Jack Black charts hilarity in 'Gulliver's Travels'
Hollywood Entertainment Network &bull Sep 5, 2010
Hollywood Awards. HollywoodNews.com: Despite getting a so-so response at Comic-Con, Jack Black is excited about his upcoming December adventure comedy "Gulliver's Travels." The film is an updated adaptation of the classic book. Black plays Lemuel Gulliver. Emily Blunt portrays the… Full Story »
EXCLUSIVE: Todd Phillips Finally Opens Up About His John Belushi Biopic
MTV Movies Blog &bull Sep 3, 2010
News broke last month that Todd Phillips was developing a John Belushi biopic a the latest in a long string of efforts to thrust the "Saturday Night Live" funnyman's life in front of the camera a and the "Hangover" director was anything… Full Story »
Jack Black Gets Huge For 'Gulliver's Travels' In MTV's Fall Preview
MTV Movies Blog &bull Sep 3, 2010
MTV's Fall Preview week of exclusives continues today with a look at the hottest upcoming movies of the next four months. We know what you should see and why you should see it, and we've got it all right here.… Full Story »
Joel McHale on Community's Upcoming Apollo 13 Episode and the 'Murderous' Betty White
Movieline &bull Aug 25, 2010
Needless to say, he was happy to actually talk about the show to Movieline, and dished on the cast's recent Comic-Con sojourn, guest star Betty White, and his favorite unaired pilot. Now, the whole Community cast was just down at… Full Story »
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FX makes 'Grade' with Waters, Cera
Variety &bull Aug 25, 2010
Derek Waters, who's behind the "Funny or Die" Web series "Drunk History," has partnered with thesp Michael Cera and scribe Emily Kapnek to develop a comedy for FX. Waters, Cera and Kapnek are the exec producers behind "13th Grade," which… Full Story »
Jim Carrey Marches With 'Penguins'
Insider Movies Blog &bull Aug 21, 2010Jim Carrey loves to play with animals -- either real or imagined -- and his latest outing will be an adaptation of a 1938 children's book 'Mr. Popper's Penguins,' by Richard and Florence Atwater. The book is about a house… Full Story »
Weekly Ketchup: Terminator 3000 and Expendables 2
Rotten Tomatoes - News &bull Aug 13, 2010This week's Ketchup is chockful of movies featuring CGI animation takes on classic characters, as the list includes new projects based on Bugs Bunny, Tarzan and The Terminator. This was also a big week for Hollywood biopics, as both John… Full Story »
Jack Black to Star in Richard Linklater's Bernie
Filmjunk &bull Aug 10, 2010
We haven't heard much about School of Rock sequel that was being talked about back in 2008, but this week it was announced that Jack Black is reteam with director Richard Linklater for a new comedy called Bernie. The plot… Full Story »
Richard Linklater Reteaming with Jack Black
News in Film &bull Aug 10, 2010Austin-based filmmaker Richard Linklater is reteaming with wild-and-crazy actor Jack Black for the feature film Bernie, a dark comedy that began casting this week. Black and Linklater worked together on 2003's School of Rock. Black will play Bernie, a community… Full Story »
Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine Join Richard Linklater's 'Bernie'
Hollywood.com &bull Aug 9, 2010
Although two of Richard Linklater's most recent projects - That's What I'm Talking About, considered the spiritual successor to his 1993 Dazed and Confused, and the road-trip pic Liars A-E - died in pre-production, the writer-director already has a new… Full Story »
Jack Black and Linklater link up for "Bernie"
Frankly My Dear... &bull Aug 9, 2010The School of Rock team - Jack Black and director Richard Linklater - are re-teaming for a dark comedy about a mortician (Black) who goes to great lengths to maintain the illusion that this woman who has died is still… Full Story »
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Jack Black Joins 'Bernie'
The Movie Blog &bull Aug 7, 2010The movie is set in the small town of Carthage, Texas and follows a Renaissance man-community leader-mortician Bernie (Black) who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a wealthy but very particular widow (MacLaine). When he kills her, he goes to… Full Story »
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A Jerry Garcia bio-pic? I need a Miracle!
Frankly My Dear... &bull Jul 28, 2010Amir Bar-Lev, the documentary filmmaker (My Kid Could Paint That, The Tillman Story) is setting up to direct a film biography of the late leader of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia. Jack Black would actually be a better choice. He… Full Story »
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Angelina Jolie Is Cleopatra?
DC Girl at the Movies &bull Jul 26, 2010
Angelina Jolie is rumored to have been cast as Cleopatra in a forthcoming biopic and of course, there have been grumbles questioning why a black American wasn't selected to play this iconic woman from African history. Yes. But not for the reasons you might think. The thing is, Cleopatra was ethnically Greek (possibly mixed) and would not be considered dazzlingly attractive by today's standards. So, that's why Angelina Jolie isn't the best fit. Though, there were plenty of black kings and queens of Egypt, so don't trip. No, I'm pissed because black people have proven yet again, that… Full Story »
Fantasia 2010: FATSO Review
Twitch &bull Jul 14, 2010Rino lives alone, works as a translator and draws comic books in his spare time; however his main hobby is masturbation. Along with his friend Fillip, he goes to strip clubs and have strange sex habits and discussions. However, his life is about to change when his father introduces him to Malin, his new female roommate.Fatso sometimes… Full Story »
TV: Newswire: Jack Black to produce sitcom version of A.J. Jacobs' My Life As An Experiment
The AV Club &bull Jul 13, 2010According to Deadline, Jack Black's Electric Dynamite Productions and Reveille have picked up the rights to A.J. Jacobs' non-fiction bestseller My Life As An Experiment, with an eye on turning it into a half-hour comedy series. For the unfamiliar, the… Full Story »
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Reveille & Jack Black To Turn A.J. Jacob's Book 'My Life As An Experiment' Into Sitcom
Deadline Hollywood Daily &bull Jul 12, 2010IT'S GOOD TO BE BAD! EXCLUSIVE: Reveille and Blackas Electric Dynamite Prods. have optioned the TV rights to journalist/author A.J. Jacobsa best-selling non-fiction book My Life As An Experiment for a potential half-hour comedy series. This marks one of the… Full Story »
Review: Tucker & Dale vs Evil
Film.com &bull Jul 7, 2010If your idea of a hillbilly is inspired by Deliverance, then Tucker Dale vs. Evil might make you rethink your banjo-picking prejudice. There are two sides to this cautionary comedy of misinterpretation: the hillbillies (Tucker and Dale) and the college campers. While Dale longingly looks at the long-legged college girls in short shorts, the college crew… Full Story »
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Cheers & Jeers: Reggie Watts Up!
FOXNews.com &bull Jun 30, 2010Cheers to Reggie Watts for lighting up the small screen. The incandescent comic/musician - who's like the love child of Zach Galifianakis and Jack Black, plus a giant Afro - tore down houses as the opening act for Conan O'Brien's… Full Story »
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