, Slashfilm posted this image of a Predator-carved pumpkin (see above), and I'd like to personally thank them for the nightmares I'm going to have tonight. God bless the children in that household.
-- Ashton Kutcher is still making movies. That's the bad news. Seems he's teaming with 21 director Robert Luketic on a new action comedy called Five Killers about a former hitman (Kutcher) whose life gets turned upside down when a rival from his past hires a group of killers to whack him. Unfortunately, it's not based on a true story. (What? It's Halloween ... time, I'm allowed to be morbid!) [Variety]
-- Moviefone just put up an Unscripted chat with the cast of High School Musical 3 ... and that Vanessa Hudgens girl? Yowzers! No wonder I hate Zac Efron so much.
-- Al Pacino received a lifetime achievement award at the third Rome Film Festival, which just kicked off its festivities. The fest runs through October 31.
-- Actress Teri Polo signed on to star in Joe Dante's The Hole, about a family who go through changes following the discovery of a bottomless hole in the basement of their house. Sounds like some serious termite damage, right there. [Hollywood Reporter]
-- Transformers II has become the first film in years to shoot at the Pyramids in Egypt. Nope, I gots no Megan Fox jokes for this one.
-- Is the end nearing for Focus Features? Patrick Goldstein explores what, unfortunately, appears to be the demise of Universal's specialty division.
-- Finally, Jesse James Hollywood will get his day in court. Remember Alpha Dog? Yeah, it's that dude.
After the jump: Is that a real porno, a teaser trailer for The Flash and Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino gets a poster.
Dean Cain Spreads 'Material Lies'
Filed under: Drama », Casting »
There's all sorts of films that focus on reunions and old friends reconnecting. You can dip into the world of The Big Chill; you can drool over the Cowboy in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion; you can go back to camp with Mike Binder's Indian Summer. They reveal the ways people change, how innocence gets lost, and the insidious buzz of nostalgia. And now, reunions are going to get a bit more deceitful than little lies about post-it notes.The Hollywood Reporter posts that Dean Cain and Jay Thomas are in final negotiations to star with Teri Polo (who has already signed on) in a new ensemble film called Material Lies from writer/director Katherine Starr. Cain is set to play a struggling actor named Josh who learns that he has leukemia. Upon hearing this news, he decides to set up a reunion weekend for him and his college friends, which includes his former girlfriend Ginni (Polo), who he hopes to reconnect with.
But here's the kicker: "He plans to portray himself as wealthy and successful, and Frank (Thomas) agrees to help him." Well, I guess if you're going to concoct a scam to get the girl, it's good to have the leukemia back-up when the plan ultimately backfires in your face. How mad can someone get when they hear the big secret? Production on the film will begin this June in Malibu.
Teri Polo Sees Dead People
Filed under: Independent », Thrillers », Casting »
I guess Teri Polo has had enough of cinematic comedy for now. The woman who has played love interests in ultra-classics like Aspen Extreme and Mystery Date, not to mention marrying a certain Focker, has picked up another dramatic role. She's already wrapped production on Two: Thirteen -- a horror thriller about a police profiler and a serial killer (and not associated with Henry Rollins). Now The Hollywood Reporter says she's going to star in an indie thriller called The Beacon. Written and directed by Michael Stokes, the film co-stars David Rees Snell (The Shield), Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), and Michael Ironside (Scanners).Polo plays Sally Helppie, a woman grieving over the death of her 4-year-old son. She moves with her husband (Snell), a college professor and author, into an old building called Beacon Apartments. There, she begins seeing dead people, or rather, a boy who fell into the building's elevator shaft and died while trying to run away from his abusive father. With the help of another professor (Urie), she tries to save the kid's spirit. Ironside, meanwhile, "plays a tough career cop who has adopted the residents."
I think I should have become a professor. They seem to be able to do a heck of a lot more than teaching and researching. They can help people discern what sort of novel they're living in, and they can even help exorcise spirits. I wonder how long it will be before there's a superhero called The Professor? Production on the film kicked off this week in Dallas.
Teri Polo Joins Thriller 'Two: Thirteen'
Filed under: Independent », Thrillers », Casting », Scripts », Cinematical Indie »
Production has just began on an indie thriller directed by Charles Adelman (The Zodiac Killer) called Two: Thirteen, and according to The Hollywood Reporter, Teri Polo has signed onto the cast that already includes Mark Thompson (Mother Ghost), Mark Pellegrino (The Number 23), Kevin Pollak (The Whole Ten Yards), Dwight Yoakam (Crank) and Jere Burns (Help Me Help You). Frankly, I'm surprised that no one nabbed Henry Rollins for a part -- he does flicks like these sometimes, and two-thirteen is not only his birthday, but part of the name of his company. Regardless, we should be happy that they seemingly changed the title to something a little simpler and less teh suck -- 2wo THIR13N.This is the second feature penned by Thompson, who also wrote and starred in Mother Ghost in 2002. In fact, Two is reuniting him with some of his co-stars -- Pollak and Burns. The film focuses on the hunt for a serial killer who loves Shakespeare -- this could definitely be an interesting and gory twist -- the man was poetic, but he also knew how to ramp up the ick and people pies. Polo is the detective over-seeing the case, Thompson is a police profiler brought back from psychiatric leave to help, Pellegrino is one of the killer's targets, Yoakam is a club owner and source for the investigation and finally, Pollak plays Thompson's psychiatrist. Polo has come a long way since her time as Ethan Hawke's Mystery Date (did you know that was her?), playing in a lot of comedies and thrillers, so this should be up her alley.
Little Fockers Confirmed
Filed under: Comedy », Universal », Remakes and Sequels »
It seems Teri Polo wasn't lying last month when she said there would be another sequel to Meet the Parents. Here, I thought she was just making up stuff in the hopes Universal would agree that a third installment is a good idea. She definitely needs the job more than the rest of the franchise's cast. In fact, I bet she's hoping for a television spin-off (on which she'd be the only actor to follow her part to the tube, I'm sure). Anyway, it is true. Universal is moving ahead with Little Fockers.The sequel, which follows the comical next step by featuring children, was confirmed with the studio's renewing of its contract with Robert DeNiro's and Jane Rosenthal's Tribeca Productions, which will produce the movie. Jay Roach will be returning to the franchise as director and Larry Stuckey is set to write the script. Obviously Polo, DeNiro, Ben Stiller, and Blythe Danner will all have to return, possibly joined by Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand. And no Fockers movie is complete without a visit from Owen Wilson.
Unlike a lot of people, I hated Meet the Parents but really enjoyed Meet the Fockers, mostly due to Hoffman though for other reasons as well. I'm pretty positive that I would not like this third movie, though, because I feel like I already know every joke it will include. I could do without any more first-time diaper change gags, thank you. Anyway, didn't the second movie already feature enough kiddie comedy? Still, I'm very glad they're making this. My mother absolutely loves the first two and I'm sure she'll love another. And anything that makes Mom happy makes me happy.
I've Had Enough of These Fockin' Sequels...
Filed under: Comedy », Universal », Remakes and Sequels »
One for the "I knew it was coming, but I kinda wish it wasn't" department: Everyone get ready for a movie called Meet the Little Focker, which will be the third chapter in the densely-plotted and astoundingly brainy series that began with Meet the Parents and continued (miserably) with Meet the Fockers.According to an AP report, actress Teri Polo is the one who let the cat out of the bag ... and that's pretty much all we got for you, news-wise. Meet the Little Focker. Coming soon. Teri Polo said so. And it seems a safe bet that folks like Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman will be returning. All those actors have really expensive houses and cars and stuff, you know.
While you're awaiting the most heavily-anticipated baby-centric second sequel since Look Who's Talking Now, take a few minutes to contemplate this fact: Meet the Fockers grossed $280 million in North America alone. That figures out to about $140 million per laugh. But yeah, make another one. Absolutely. Maybe one day Universal can mount a trilogy about something even more domestically banal, like Next Door Neighbor or Squeaky Screen Door.
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