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"Do you have the crazy?" is one of the tag-lines for the Magnolia-released indie horror flick The Signal. And it sure seems like one Orange County theater-goer had a small dose of the crazy when he (somewhat randomly) stabbed two people -- and he didn't even wait for the movie to end!

According to MSNBC, "one man suffered a stab wound to the arm, which punctured into his chest and was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange. The other man was also stabbed in the arm ... Both are expected to survive ... The attacker, who is believed to have been kicked out of the theater earlier, escaped." The story also involves a mysterious bag of "illegal substances," so let's not get all knee-jerk and blame the movie for the violence.

Seems that the stabber got away, but police are following up on a few leads. I was going to get in touch with one of the Signal-makers and ask them for a reaction, but that seemed a little silly. Does anyone want people getting STABBED while their movie plays? I think not.

Cinematical has just received the first official poster for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (click on the image above for a larger version), the upcoming comedy written by Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan. Do I need to say more, or are you already sold? I mean, if John C. Reilly in a Jim Morrison-like pose doesn't do it for ya, we've got issues to discuss. Essentially, the film will be spoofing all those popular musical biopics, like Walk the Line, etc ..., but I take it the flick will be a major step up from the silly spoofs like Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie, etc .. It'll be silly, sure, but check out some of this cast: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Paul Rudd, Justin Long, Jason Schwartzman, Jack Black, just about every popular SNL cast member in recent years and White Striper Jack White as Elvis Presley.

Walk Hard follows the life and times of fictional music legend Dewey Cox (Reilly) who, throughout his turbulent (yet awe-inspiring) career, fathers 22 kids, 14 step-kids, becomes addicted and subsequently kicks every drug known to man, and falls in love with his longtime backup singer Darlene (Fischer). Somewhere along the way, he also makes friends with everyone from The Beatles to Elvis -- and stars in his own 70s Variety Show. As a big fan of everyone involved, I know this movie is going to kick major ass -- how can it not? Directed by Jake Kasdan (who also helmed the very funny Orange County and comes from the same Freaks and Geeks world as Apatow), Walk Hard is set to sing its way into theaters on December 21.