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Tracy Morgan + David O. Russell = Trouble
Posted by Seth at 5:35 AM on March 25, 2008
· David O. Russell's next movie, a romantic comedy called Nailed, adds James Marsden, Catherine Keener and Tracy Morgan to an all-star cast that already includes Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel. As thrilled as we are to see Morgan's movie career graduate to the level of a Russell production, we fear what mayhem might arise from combining the highly combustible auteur and the manically unhinged actor. [THR]
· Overseas audiences love 10,000 B.C.! So much so that Warner Bros. has ordered 9999 more sequels, at which point they'll have Roland Emmerich take a stab at the Nativity Story, in which the baby Savior will fend off bloodthirsty sabre-toothed manger goats. [Variety]
· Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are close to signing Nanny McPhee's Thomas Sangster to play the lead role in their motion-capture Tintin trilogy. Do they really have to make it motion-capture? Nothing good ever comes from motion-capture. Let's just leave it in the early '00s, like we left sundried tomatoes in the '80s. [THR]
· Tony Scott's remake of 1970s subway-hijacking classic The Taking of Pelham One Two Three gets more then just a digitized-title upgrade: it also gets James Gandolfini as the NYC mayor. Unfortunately, it also gets John Travolta. [Variety]
· Jon Heder and Dax Shepard Career Death-Rattle Watch: They both get one last wheeze playing Kristin Bell love interest in When In Rome. [Variety]
Tags: david o russell | dax shepard | janes gandolfini | jon heder | peter jackson | steve spielberg | tintin | tony scott | top | tracy morgan | trade roundup
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SteamyMcFirecrotch
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
@heidiho: The universe apparently withstood the Heder / Ferrell onslaught that was 'Blades of Glory.'
As George Carlin so eloquently pointed out, the human race will be gone, but the Earth will simply create a new paradigm.
SteamyMcFirecrotch
hack-a-rific
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
@KingHater: I don't see any mention of a studio supporting those shenanigans. Plus, I hear the studios might have a few cantankerous assholes of their own. So, you know, 'birds of a feather...'
hack-a-rific
jackvinyl
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
Sun dried tomatoes were replaced by chipotle in the phrase:
"try this, it's got Chipotle..."
jackvinyl
TheStarterWife
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
Sun-dried tomatoes are out? No wonder Seth keeps rejecting my invitations to go out for salads.
TheStarterWife
brilliantmistake
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
The remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and its inevitable suckage depresses me incredibly. The original contains one of my all time favorite lines-
"Screw the goddamn passengers! What the hell did they expect for their lousy 35 cents - to live forever?"
Said by one of the subway officials, not a hijacker.
brilliantmistake
KingHater
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
It gives me the warm fuzzies knowing that a cantankerous asshole like David O. Russell is able to make his bizarre fucking movies within the studio system. There is, indeed, some good left in this world.
KingHater
Sweet Panda Love
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
What, does Freddie Highmore have something better to do than play Tin Tin?
Sweet Panda Love
Wendy_Kroy
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
@jackvinyl: Oooooo, jinx!
Wendy_Kroy
Wendy_Kroy
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
I can't wait until the Morgan/Russell outtakes make their way to YouTube... followed by the inevitable spoof on Funnyordie.
Wendy_Kroy
jackvinyl
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
Can't wait to see the Tracy Morgan/O'Russell flare-ups on youtube.
Also can't wait to see Dax Shepard handing me my car keys in exchange for my valet slip.
jackvinyl
heidiho
Posted 8:35 AM 25/3/08
I don't know if the universe can handle Heder and Shepard in the same movie. It's like when De Niro and Pacino are in the same movie.
heidiho
Garrison Dean
Posted 9:41 AM 26/3/08
Add that to my list of , will watch Tracy Morgan in almost anything. Yeah I'm gonna watch Superhero eventually.
Garrison Dean
ricker
Posted 12:23 PM 26/3/08
"Yo, Russell. Why don't you slip out of that temper tantrum and show me that fat ass?!"
We can only pray that someone has the good sense to make an Astronaut Jones movie.
ricker