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Watch This: Between Two Ferns with Charlize Theron
Filed under: Comedy », Trailers and Clips »
If you happen to subscribe to the Hitchen's theory of comedy (you know, the one that says women can't be pretty and funny), then you're going to need to explain Charlize Theron to me. The Oscar-winning actress is probably one of the most beautiful women to walk the earth ... but that's not all, because she's also damn funny. Now, we've seen installments of Between Two Ferns here at Cinematical before, but the latest moment of strangeness from Zach Galifianakis just might be my favorite.
Most of us know Theron from her dramatic work, but if you're a fan of Arrested Development then you know how good she is at comedy. In fact, I think that's why this installment works so well, because Theron is a good enough actress that you honestly can't tell if she's in on the joke -- and considering Galifianakis relies on moments of awkwardness in his comedy, presto! You've got the perfect pairing.
Watching this clip reminded me that it's been too long since Theron has unleashed the funny, and with The Road and The Burning Plain already on their way to theaters, and an Atlas Shrugged mini-series on the horizon, this could be our last chance to see her crack a smile for a long, long, time.
After the jump: Charlize gets between the ferns...
'The Hangover' Already Set for a Sequel
Filed under: Comedy », Deals », Warner Brothers », DIY/Filmmaking », Newsstand », Remakes and Sequels »
What does it take to get a sequel these days? Nothing more than a good response to a trailer and test screenings. Though The Hangover doesn't hit theaters until June 5, the buzz has been good enough that Warner Bros has made a "multimillion dollar commitment" for Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong to make a follow-up. According to Variety, the trailer brought the house down at ShoWest, encouraging the studio to move forward with a sequel. Phillips will return to direct it, and Warners is making deals to reunite the existing cast of Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms. They hope to go into production later this year.
Now, we all enjoyed the trailers (William Goss brought you the first, Peter Martin brought the second), the cast is top notch, and Phillips' past efforts have been a lot of fun. (I'll even include Starsky & Hutch in that -- I seem to remember the "Don't Give Up On Us Baby" scene at very inopportune moments.)
But it seems like the appeal of a film like The Hangover is because it's a one-shot comedy based around an absurd situation. Sort of like Phillips' Old School, which also was supposed to get the sequel treatment, though one assumes Warners managed to reunite the cast of Hangover for a much cheaper price than it would've taken to get the Old School gang back together. I haven't seen The Hangover, but going purely on on the trailer, where is a sequel going to go? More drunken debauchery which results in another lost friend, and another encounter with Mike Tyson? Might as well throw in a corpse named Bernie for good measure ...
A 'Hangover' We Might All Enjoy
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I feel like there's no right way to go about this, especially after yesterday's whole "I've barely seen Jim Jarmusch's work" bit, but I have admittedly seen (and admittedly enjoyed) most of Todd Phillips' work to date. His comedies tend to be slightly smarter about how to be dumb than most of their ilk, so between that and this new trailer for The Hangover, I'm willing to believe that he has something funny in store.We've got three groomsmen (Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zack Galifianakis of "Between Two Ferns" fame), one missing groom, an infant, a tiger, a squad car and Mike Tyson grooving on some Phil Collins -- all in the aftermath of a Las Vegas bachelor party that must've topped the shenanigans of Very Bad Things. Honestly, if you'd want more out of a minute-long trailer, I'd almost rather not know.
The Hangover is scheduled to open on June 5th, opposite Will Ferrell's Land of the Lost. By my count, it has some laughs to catch up on...
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